Ecological, LNG-powered container feeder ships of the Containerships line belonging to CMA CGM call at the Hutchison Ports Gdynia terminal.
Containerships provide feeder
services for CMA CGM's ocean lines. They have been calling at the
Hutchison Ports Gdynia terminal since November as part of two
services. The route of the first one, under which container ships
appear in Gdynia twice a week, is Bremerhaven - Hamburg - Gdynia -
Klaipeda - Riga - Gdynia. The first time the vessel sails to Gdynia
for import purposes directly from Hamburg, and the second time it
takes export containers.
The second service calls at GCT
once a week, and its route is: Klaipeda - Norrkoping - Gavle - Rauma
- Gdańsk - Gdynia - Bremerhaven – Hamburg.
Both connections are operated
entirely by Containerships lines, which are part of one of the
largest shipping companies - CMA CGM. Thanks to both services, Polish
exporters can easily ship their goods around the world thanks to CMA
CGM ocean connections.
As part of services, Hutchison
Ports Gdynia handles e.g. LNG-powered ships such as Containerships
Stellar and Containerships Borealis. These sister vessels,
commissioned in 2021, are 170 meters long and can carry 1,380 TEUs on
board. The ships can reach speeds of up to 19 knots, but most
importantly, they are powered by liquefied natural gas, which
significantly reduces the emissions generated by the vessels. In the
Baltic Sea, since 2015, restrictive standards for the emission of
sulfur oxides by ships have been in force, and the use of LNG
contributes to reducing the amount of pollution.
GCT Hutchison Ports Gdynia is a
container terminal with, among others, a deep-water wharf that allows
the reception of up to 400-meter container ships, i.e. the largest
that may appear on the Baltic Sea. The terminal is part of CK
Hutchison Holdings Ltd, one of the world's largest companies
specializing in port operations. The group is present in 26
countries.