French container shipping firm CMA CGM said on April 30 it has ordered 22 new ships to be built, including 12 that will be power by LNG. CMA CGM signed the new building contract with China State Shipbuilding Corp. for 2023-24 delivery. Six of the LNG-powered ships will have a carrying capacity of 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent units while the other six will have 13,000 TEU capacity. The remaining 10 ships CMA CGM ordered April 30 are 5,500 TEU vessels powered by very low sulfur fuel oil. The Marseille-based company currently operates 12 LNG-powered ships, a fleet that will grow to 32 containerships of various sizes by 2022. CMA CGM has set a goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. CEO Rodolphe Saade announced in February it would begin deploying LNG-powered ships on trans-Pacific trade lanes from Asia to the US […]