Rotterdam, 16 November 2020 – The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest containership powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has completed her first LNG bunkering with Total’s LNG bunker vessel, the Gas Agility, on November 13th, 2020 at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The 23,000 TEU[1] containership received around 17,300 m3 of…
CMA CGM – World premiere: bunkering of a new-generation LNG-powered container ships begins in Rotterdam
A pioneering decision to acquire a new generation of 26 liquefied natural gas-powered containerships Bunkering of the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest containership powered by LNG, has started in Rotterdam. LNG, an energy with a bright future, helps to preserve air quality, by delivering a reduction of 99% in sulfur dioxide and fine…
Maiden call in Hamburg by the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the largest container ship in the world powered by liquefied natural gas
The largest LNG container ship ever to reach a German port, connecting Europe to Asia. LNG, a pioneering technology preserving air quality and accelerating the shipping industry’s energy transition. Port of Hamburg – A key hub for CMA CGM with excellent transshipment and hinterland connections. The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest container ship…
Maiden call in Malta by the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the largest container ship in the world powered by liquefied natural gas
First call in Europe by the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE connecting Asia to Europe with a record load of close to 21,000 full containers. · LNG, a pioneering technology preserving air quality and accelerating the shipping industry’s energy transition. · Malta Freeport, the largest hub in Europe and a key transshipment platform between the main shipping lines…
The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest LNG-powered containership, has set a new world record for the number of full containers loaded on a single vessel
A world record: 20,723 full containers onboard the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE departing Singapore. A major operational and commercial achievement for a pioneering vessel designed to preserve air quality and accelerate energy transition in the shipping industry. The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s first LNG-powered containership with a capacity of 23,000 containers (twenty-foot equivalent units), has…
CMA CGM Group launches the reconstruction of its Beirut headquarters
Following the explosions of the Beirut Port, CMA CGM’s offices were heavily damaged The reconstruction works have started and will be completed in August 2021 to welcome back Lebanon’s collaborators. Following the explosions of August 4 which caused one fatality and fifteen injuries to CMA CGM’s Lebanon team, the Group announced the launch of the…
“A Humanitarian Ship for Lebanon”: Emmanuel Macron praises the commitment of French companies, NGOs and public institutions taking part in the CMA CGM Foundation’s initiative
At the port of Beirut, French President Emmanuel Macron and Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, attended the unloading, from the Aknoul, of emergency humanitarian aid destined to help the Lebanese people. Medical and hygiene equipment, building materials and food are being distributed to 18 NGOs, four hospitals and…
The CMA CGM Group launches the “A boat for Lebanon” campaign to ship emergency humanitarian aid
An international charitable initiative to send medical equipment and essential goods and products. One of the CMA CGM Group’s ro-ro vessels will be deviated from its usual service to travel from Marseille to Beirut over the coming days. The CMA CGM Group has mobilized its expertise to transport this load provided by international NGOs, companies…
CMA CGM Foundation stands in solidarity with Lebanon and launches the second phase of ″CMA CGM SUPPORTS LEBANON”
50 000 masks donated to Lebanese hospitals Donations to 23 Lebanese associations including Lebanese Food Bank and Beit el Baraka 600 000$ dedicated to support the Lebanese community With the Covid-19 crisis we are facing, the CMA CGM Group launches the second phase of its solidarity plan, to tackle the country’s sanitary and humanitarian challenges,…
CMA CGM donates 50 000 masks to Lebanon and flies in rapid tests for the Lebanese government
CMA CGM Group makes a donation of 50 000 FFP2 type masks, worth 250 000 $, and currently out of stock in Lebanon, in order to overcome the Covid-19 epidemic. These masks will be delivered on April 3 rd to Rafic Hariri Governmental Hospital, Hôtel de Dieu de France, Lebanese Red Cross and to the…