To be deployed on the Asia to Northern Europe route
The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in maritime transportation, has announced the arrival in its fleet of its new flagship and the 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.
This is the first of three vessels ordered having similar capacity.
A vessel with exceptional dimensions:
- 400-m long and 59-m wide
- Longer than 4 football fields and bigger than The Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower
- 20,600 TEUs capacity, or 123 km of containers
The ship bears the Group’s new visual identity, which reflects its dynamism.
A technologically advanced ship for the protection of the environment
The CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY benefits from the best technologies:
- A Becker Twisted Fin allowing improving the propeller’s performance, helping significantly reduce the energy expenditure for a 4 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions.
- A new-generation engine that significantly reduces oil consumption (-25 per cent) and fuel consumption for a 3 per cent average reduction in CO2 emissions.
- A system for the treatment of ballast water by filters and UV lamps, allowing rejecting to the sea clear water without living organisms capable of impacting marine biodiversity.
A symbol of France and its influence
By naming its flagship CMA CGM ANTOINE OF 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 has been sharing and conveying for 40 years.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, whose work is known on all 5 continents, is also one of France’s strongest symbols. Thanks to its presence in more than 160 countries, the CMA CGM Group contributes daily to France’s influence worldwide, promoting its expertise and dynamism.
Entry into service on the most emblematic sea route
CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY will enter into service on February 6, 2018 on the FAL 1 (French Asia Line 1) service, the longest sea route in the world which connects Asia to Northern Europe. This line offers a weekly service to 16 ports of call in a rotation of 84 days.
