CMA CGM has entered into a collaboration with French shipping company Neoline wherein the latter's sail-equipped Ro-Ro vessel will serve on CMA CGM's direct connection between northern Europe and North America.
CMA CGM said the service using the Ro-Ro vessel Neoliner Origin will enable customers to ship dry cargo, out-of-gauge, and refrigerated goods while cutting ocean-crossing emissions by up to 90 per cent compared to conventional vessels.
The trans-Atlantic service using Neoliner Origin will make its maiden call at Zeeebrugge in Belgium on September 21, 2026. The ship will then visit Montoir-de-Bretagne in France before heading directly to Baltimore and then Halifax in Canada.
Neoliner Origin was built by RMK Marine Shipyard of Turkey to a design by French naval architecture firm Mauric.
The ship was delivered to Neoline in 2025 and has since served as a dedicated line platform operating between France and the US via the North Atlantic.
The vessel is notable for being designed to be fitted with wind-assisted propulsion from the outset instead of simply being a cargo ship equipped with rigging as a backup for combustion engines.
Neoliner Origin has an LOA of 136 metres, a beam of 24.2 metres, space for 1,130 lane metres of freight across two garage decks and 265 TEUs (together amounting to 5,300 tonnes), and accommodation for 12 passengers in addition to her crew of 20.
In addition to vehicles, agricultural equipment such as tractors and construction machinery including excavators and bulldozers can be carried in the garage decks. The container cargo can meanwhile consist of various combinations of 20-foot and 40-foot dry and refrigerated boxes as well as boxes laden with ATEX-compliant dangerous goods.