CMA CGM’s New LNG-Powered Megaship Sets Cargo Record

The world’s first natural gas-powered containership has also just set a new world record for the highest number of full containers loaded on a single vessel.

The LNG-powered CMA CGM Jacques Saad was recently delivered by Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. With capacity of 23,000 TEU, the 400-meter-long ship is the largest containership to be powered by cleaner burning Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).

CMA CGM says the vessel departed Singapore this week carrying a whopping 20,723 “full” containers, which, if confirmed, would set a new world record for the greatest number of containers ever carried by a ship.

The vessel operates on CMA CGM’s flagship French Asia Line (FAL 1), connecting Asia with Europe.