Eco feeder service at GCT - MarinePoland.com
Eco feeder service at GCT
Date of publication: 15.12.2022

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.

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