LNG

French shipping line CMA CGM has set a world record for the number of full containers loaded on a single vessel, the first Ultra Large LNG-powered container ship, the “CMA CGM Jacques Saadé”, on departure from Singapore on its maiden voyage with 20,723 containers.

Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), the Paris-based technology firm for designs of systems for the maritime transportation and storage of liquefied natural gas, has hired French high-flier Eric Dehouck for the newly-created post of Deputy Chief Executive.