On Tuesday December 08, 2020 at 9:05 p.m., RMC Découverte will certainly transmit a special record on the building of the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE. At the heart of the building website of the biggest LNG-powered container ship worldwide, the record backtracks the vital phases from building to appointing of the brand-new front runner of the CMA CGM Group, a globe leader in maritime transportation as well as logistics.

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A distinct record behind the scenes of a brand-new generation of LNG container ships

On this celebration, CMA CGM incredibly unlocked of the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE website to the manufacturing firmGalaxie Presse From its layout to its procedure, including its building, the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE has actually set in motion the knowledge of the very best of French, European as well as worldwide sector. Carried by the testaments of those associated with the building as well as team of the ship, the one hr series backtracks all the phases that caused the production of this outstanding ship.

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The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the very first vessel in a fleet of 26 container ships powered by LNG by 2022

In November 2017, Rodolphe Saad é, Chairman as well as Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, made the introducing selection to get 9 23,000 TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent) vessels outfitted with LNG engines, a very first in the background of maritime transportation for ships of this dimension. This introducing fleet is the outcome of 7 years of r & d. These 9 vessels will certainly be signed up in the French International Register (RIF).

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With this historical order for 9 container ships of 23,000 TEU, consisting of the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE as well as the CMA CGM CHAMPS ELYSEES just recently supplied, the CMA CGM Group currently runs 8 LNG container ships as well as will certainly have right here 2022 a fleet of 26 container ships of various dimensions.

LNG, an introducing selection to maintain air high quality as well as power for the future

LNG is today the very best commercial device for maintaining air high quality. It gets rid of 99% of sulfur oxides, 91% of great bits, as well as 92% of nitrogen oxide discharges, surpassing existing guidelines. LNG likewise gives a first reaction to the battle versus worldwide warming. In truth, an LNG ship sends out as much as -20% CARBON DIOXIDE contrasted to an oil-fired engine. This modern technology is just one of the very first steps to merge in the direction of the purpose of carbon nonpartisanship that the CMA CGM Group has actually established itself by 2050. The CMA CGM Group is hence showing its decision to substitute the power change of maritime transportation.

Reference: cma-cgm. fr.

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