Delivery of the Tenth Bureau Veritas-Classed Ship in CMA CGM’s 5500TEU Container
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) today congratulates all involved in the successful delivery of the CMA CGM TIGA, the final vessel in a series of ten 5500TEU container ships built for CMA CGM at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding. The vessel’s delivery concludes a major project, with BV and BV Solutions Marine & Offshore (BVS) providing classification and advisory services for the entire series, helping ensure compliance with international standards for safety, requirements for structural integrity and environmental protection as well as for efficiency and performance.
The CMA CGM TIGA, a new-generation, medium-sized container vessel, was designed by CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding in collaboration with the Shanghai Ship Research & Design Institute (SDARI). With a length of 255.5 meters, a width of 40.0 meters, and a deadweight tonnage of 73,025.91 tons, the vessel incorporates advanced technologies such as the world’s first WinGD7X82-2.0 main engine, along with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Alternate Maritime Power (AMP) systems, significantly reducing sulfur oxide (SOx) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. This contributes to the broader industry goal of enhancing sustainability.
Providing classification services, BV worked closely with CMA CGM, CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd. (CSTC), and the engine manufacturer to help support the success of the series project with design support including plan approval to Bureau Veritas classification rules and statutory requirements and survey under construction services.
BVS advisory services expertise supported the optimization of each ship’s energy efficiency and performance. The series has achieved an Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) 53.6% below the baseline, surpassing IMO Phase III standards for environmental performance. BVS contributed to the series design and operational efficiency providing advisory services, also including springing vibration analysis in a global finite element model, reducing design cycles, while helping support structural integrity and helping ensure timely steel procurement.
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In addition, BV also conducted full-process precision monitoring to ensure that the vessels met required standards. This included successfully passing container hold tests and ensuring compliance with hull welding quality standards. Safety features such as the FORS (Fuel Oil Rapid Recovery System) notation and an insulation fault alarm and positioning system for low-voltage refrigerated container circuits were also incorporated, further enhancing the vessels’ operational safety and efficiency.The FORS (Fuel Oil Rapid Recovery System) notation ensures swift fuel recovery from tanks in emergencies. Elastic deformation of large hull structures was factored into shaft alignment calculations to prevent propeller shaft and bearing wear.
