The 13,000-teu LNG-powered containership, CMA CGM Amazonia, has completed its sea and gas trials in China, according to China’s Hudong-Zhonghua.
Following completion of the “two-in-one” trial, the vessel returned to Hudong-Zhonghua’s yard on Changxing Island on July 31, the CSSC-controlled shipbuilder said in a statement.
Hudong-Zhonghua did not say when it expects to deliver the vessel, but the delivery should take place later this month.
This is the sixth and final 13,000-teu LNG-powered containership Hudong-Zhonghua built for French shipping giant CMA CGM.
In December last year, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered the first vessel in this batch, CMA CGM Bahia, and it recently handed over the fifth vessel, CMA CGM Belem.
All of the six vessels in this series will work on the South American route.
The shipbuilder and Jiangnan Shipyard won contracts to each build six LNG-powered ships for CMA CGM in April 2021, but the six vessels at Jiangnan have a capacity of 15,000 units.
Also, the 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.
