French shipping major CMA CGM has carried out its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Spain together with energy companies Enagás and Repsol .
Conducted at the beginning of the month, it was the first pipe-to-ship LNG bunkering operation on a containership at Enagás’ regasification plant in Cartagena terminal.
Specifically, the vessel named Borealis, owned by CMA CGM’s intra-European subsidiary Containerships, was bunkered in this operation.
“This very first marks the extension of our LNG infrastructure solutions for our LNG-powered fleet, that will count 44 ships by 2024” , said CMA CGM.
To remind, the shipping major aims to have 44 of its vessels powered by LNG as part of its target to become carbon neutral by 2050 .
To achieve this aim, CMA CGM selected Wärtsilä, the Finnish technology group, to supply a range of solutions for its newbuild LNG containerships and support its maritime decarbonisation operations.
As described, LNG eliminates almost all air pollutants such as sulphur oxides (Sox: -99%) and nitrogen oxide (NOx: -92%) and particulates (PM10: -91%) and achieves the first step toward decarbonisation.
In March this year, CMA CGM also took part in China’s first ship-to-ship LNG simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) bunkering , marking a major step in the energy transition.
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