CMA CGM welcomes final 13K TEU LNG dual-fuel containership from Chinese shipyard

The sixth and final 13,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel containership built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China has been delivered to French shipping company CMA CGM.

The ship was named CMA CGM Amazonia and delivered on August 23, marking the end of Hudong-Zhonghua’s shipbuilding project for the French company.

Like its sister vessels, CMA CGM Amazonia is 336 meters long and 51 meters wide, with a designed service speed of 21 knots and a maximum cargo capacity of 13,200 TEUs.

It uses an LNG dual-fuel power system and is equipped with a new generation of intelligent control exhaust gas recirculation (ICER) system, which can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 28%.

Additionally, the containership comes with a huge wind deflector at the bow, which could save 2% to 4% of fuel consumption during actual operation.

Furthermore, an energy-saving deflector is installed at the stern, which can improve the propeller propulsion efficiency, reduce energy consumption by about 1.5%, and reduce carbon dioxide gas emissions.

The 13,000 TEU containerships are part of CMA CGM’s $2.3 billion dual-fuel, LNG-powered containership order for six ships from April 2021. Hudong-Zhonghua started delivering the ships from this series in December 2023. The fifth unit, CMA CGM Belem, was handed over in July 2024.