CMA CGM inks order for 22 boxships, including 12 dual-fuel newbuilds April 30, 2021, by Jasmina Ovcina
CMA CGM Champ Elysses; Image credit: CMA CGM
French liner major CMA CGM has ordered the construction of 22 containerships worth around $2.3bn, making the deal the largest single containership order in China’s shipbuilding history.
The orders are spread across three Chinese shipbuilders, Jiangnan Shipyard, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, and Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, all subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
The contract covers the construction of 6 dual-fuel, LNG-powered, 15,000 TEU containerships, set to be built by Jiangnan Shipyard, followed by 6 dual-fuelled, LNG-powered 13,000 TEU boxships to be built by Hudong Zhonghua.
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Hudong Zhonghua delivers LNG-powered CMA CGM Concorde
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has named and delivered CMA CGM Concorde.
The 23,000 TEU containership is the seventh of nine giant LNG-powered containerships French shipowner CMA CGM has on order in China. Related Article Posted: about 1 month ago
Measuring 400 meters in length and 61 meters in width, the ships are the world’s largest container vessels to run on LNG at the moment.
They will feature WinGD’s dual-fuel engines and GTT’s 18,600-cbm fuel tank, both largest ever built.
The ships have a straight bow with integrated bulb, rudder and propeller with a redefined design that improves their hydrodynamics, thus reducing energy consumption.
China Shipbuilding points to IP gains
28 April 2021
by Jon Grevatt
The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has pointed to an increase in applied patents as evidence of gains towards independent innovation.
The corporation said on 26 April that in 2020 it applied for more than 12,000 patents: a year-on-year increase of 20%.
The company added that among these patents were more than 8,700 “invention patents”: an increase of 24% compared to a year earlier.
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