China’s Hudong-Zhonghua has launched the first in a new series of 23,000-teu LNG dual-fuel containerships for French shipping giant CMA CGM.
According to Hudong-Zhonghua, CMA GGM Seine was floated out at the Changxing Island yard on November 20, 10 days ahead of schedule.
This is the first of four vessels CMA CGM ordered in 2022.
In November 2023, Hudong-Zhonghua started building this LNG dual-fuel containership.
The shipbuilder is also moving forward with the construction of the other containerships in this batch.
CMA CGM is expected to take delivery of these ships in 2025 and 2026.
The vessels will have a total length of 399 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, and a design draft of 14.5 meters.
Hudong-Zhonghua said the vessels will be able to load 23,872 containers.
Like the previous containerships, these LNG-powered giants feature WinGD’s dual-fuel engines and GTT’s 18,600-cbm fuel tank with Mark III containment tech.
Hudong-Zhonghua and Jiangnan, both part of CSSC, previously delivered nine 23,000-teu LNG-powered vessels to CMA CGM.
In June 2021, CMA CGM welcomed the ninth and the last vessel in this series, Sorbonne, in its fleet.
