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CMA CGM Adds Bow Windshield to Boxship: Report
Thursday February 16, 2023
French container line CMA CGM is reported to have added a bunker-saving bow windshield to one of its boxships.
The firm has retrofitted the 16,000 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo with the windshield during a drydocking in China at the end of last year, container shipping intelligence service Alphaliner said in its weekly newsletter on Tuesday.
The windshields can cut a vessel's fuel consumption by as much as 4% by improving aerodynamics.
Shipping companies are increasingly investing in fuel efficiency systems as a means of cutting GHG emissions in the wake of stricter regulations and as a means of cutting their bunker bills.
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| VLSFO | MGO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $/mt | +/- | $/mt | +/- | |
| Singapore | 571.00 | 1.50 | 685.50 | 5.50 |
| Rotterdam | 516.50 | 1.50 | 677.50 | 3.50 |
| Houston | 556.00 | 6.00 | 679.00 | 1.00 |
| Fujairah | 565.00 | 4.50 | 755.00 | 1.50 |
| Global 20 Ports Average | 589.00 | 3.00 | 764.50 | 3.50 |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 552.00 | 3.00 | 699.00 | 2.50 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 635.50 | 1.00 | 811.50 | 11.00 |
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