CMA CGM: Ten 24,212 TEU LNG dual-fuel boxships to fly French flag

Ten yet-to-be-delivered 24,212 TEU liquefied natural (LNG) dual-fuel vessels will be added to the French flag, French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM Group revealed.

Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM Group, has announced the entry into the fleet and registration under the French flag of the ten newbuilds, which are said to be “among the largest and most energy-efficient in the world”.

“CMA CGM has decided to register ten new 24,000 TEU vessels, among the largest in the world, under the French flag starting next year. Powered by liquefied natural gas, they reflect our confidence in France’s maritime sector and its people, with the recruitment of 135 French seafarers and a strengthened partnership with the French Maritime Academy (ENSM),” Saadé highlighted.

“These vessels will serve two major French ports, Le Havre and Dunkirk, on the Asia–Northern Europe route, reinforcing our presence in France at a time when the sea plays an increasingly strategic role in global economic and geopolitical dynamics.”

The decision is said to illustrate the group’s determination to strengthen France’s maritime competitiveness. These vessels will operate under French law