GTT’s service portfolio will support CMA CGM’s transition to LNG

CMA CGM Group has chosen GTT’s global portfolio of services and assistance for the commissioning, operation and maintenance of its future 23,000 TFE LNG-powered container ships, GTT announced in a statement. 

The GTT service package includes the training of crews of the CMA CGM fleet through the provision of the G-Sim® training simulator, which is specially adapted to replicate the LNG operations of CMA CGM vessels. 

GTT will also provide on board technical assistance during the commissioning of LNG tanks and during the first bunkering operations. If necessary, CMA CGM is also able to use the HEARS® service, to obtain 24/7 technical assistance. 

Equipped with GTT membrane containment technologies, the TFE LNG-powered container ships are the largest in the world to use LNG as fuel, an 18,600 m3 LNG tank.

Thanks to the data continuously collected on board, GTT teams will be able to assist and advise CMA CGM teams as closely as possible. In addition, the analysis tools integrated in the connected version will allow a follow-up over time of the tanks and their insulation spaces.

Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT, said: “We are constantly expanding our range of services to meet the new expectations of ship-owners and are therefore very pleased to be able to support CMA CGM in the commissioning, operation and maintenance of its LNG powered vessels.”

For more information visit www.gtt.fr

10th January 2020