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Feature Ship | CMA CGM Jacques Saade 2020 SHIPPING & PORT ANNUAL

CMA CGM

JACQUES SAADE

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By any measurement, literal or metaphorical, the CMA that saw the shipyard’s representatives in Shanghai and

CGM Jacques Saade is ‘Big.’ The ship recently joined the CMA CGM Group’s management in Marseille share an emo-

CMA CGM ? eet, an innovative ship on multiple levels that tional landmark moment in their common history. Blessed has garnered global attention as the ? rst 23,000-TEU con- by father Francis Fang, the vessel was then of? cially named

All images CMA CGM tainership in the world to be powered by lique? ed natural by her Godmother, Tanya Saadé Zeenny, who wished the gas (LNG). This is the ? rst of a series of nine 23,000 TEU ship, the captain and its crew the best of luck on their fu- container ships for the French containershipping legend, ture voyages with the traditional words “May God bless this named after the founder of CMA CGM, Jacques Saadé. ship and all who will sail on her.”

In traditional form CMA CGM Jacques Saade joined the A full pro? le of the ship will be featured in the December ? eet via naming ceremony, albeit a naming ceremony with “Great Ships of 2020” edition of Maritime Reporter & En- a COVID-19 twist: a ? rst-of-its-kind digital naming ceremony gineering News.

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