In China, Tradewinds News reports CMA CGM has signed an agreement with China State Shipbuilding Corp to buy 16 dual-fuel container ships, 12 methanol dual-fuelled 15,000-teu vessels and four LNG dual-fuelled 23,000-teu vessels. The order worth $3 billion was signed during French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent trip to China. Methanol is quickly becoming a popular […]
In France, Total and CMA CGM signed an agreement covering the supply of around 300,000 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 10 years starting in 2020. This unprecedented volume in the history of LNG bunker will fuel CMA CGM’s nine newbuild container ships, scheduled for delivery beginning 2020 onwards. CMA CGM, the […]
Like one of the longest-running, live-action American series on TV, Bonanza, there is a biofuels bonanza going on right now but this time in the shipping and bunkering sector. From horses and western trails to ships and biofuel trials, comes the latest news from Ocean Network Express on their latest successful third trial of biofuel […]
In Singapore, Container News reports that CMA CGM has launched a massive six-month bio-bunker trial with 32 container ships together with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. The first vessel to participate in the trial, CMA CGM’s 10,640 TEU container ship, APL Paris, was already bunkered with biofuel on Wednesday using ship-to-containership loading and […]
In the Netherlands, shipping and logistics company CMA CGM Group and Shell have performed the first Bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam. The CONTAINERSHIPS AURORA, a 1,400 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) LNG-powered vessel, was bunkered by Shell with a nearly 10% blend of low carbon Bio-LNG while calling at Rotterdam. The vessel received around 483 m3 […]
In France, operator of a household waste treatment plant EveRé, shipping company CMA CGM Group, Elengy, a subsidiary of Engie, and TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company, joined forces to study the feasibility of creating France’s first production unit for liquefied biomethane, a low-carbon alternative fuel dedicated to energy transition in the shipping industry. Produced by […]
In France, CMA CGM has been increasing the share of biomethane in the CLEANER ENERGY LNG solution, available since November 2020, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions of 25% on a well-to-wake basis, compared to the previous 15% reduction. As things stand, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the best solution currently available for reducing […]
In France, Reuters reports the CEO of the CMA CGM told a UN sustainability conference that the company was going to buy 12,000 metric tons of biomethane in order to help boost interest in the fuel and bring the market to scale. The volume to be purchased represents roughly the annual fuel consumptions of two […]
In France, CMA CGM launches ACT with CMA CGM+, comprising of four services, enabling customers to analyze, reduce and offset the environmental footprint of goods’ transport by utilizing liquefied natural gas and biofuel generated from used cooking oil. CMA CGM made the groundbreaking decision to power 26 of its containerships using liquefied natural gas by […]
In France, the CEO of CMA CGM told a UN Global Compact conference that it would use 10% alternative fuels by 2023 as part of its wider commitment to be completely carbon neutral by 2050. The company has been undertaking tests this year in partnership with Shell from whom it recently bought 10,000 metric tons […]
