At the 20th edition of the Assises de l’Économie de la Mer, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, announced the registration under the French flag (RIF) of ten new 24,000 TEU dual-fuel LNG vessels — the largest of their kind in the world.
The move marks a major step in reinforcing France’s maritime and logistical sovereignty, with the vessels set to become part of the Group’s Asia–Northern Europe service, calling at Le Havre and Dunkirk.
“CMA CGM has decided to register ten new 24,000 TEU vessels, among the largest in the world, under the French flag starting next year. Powered by liquefied natural gas, they reflect our confidence in France’s maritime sector and its people, with the recruitment of 135 French seafarers and a strengthened partnership with the French Maritime Academy (ENSM). These vessels will serve two major French ports, Le Havre and Dunkirk, on the Asia–Northern Europe route, reinforcing our presence in France at a time when the sea plays an increasingly strategic role in global economic and geopolitical dynamics,” said Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group.
These state-of-the-art ships, combining massive capacity and clean fuel technology, underline CMA CGM’s ongoing commitment to decarbonization and French maritime leadership on the global stage.
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