Bureau Veritas (BV) has been awarded the responsibility for classification of CMA CGM’s new 22,000 TEU containerships.
The nine ships will be equipped with engines using LNG and will be delivered in 2020. CMA CGM is the first shipping company in the world to equip giant containerships with this type of motorisation.
Reduced Emissions
The use of LNG is to reduce CO2 emissions by 25%, sulphur and fine particles emissions by 99 %, and nitrogen oxides emissions by 85% compared to ships sailing on heavy fuel oil.
The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), which measures a ship’s environmental footprint, is improved by 20% compared to ships only propelled by fuel oil. The vessel will only use a few per cent of marine gas oil for the ignition in the combustion chamber.
By choosing LNG, the CMA CGM Group goes beyond future regulations that limit the sulphur cap to 0.5% in 2020.
Membrane Containment System
Philippe Donche-Gay, President, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, said: ‘This is a breakthrough order for gas fuelled shipping – both in scale and in the use of a membrane containment system.’
The new ships will have a bunker capacity close to 18,000 m3 and this represents a significantly higher volume than has been required in the LNG fuelled ship market. BV has investigated the feasibility of the design together with shipbuilding group China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and GTT, the containment system designer.
Picture: The 16020 TEU container ship CMA CGM Marco Polo (by CMA CGM).
