With an announcement GTT informed that the shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd and CMA CGM, chose the company to design cryogenic tanks for nine LNG-fuelled container ships, that CMA CGM plans to equip with LNG.
Earlier this week, CMA CGM announced its plans to equip its 9 future ships of 22,000 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit), delivered in 2020, with engines using LNG.
GTT will design the LNG fuel tanks, which are expected to have a capacity of 18,600 m3 per ship. The membrane insulation system Mark III developed by GTT has been chosen for its space optimization allowing a maximum usage of cargo capacity.
Hudong-Zhonghua will be in charge of building the membrane tanks for the nine ships, as well as five vessels out of the nine. Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd will build the remaining four.
The containerships are planned to be delivered between the end of 2019 and the end of 2020 and will be able to carry 22,000 containers each.
Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT, noted: “This order is a game-changer. It marks the adoption of clean fuels by the container ships’ industry. GTT is proud to work side by side with CMA CGM and Hudong-Zhonghua within this revolution.”
