From gCaptain:
The LNG-powered CMA CGM Jacques Saade has marked a new milestone as it kicks off its first LNG bunkering in Rotterdam.
CMA CGM said called the operation “the largest bunkering operation ever undertaken for a containership.”
With a 18,600 cubic meter tank, CMA CGM Jacques Saade is being refueled with LNG while port handling operations remain underway. The bunkering operation is being performed by the Gas Agility, the world’s largest LNG bunkering vessel. The Gas Agility is operated by the French company Total, which has an agreement with CMA CGM to supply 300,000 tons of LNG fuel per year for a period of ten years.
Once bunkering is complete, CMA CGM Jacques Saade will continue on her maiden voyage, which began in China after she joined the fleet on September 22.
The CMA CGM Jacques Saade is the first of nine LNG-fueled, 23,000 TEU containerships ordered by CMA CGM in 2017. So far seven of those ships have been delivered by the shipyard. The vessels are operated French Asia Line (FAL 1) connecting Asia with Europe, providing a weekly service comprising 13 calls over 84 days....
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From Total: Total's "Gas Agility" is the world's largest LNG bunker vessel
Considering that the Gas Agility is 135 meters (443 feet) long and yet is dwarfed by the Jacques Saadé, you get a feel for just how huge these new boxships are.
If interested see also August 25's "CMA CGM to take delivery of world’s largest LNG-powered vessel" for Rotterdam as well as "'World’s Largest LNG Bunkering Vessel Arrives in Rotterdam' (so that's how CMA CGM will fuel the new megaships)"
Also December 2019's "Shipping: 'CMA CGM bolsters its LNG fuel supply with Total deal'" and June 2020's "Shipping: CMA CGM Must Be Seeing A Pickup In Business" for CMA CGM's other fueling hub, Marseille-Fos.
