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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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| Global Average Bunker Price | 627.00 | 0.50 | 799.50 | 1.00 |
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