CMA CGM eyes on LNG

CMA CGM Group will use LNG engines as ship propulsion
CMA CGM Group will use LNG engines as ship propulsion
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The shipping company CMA CGM and ENGIE, a [ds_preview]company that focused on LNG as marine fuel, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote LNG as fuel for tomorrow’s container vessels.

The agreement focuses on a join CMA CGM and ENGIE technical and economic study on LNG as a fuel for tomorrow’s container ships. Another study is about the development of engineering specifications for a bunkering vessel adapted to LNG powered container ships. It is neccessary to improve the logistics chain to fueling this type of vessels, thus promoting their deployment.

According to CMA CGM the use of LNG offers many environmental advantages: it significantly reduces CO2 emissions, eliminates sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions, drastically reduces nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matters.

Research program since 2011

This agreement rounds out the research program undertaken since 2011 by CMA CGM to design ever more environment-friendly large capacity container ships:

  • The first is about the development of a »Dual-Fuel« large capacity container ship. Its propulsion system offers to choose between using liquefied natural gas or fuel oil only. Launched in 2011 by CMA CGM in partnership with the Korean shipbuilder DSME, the design of this vessel was approved by Bureau Veritas.
  • The second project aims at designing a large capacity container-ship using a combined gas and steam turbine system to power it. The »PERFECt« project was launched in 2015. Partners are DNV GL, GTT, ABB, Caterpillar, and OMT.