Total and CMA CGM LNG Bunkering Operation at Port of Rotterdam

The CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, a containership powered by LNG, has completed her first LNG bunkering with Total’s LNG bunker vessel the Gas Agility.  The 23,000 TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit) containership received around 17,300 m3 of LNG November 13th 2020 according to a statement from Total.

The bunkering operation was performed by the Gas Agility at the Rotterdam World Gateway terminal in The Netherlands by means of a ship-to-ship transfer. The CMA CGM Jacques Saadé was able to carry out cargo operations simultaneously. The supply of LNG was provided by Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions. Refueling took approximately 24 hours to complete.

“We are really proud of this landmark achievement, which is the culmination of a 3-year close collaboration between Total and CMA CGM,” said Jérôme Leprince-Ringuet, Vice President Marine Fuels at Total. “It also marks the shipping industry’s first commercial use of biomethane on this scale. Such introduction reflects Total’s ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050 and our commitment to help reduce the carbon intensity of the energy products used by our customers.”