CMA CGM takes delivery of its first 20,600 TEU containership
The CMA CGM Group announces the arrival of its new flagship and world’s biggest containership flying the French flag: “CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery”. With a capacity of 20,600 TEUs, it is a strong symbol of the Group’s dynamism and development and the first delivery of an order for three 20,600 TEU containerships.
“CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery” is a vessel with exceptional dimensions:
-) 400-meter long and 59-meter wide;
-) Longer than 4 football fields and bigger than The Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower;
-) 20,600 TEUs capacity, or 123 kilometers of containers.
The “CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery” benefits from the best technologies for the protection of the environment:
-) a Becker Twisted Fin allowing to improve the propeller’s performance, helping reduce significantly the energy expenditure for a 4% reduction in CO2 emissions;
-) a new-generation engine that significantly reduces oil consumption (-25%) and fuel consumption for a 3% average reduction of CO2 emissions;
-) a system for the treatment of ballast water by filters and UV lamps, allowing to reject to the sea a cleared water, without living organism capable of impacting marine biodiversity.
By naming its flagship “CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery”, the Group pays tribute to the pioneer of the Aéropostale, the writer and the poet, known for his values of humanism and responsibility, values that CMA CGM have been sharing and conveying for 40 years.
“CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery” will enter into service on February 6th on the FAL 1 service (French Asia Line 1), the longest sea route in the world which connects Asia to Northern Europe. This line offers a weekly service to 16 ports of call for a duration of 84 days.