Singapore Maritime Week: the CMA CGM Group, a key player of the maritime industry in Singapore

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, gathered with key maritime stakeholders at the Singapore Maritime Week 2021, an annual gathering of the international maritime community. During the event, the Group reaffirmed its commitment to the Singapore maritime industry and its position as a market leader on digital transformation and sustainability.

Stéphane Courquin, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Asia Pacific, sat for a one-on-one conversation during the TOC Events Worldwide and gave his insight about the commitment of the Group to the shipping industry of Singapore.

Matthieu Somekh, CEO of ZeBox, the international startup incubator and accelerator initiated by the Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group Rodolphe Saadé, joined the Singapore Maritime Technology Conference. He took part in a talk on “VC Perspectives on Financing New Ventures and Preferred Investment Models”.

During the Singapore Maritime Week, the CMA CGM Group also announced it joined the digitalPORT@SGTM PHASE 2 that is designed to increase port efficiency and reduce business costs. The platform provides real-time information for port stakeholders to better coordinate, plan and allocate port resources, so that calling ships can optimize their sailing speed, route or time of arrival to achieve berth-on-arrival and seamless delivery of marine services in the port.

Committed to energy transition of the shipping and logistics industry, the CMA CGM Group harnesses the most effective technologies available. With Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the Group uses the optimum solution already available for reducing the carbon footprint of shipping and preserving air quality.

Aligned with Singapore’s ambition to be a leading Liquefied Natural Gas bunkering hub in Asia, CMA CGM has recently undertaken LNG bunkering operations at the Port of Singapore:

• First ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation in Asia: on 24 March, the CMA CGM SCANDOLA was fueled during the first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation in Asia. She was also the first ship in Asia to conduct simultaneous container loading and discharging operations alongside LNG bunkering operations, shortening port stay time.
• Bunkering of the world’s largest LNG-powered containership, the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE: Three weeks later, the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE was also fuelled at the port of Singapore for the first time. This makes her the largest container vessel to conduct ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations in Asia. The milestone voyage also saw CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE setting a new world record of the highest number of full containers aboard a single vessel.

In 2019, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the Group, initiated the Coalition for the Energy of the Future which aims at accelerating the development of future energies and technologies. In 2021, the Coalition welcomed three more companies including PSA International, a leading global port group and trusted partner to cargo stakeholders with flagship operations in Singapore.