{"id":552323,"date":"2025-11-06T06:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/552323\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:22:13","slug":"cma-cgm-to-flag-10-giant-lng-fueled-ships-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/552323\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA CGM to Flag 10 Giant LNG-Fueled Ships in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French shipping giant CMA CGM announced plans to register 10 undelivered 24,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessels under the French flag. These vessels rank among the \u201cworld\u2019s largest and most energy-efficient\u201d container vessels.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251106130913121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1077\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28973\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by Rodolphe Saad\u00e9, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, at the 20th French Maritime Economy Conference. This move positions CMA CGM at the forefront of both France\u2019s maritime sovereignty strategy and the global shipping industry\u2019s energy transition.<\/p>\n<p>CMA CGM ordered these 10 newly built container ships from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in 2023, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2026. They will then be deployed on CMA CGM\u2019s Asia-Europe route (FAL1). This route, a core service for CMA CGM, connects Northern Europe and Asia and regularly calls at the ports of Le Havre and Dunkirk.<\/p>\n<p>CMA CGM stated that the 10 new vessel, with a total container capacity of 24,212 TEU, will be named after iconic French buildings or landmarks, namely \u201cCMA CGM Notre Dame\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Panth\u00e9on\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Orsay\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Luxembourg\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Pont Neuf\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Versailles\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Austerlitz\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Nation\u201d, \u201cCMA CGM Cluny\u201d and \u201cCMA CGM Longchamp\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This series of container vessels utilizes LNG propulsion and is compatible with two low-carbon alternative fuels: biomethane and e-methane. These fuels can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 67% and 85% respectively, while significantly cutting atmospheric pollutants including sulfur oxides, fine particulate matter, and nitrogen oxides. Their substantial cargo capacity also contributes to improved carbon intensity.<\/p>\n<p>CMA CGM emphasizes that flying the French flag on ten newly built 24,000 TEU container vessels is far more than a mere administrative procedure\u2014it will forge genuine operational, human, and economic ties. Upon deployment, CMA CGM will recruit at least 135 French seafarers trained at the French National Maritime Academy (ENSM). This initiative will enhance the company\u2019s appeal within the blue economy sector while generating economic benefits and creating indirect employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is worth noting that compared to flying foreign flags, flying the French flag on these 10 new vessels will incur additional annual costs of \u20ac15 million to \u20ac17 million for CMA CGM, primarily due to the need to recruit 135 French seafarers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French shipping giant CMA CGM announced plans to register 10 undelivered 24,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessels under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[48906,2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-552323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-cma-cgm","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115501318375273127","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}