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CMA CGM vessel's launch marks new era
A new generation of ULCV running on LNG.
The CMA CGM Group, Marseille (France), has launched the world's largest (23,000 TEU) and first containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). This launch took place at the Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing shipyard.
Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and chief executive officer of the CMA CGM Group, the son of the group's founder and name bearer of the new vessel, participated at the event among other French and Chinese officials. These new vessels will join the group's fleet in 2020 on the French Asia Line (Asia-Northern Europe) and will be registered in the French international register (RIF), confirming the group's commitment to operating under the French flag.
To further improve the environmental performance of the ships, which are 400 m long and 61 m wide, their hull forms have been hydro-dynamically optimised. The bulb has been seamlessly integrated into the hull profile and the bow is straight. (fd)