Container Line CMA CGM Takes on 12 More Gas-Powered Boxships
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Monday May 3, 2021
The LNG bunker market is set to receive another boost over the next
three years as container line CMA CGM has ordered
12 more gas-powered boxships.
The firm has signed a deal with
CSSC Group to order
six 13,000 TEU gas-powered container ships and another
10 smaller 5,500 TEU vessels running on VLSFO, it said in a statement on its website on Friday.
"This order aims at accommodating market growth," the company said in the statement.
"These vessels are expected to join the Group's fleet between 2023 and 2024."
CMA CGM is already the world's largest buyer in the niche LNG bunker market, and this order will cement that position. The first bunkering of the