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30 December 2020 12:47 GMT Updated  31 December 2020 10:58 GMT in  London The capacity gap between the world’s two biggest liner operators narrowed further this year, according to Alphaliner. AP Moller-Maersk's fleet shrunk in 2020, while Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC)'s expanded by a modest 2.4% over the year, narrowing the gap between the liner operators to just 251,000 teu. However, Geneva-based MSC has 10 ships on order totalling 179,280 teu, compared with Maersk’s tally of 21 smaller units of 54,558 teu. Alphaliner’s annual ranking of the top-12 global liner operator...

CMA CGM names 4th 23,000 TEU LNG-powered boxship December 24, 2020, by Jasmina Ovcina French container shipping major CMA CGM has named its fourth LNG-powered 23,000 TEU ultra large containership, the CMA CGM Louvre. The naming ceremony was held on December 22 in Shanghai. She is the 4th of the nine 23,000 LNG-powered vessels CMA CGM ordered back in 2017, built by Jiangnan Shipyard. It is estimated that an LNG-powered vessel emits up to 20% less CO2 than fuel-powered systems. This technology is one of the initial ways in which the CMA CGM Group ...

Mardi Gras rounds off marvellous year for LNG in the port of Rotterdam At around 1:00 PM on Tuesday 22 December, the brand new Mardi Gras will sail into Cruise Port Rotterdam. It is Carnival Cruise Line’s largest cruise ship and the first to be powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas). Having set out from Meyer Turku, Finland – the shipyard where it was built – the vessel, which isn’t carrying any passengers, is calling at Rotterdam on its way to Port Canaveral, Florida. Next year, it will set off on cruises from there. The Mardi Gras is coming to Rotterdam to bunker. The arrival of the...

Hapag-Lloyd orders six LNG-powered 23,500+ TEU ULCVs in $1 billion deal December 23, 2020, by Jasmina Ovcina German liner giant Hapag-Lloyd has ordered six ultra-large container vessels from Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The $ 1 billion investment will see the LNG-powered 23,500+ TEU vessels delivered to Hapag-Lloyd between April and December 2023. The vessels will be fitted with fuel-efficient high-pressure dual-fuel engines, that will operate on LNG, but they will have alternatively sufficient tank capacity to ...