Europe's strategic push to strengthen maritime trade received a boost on Thursday as French shipping group CMA CGM inaugurated the CMA CGM Notre Dame, the world's largest LNG-powered container ship and the first of a new fleet that will operate on the company's flagship Asia-Europe trade route.
Stretching almost 400 metres—roughly the length of four football pitches—the CMA CGM Notre Dame dominates the quayside in Le Havre. Towering stacks of containers rise above the deck, carrying everything from trainers to cars as the vessel prepares to enter service on one of the world's busiest trade routes.
