CMA CGM’s new methanol dual-fuel containership joins fleet

French shipping group CMA CGM has added a new methanol dual-fuel containership, CMA CGM Thorium, to its fleet.

IMAGE: CMA CGM’s methanol dual-fuel containership CMA CGM Thorium. CMA CGM

The vessel was named in Mokpo, South Korea, and is capable of operating on both methanol and conventional marine fuels.

CMA CGM Thorium is part of a series of 12 methanol dual-fuel containerships, each with a capacity of 13,000 TEUs, being built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessel will be deployed on the Asia-Pacific route.

Earlier this month, CMA CGM also took delivery of the first ship in a separate series of six 15,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container vessels being built at China’s DSIC Tianjin Shipyard.

The vessel, CMA CGM Monte Cristo, will operate on services linking North Asia with the Levant and the Adriatic Sea.

By Tuhin Roy

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