Bureau Veritas has signed a contract with the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) shipyards Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding (Hudong Zhonghua) and Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry for the classification of the nine 22,000 TEU newbuildings for CMA CGM.
According t[ds_preview]o Bureau Veritas when coming in service it will be the largest LNG fueled containerships.
Present to witness the contract signing at Marintec were President Chen Jun from Hudong-Zhonghua and Chairman Wang Qi from SWS together with Claude Maillot, Bureau Veritas, Senior Vice-President, Marine & Offshore, North Asia and China. Ludovic Gerard, Executive Vice-President of CMA CGM Group company, CMA Ships, introduced the ceremony emphasising the strength of the relationship between CMA CGM and Bureau Veritas.
»Bureau Veritas is delighted and honoured to be classing these ships and we are looking forward to working with Hudong-Zhonghua and SWS through this project and we thank both them and CMA CGM for trusting Bureau Veritas with this important project,« comments Maillot at the ceremony at Marintec, where the deal was closed.
