French shipping company the CMA CGM Group took delivery of a new container vessel on Tuesday, April 15.
Built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, CMA CGM Seine is the first in a new series of four container vessels with a capacity of 24,000 TEUs and a dual-fuel propulsion system that can also run on LNG.
CMA CGM will operate the ship on its Far East to Europe routes beginning on Friday, April 18.
CMA CGM Seine has an LOA of 399 metres, a beam of 61.3 metres, a depth of 33.5 metres, and draught of 14.5 metres. In addition to the 24,000 TEUs, up to 2,200 refrigerated containers may be carried.
The dual-fuel engine is fed by LNG fuel tanks with a total capacity of 18,600 cubic metres. When operating solely on LNG, the ship can sail up to 20,000 nautical miles on a single voyage.
Hudong-Zhonghua expects that the use of LNG will also generate 20 per cent fewer CO2 emissions, 85 per cent fewer NOx emissions, and up to 99 per cent fewer SOx and particulate matter emissions compared to ships of similar size.