Media: CMA CGM gearing up to order new mega-vessels

Rumors of a tonnage expansion have surrounded France's CMA CGM for some time, and now several media report that the carrier will soon place an order for a series of container ships with capacities upwards of 22,000 teu, which would be the world's biggest container vessels so far. The carrier remains silent.
Photo: PR-foto/CMA CGM
Photo: PR-foto/CMA CGM

The world's fourth-largest container carrier, CMA CGM, is preparing a vessel order that would make the French company the owner of the largest vessels in the global fleet.

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