近日，中国船舶集团有限公司（CSSC）和法国达飞海运集团在北京签署了一份建造16艘超大型集装箱船的协议，该份订单的总额高达210多亿元人民币（约合30.6亿美元）。订单内容包括建造12艘15000TEU甲醇双燃料动力集装箱船和4艘23000TEU液化天然气（LNG）双燃料动力集装箱船。其中，甲醇动力船船长为366米，船宽51米，可运载156000吨货物。液化天然气动力船船长为399.9米，宽61.3米，可运载220000吨货物。中船集团称，12艘甲醇双燃料动力集装箱船将分别在集团位于大连和上海的两家船厂建造。这笔交易也创下了中国造船业史上最大单笔箱船订单的纪录。

The China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) and French shipping group CMA CGM signed an order for 16 container ships worth a total of 21 billion yuan ($3.06 billion) in Beijing on April 13th. The ship order includes building 12 container ships powered by dual-fuel methanol, which can carry 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), and four container ships powered by dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG), which can carry 23,000 TEUs. The methanol-powered container ships, which will be 366 meters long and 51 meters wide, will be able to transport 156,000 tonnes of cargo. The LNG-powered ships, each with a length of 399.9 meters and a width of 61.3 meters, will carry 220,000 tonnes of cargo. These methanol-powered container ships will be built by the CSSC's two sub-branches in east China's Shanghai Municipality and Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, respectively, according to the CSTC. The deal set the record for the largest single order involving the Chinese shipbuilding industry, according to the China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd. (CSTC) under the CSSC.