The ''Jacques Saadé'' class is a group of nine

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each with a capacity of 23,000 TEUs built by the

China State Shipbuilding Corporation The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is a state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Background CSSC is one of the top 10 defence groups in the PRC. It consists of various shipyards, equip ...

(CSSC) for French shipping company

CMA CGM The Compagnie maritime d'affrètement - Compagnie générale maritime or CMA CGM is a French shipping and logistics company founded in 1978 by Jacques Saadé. The name is an acronym of two predecessor companies, Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètemen ...

. Construction on the first two began in July 2018 in

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Jiangnan Shipyard Jiangnan Shipyard ( zh, c=江南造船厂, p=Jiāngnán Zàochuán Chǎng) is a historic shipyard in Shanghai, China. The shipyard has been state-owned since its founding in 1865 and is now operated as Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co. Ltd. Befo ...

and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The first ship was launched in September 2019. The first ship was delivered on 22 September 2020. The first two ships were originally expected to be delivered in 2019, but they have been delivered in September and October 2020 after a delay of at least 10 months by

(CSSC).

History

CSSC and CMA CGM signed a contract to produce the ships on 19 September 2017. The value of the contract was worth an estimated US$1.2 billion at the time. Construction of the first two ships began on 26 July 2018. The first ship, ''CMA CGM Jacques Saadé'', named after the founder of CMA CGM

Jacques Saadé Jacques Rodolphe Saadé (; 7 February 1937 – 24 June 2018) was a French-Lebanese billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of the CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company, the fourth largest in the wor ...

, was launched in September 2019. The first ship was originally expected to be delivered in November 2019, but it was delivered on 22 September 2020 after a delay of at least 10 months by

(CSSC). The second ship ''CMA CGM Champs Elysees'' was delivered on 27 October 2020 after a delay of at least 10 months. The ships are registered in Marseille.

List of ships

Specifications

The vessels will be long, wide, and deep. They will each have a

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capacity of 220,000 DWT. The engines are the 12X92DF, designed by engine designer WinGD, fueled by

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(LNG). The decision to use LNG as a fuel is in anticipation of the upcoming 2020 IMO regulation limiting sulfur emissions.

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History

List of ships

Specifications

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