World’s Largest LNG-Powered containership launched Climate change has been and is at the heart of many initiatives within the shipping and freight industry. Whether it is IMO’s proposed implementation of IMO 2020 regulations 98 days down the road, or the use of biofuels to run ships or the use of scrubbers or LNG-powered ships, several initiatives are being followed by the industry.
In line with this, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group announced in 2017 that the group would be ordering a series of 23,000-TEU containerships that would be the world’s first-ever to be powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas). This decision became a reality when the group announced the launch of the world’s largest LNG-powered containership. This major milestone was reached on the 25 of September 2019 at the Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipyard, at an event attended by Rodolphe Saadé, French and Chinese officials, business leaders, and CMA CGM Group customers.
The CMA CGM is the first in a new fleet of nine French-flagged, 23,000-TEU, LNG-powered containerships, and comes packed with an extensive array of environmentally-friendly technologies including a smart system to manage ventilation for the reefer containers carried in the hold.
Source: First Published in Shipping and Freight website.