CMA CGM IRON, the Group's first dual-fuel methanol vessel, has made its maiden call today at the Port of Singapore.

Built in Korea by Hyundai 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.

Its sisterships CMA CGM COBALT, ARGON, PLATINUM, MERCURY, HELIUM, KRYPTON, THORIUM, OSMIUM, SILVER, COPPER, GOLD will be progressively deployed in 2025 and 2026.

CMA CGM said this new 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 Hyundai 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.

"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," said Xavier Leclercq, vice-president in charge of Newbuilding at CMA CGM.

"This feat of engineering brings us closer to the Net Zero Carbon goal, complementing our dual-fuel gas-powered vessels," he added.