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Yangzijiang delivers LNG-powered giant to CMA CGM

By LNG Prime Staff
Yangzijiang delivers LNG-powered giant to CMA CGM
Image: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding

China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has delivered the first of ten ultra-large LNG dual-fuel container vessels to French shipping giant CMA CGM.

Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding, a unit of Yangzijiang, delivered CMA CGM Notre Dame on May 12, and the vessel departed the yard on May 15, according to a Yangzijiang statement.

Yangzijiang said this vessel is the first in a series of 10 24,000 teu LNG dual-fuel ultra-large container ships being built for CMA CGM, and it is also the largest LNG dual-fuel container ship in terms of container capacity in the shipbuilder’s history.

Construction of the vessel began in November 2024, with a construction period of 552 days.

Yangzijiang delivers LNG-powered giant to CMA CGM
Image: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding

This vessel has a length of 399.9 meters, a beam of 61.30 meters, a depth of 33.5 meters, a design draft of 14.5 meters, and a service speed of 21.55 knots.

Equipped with GTT’s 18,600 cbm LNG fuel tank, the vessel can operate round-trip routes between Asia and Europe on a single LNG refueling, Yangzijiang said.

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