French line CMA CGM's newly-built 11,000 TEU vessel called Vela entered into service recently making its first call at Le Havre.
The Vela, built by South Korea's Daewoo, is 347m long, has a 15.5m draught and a maximum speed of 24.6 knots. It is the latest generation vessel, equipped with an electronic engine which will substantially cut fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
The vessel's twisted-leading edge rudder also increases manoeuvrability and optimises water flow, thus reducing by two to four percent energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
The vessel is part of the newbuilding programme initiated by CMA CGM to have a modern, high-performance and eco-friendly fleet.
The Vela is deployed on the Asia-Europe FAL1 service which has a rotation of Le Havre, Malta, Khor Al fakkan, Chiwan, Pusan, Kwangyang, Dalian, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yantian, Singapore, Port Kelang, Tanger Med, Southampton, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.
Meanwhile, CMA CGM's Galilee as part of the new joint Nemo service, called at the Port of Hamburg recently.
With a transit time of just 31 days between Hamburg and Fremantle, the new Nemo service is the most rapid connection between Europe and Australia, and the only direct one.
The port rotation of the new service is Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, La Spezia, Damietta, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Singapore, Port Kelang, Chennai, Colombo, Damietta, Marsaxlokk, La Spezia and Tilbury.
The new service operates with six vessels from CMA CGM and another six from Hapag-Lloyd, each with a capacity of 2,100 to 2,800 TEUs. With weekly departures, the round trip takes 84 days.
Built in 2003 at Hyundai's Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea, the 2,800 TEU Galilee is 222m long and 30m wide.
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