The CMA CGM Group’s latest fleet addition, the 9,365-TEU CMA CGM Rhone, embarked on her maiden voyage from China on February 20th, 2015.
CMA CGM Rhone, sailing under the Malta flag, is the 4th vessel of this class built at the Chinese construction site DSIC (Dalian, PRC).
It is the 7th in a series of 28 ships from 9,400 TEUs to 10,900 TEUs that will be delivered from now to the third quarter of 2016.
The CMA CGM Danube, CMA CGM Elbe, CMA CGM Litani and CMA CGM Tigris are the firsts of this series, named after famous rivers, that started being delivered in June 2014.
More recently, on February 13th and 14th 2015, the CMA CGM Loire and CMA CGM Ural started their first rotation on the CMA CGM’s BEX and MEX lines, the group said.
With its 300 meters length and 48 meters width, the vessel was designed to offer a maximal loading capacity while meeting the technical constraints of the Strait of the Bosphorus.
With a 1,458 40’ Reefer plugs capacity, the vessel is intended to be operated on Bosphorus Express, (BEX), offering direct service between Asia, Turkey and the Black Sea.
Accordingly, it will call Dalian, Tianjin, Kwangyang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Izmit, Istambul Ambarli, Constanza, Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Port Said, Port Kelang, Singapore, and once again Dalian.