M/S Containerships Nord photographed during sea trials in November. Credit: Containerships.

CMA CGM subsidiary Containerships has received its first LNG-fuelled vessel, named M/S Containerships Nord, at Wenchong Shipyard in China.

The vessel has started its journey from China to Europe to serve the European port and trade.

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Containerships Nord is the first of four new LNG-powered vessels to be operated by the company. Delivery of the remaining vessels is scheduled to take place in the first half of next year.

The four vessels have a 1,400 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity.

Construction of Containerships Nord and its sister vessels is based on a decision taken by Containerships in 2013 on the addition of environmentally friendly LNG-powered vessels into its fleet.

Containerships CEO Kari-Pekka Laaksonen said: “By taking this decision, we accepted the challenge of building with a new technology. It has been a rewarding project full of learning opportunities.

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“This project has required high levels of expertise and constant development. Success requires excellent co-operation between the involved parties.”

“Containerships’ LNG-concept revolves around sea to land and aims to establish a complete, LNG-based door-to-door supply chain across Europe.”

Containerships’ LNG-concept revolves around sea to land and aims to establish a complete, LNG-based door-to-door supply chain across Europe.

The company also intends to expand the capacity of LNG-powered transport on land logistics by investing in LNG-fuelled trucks.

Until the delivery of the three additional LNG-powered ships, Containerships’ parent company CMA CGM will sublet Containerships Nord for its trade lanes.

According to Containerships, use of LNG across the logistics supply chain saves up to 25% on contribution to global warming compared to traditional multimodal transportation.