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CMA CGM adds another LNG-powered containership to its fleet

By LNG Prime Staff
CMA CGM adds another LNG-powered containership to its fleet
Image: Hudong-Zhonghua

The 13,000-teu LNG-powered containership, CMA CGM Belem, has joined CMA CGM’s large fleet of LNG-fueled vessels.

China’s Hudong-Zhonghua said in a statement it has handed over the LNG-powered containership to the French shipping giant on June 28.

The vessel recently completed its sea and gas trials.

This is the fifth of six 13,000-teu LNG-powered containerships Hudong-Zhonghua built for CMA CGM.

CMA CGM adds another LNG-powered containership to its fleet
Image: Hudong-Zhonghua

In December last year, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered the first vessel in this batch, CMA CGM Bahia, and it handed over in May the fourth vessel, CMA CGM Sao Paolo.

Hudong-Zhonghua plans to deliver the last ship later this year, and all of the six vessels will work on the South American route.

The shipbuilder and Jiangnan Shipyard are each building six LNG-powered ships for CMA CGM as part of a deal revealed in April 2021, but the six vessels at Jiangnan have a capacity of 15,000 units.

Also, the new LNG-powered vessels feature GTT’s Mark III containment system and WinGD’s dual-fuel propulsion.

The vessel’s LNG tanks have a capacity of 14,000 cbm.

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