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CMA CGM, Total open Marseille ship-to-ship LNG bunkering
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2022/01/27 09:52:10
FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseille's inaugural ship-to-ship Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering in the Port of Marseille Fos, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The 15,000-TEU LNG-powered CMA CGM Bali deployed on the MEX 1 service, connecting Asia and South Europe has been refuelled by TotalEnergies' Gas Vitality, the first LNG bunker vessel based in France
She took on 6,000 cubic metres of LNG, by means of a ship-to-ship transfer alongside the Eurofos container terminal, while the containership carried out cargo operations simultaneously. Gas Vitality is TotalEnergies' second chartered LNG bunker vessel and owned by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).
In November of 2017, CMA CGM chairman and chief CEO Rodolphe Saade decided to make his company first shipowner to equip its flagships, 23,000-TEU vessels with engines using liquefied natural gas (LNG).
CMA CGM has chosen TotalEnergies as part of a partnership to supply gas in Rotterdam, Singapore and Marseille.
Marseille is the first LNG bunkering hub in France for shipping, for all the Mediterranean and South Europe area, and CMA CGM¡¯s third one to be created after Rotterdam and Singapore.
By the end of 2024, the CMA CGM Group will have a fleet of 44 LNG-powered vessels, "e-methane ready" of various sizes and 24 are already in service.
The engines deployed on these vessels already have the technical capability of using bio-methane (already in use) and e-methane, a carbon-neutral fuel, making them simultaneously an immediate and a long-term solution to the challenge of decarbonisation.
LNG reduces sulphur oxide emissions by 99 per cent, particulate matter emissions by 91 per cent, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 92 per cent. A LNG-powered vessel also emits up to 23 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuel-powered systems.
The 15,000-TEU LNG-powered CMA CGM Bali deployed on the MEX 1 service, connecting Asia and South Europe has been refuelled by TotalEnergies' Gas Vitality, the first LNG bunker vessel based in France
She took on 6,000 cubic metres of LNG, by means of a ship-to-ship transfer alongside the Eurofos container terminal, while the containership carried out cargo operations simultaneously. Gas Vitality is TotalEnergies' second chartered LNG bunker vessel and owned by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).
In November of 2017, CMA CGM chairman and chief CEO Rodolphe Saade decided to make his company first shipowner to equip its flagships, 23,000-TEU vessels with engines using liquefied natural gas (LNG).
CMA CGM has chosen TotalEnergies as part of a partnership to supply gas in Rotterdam, Singapore and Marseille.
Marseille is the first LNG bunkering hub in France for shipping, for all the Mediterranean and South Europe area, and CMA CGM¡¯s third one to be created after Rotterdam and Singapore.
By the end of 2024, the CMA CGM Group will have a fleet of 44 LNG-powered vessels, "e-methane ready" of various sizes and 24 are already in service.
The engines deployed on these vessels already have the technical capability of using bio-methane (already in use) and e-methane, a carbon-neutral fuel, making them simultaneously an immediate and a long-term solution to the challenge of decarbonisation.
LNG reduces sulphur oxide emissions by 99 per cent, particulate matter emissions by 91 per cent, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 92 per cent. A LNG-powered vessel also emits up to 23 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuel-powered systems.