<CMA CGM DANUBE> first of 28 same-class ships enters CMA CGM fleet

CMA CGM Group recently announced that the maiden voyage of the <CMA CGM DANUBE> will begin on June 30th, 2014 in China.

This 9,400 TEU ship is the first of a series of 28 ships from 9,400 to 10,900 TEU that will be delivered between now and the third quarter of 2016.
Sailing under the Malta flag and chartered bareboat to CIMC, it is the first ship of this class built at the Chinese construction site DSIC (Dalian PRC) and delivered to the group.

The ship is 300 m in length and 48 m in width. It was designed to offer maximal loading capacity while meeting the technical constraints necessitated by the Strait of the Bosphorus.

With a capacity of 1,458 reefer plugs of 40? which is the largest so far on such a ship, the <CMA CGM DANUBE> embodies the group's ambition to be a leader in this growing market.

Operated on one of the emblematic lines of the group, the 'Bosphorus Express'(BEX), the <CMA CGM DANUBE> will offer direct service between Asia, Turkey and the Black Sea. Accordingly, it will call at Dalian, Tianjin, Kwangyang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Izmit, Istanbul Ambarli, Constanza, Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Port Said, Port Kelang, Singapore, and once again at Dalian.
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