Maiden call of CMA CGM IRON in Singapore: first delivery of a Korean-built series of 12 new generation dual-fuel methanol 13,000 TEUs vessel
Mar 04, 2025CMA CGM IRON, the Group’s first dual-fuel methanol vessel, made its maiden call today at the Port of Singapore.
Built in Korea by Hyunday Samho Heavy Industries, the CMA CGM IRON is the first in a series of 12 dual-fuel methanol vessels with a capacity of 13,000 TEUs. Sisterships CMA CGM COBALT, ARGON, PLATINUM, MERCURY, HELIUM, KRYPTON, THORIUM, OSMIUM, SILVER, COPPER, GOLD will be progressively deployed in 2025 and 2026.
This news series of 12 methanol represents a major milestone on the CMA CGM Group’s path towards Net Zero Carbon by 2050 and highlights the Group’s strategic and technological partnership with Hyunday Samho Heavy Industries and Korea to decarbonize the shipping industry.
CMA CGM IRON will join the CIMEX1 service, which connects Asia to the Middle East Gulf region.
Xavier Leclercq, Vice-President in charge of Newbuilding at CMA CGM declared : “Thanks to our long-standing collaboration with the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, we have met the challenge of this new propulsion system. This feat of engineering brings us closer to the Net Zero Carbon goal, complementing our dual-fuel gas-powered vessels.”
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