CMA CGM expands LNG-powered fleet with the Everglade

French shipping firm CMA CGM took delivery of the 15,000 TEU Everlade this week, bolstering its fleet of LNG-powered container vessels.

PHOTO: The Everglade at Jiangnan Shipyard. CMA CGM Group

The Everglade will operate on CMA CGM’s route in the Middle East and Mediterranean region.

This is the third vessel in a series of recent deliveries to CMA CGM by China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s (CSSC) Jiangnan Shipyard, and follows deliveries in September and December last year. Another two of these 15,000 TEU vessels will be delivered later this year, taking the total to five.

CMA CGM put in another big newbuild order with CSSC in April last year. Of the 22 new vessels in this order, 12 will be LNG-powered, while the remaining will be powered by VLSFO. The vessels are expected to join the group’s fleet by 2023 and 2024.

CMA CGM intends to operate 44 LNG-powered vessels by the end of 2024, in a step towards carbon emission reduction and the firm's stated goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.