Ranked as the world’s largest short-sea ro-ro vessel, the 234-metre Chaumine has been floated-out by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard(HMD), and is being readied for service on CLdN’s northwest European network during the early part of 2025.

While offering the same payload intake as the company’s Celine and Delphine, which had introduced a record-breaking unit capacity of 8,000 lane-metres on delivery by HMD in 2017 and 2018, the newbuild type will have a markedly lower carbon footprint. The technological progression, reflected in the adoption of dual-fuel, low-speed main machinery and a hybrid propulsion train, is such that the Chaumine will yield a 40% reduction in CO₂ emissions relative to the earlier ships.

Production of a sister newbuild to Chaumine is also under way at the Ulsan yard, and the two freight carriers attest to a sustained process of fleet renewal and development on the part of the Luxembourg-based, integrated transport operator, associated with Cobelfret. The vessels will be assigned to one or other of the higher-volume routes maintained by CLdN between the British Isles and near-Continent, and will cater to the broadest spread of cargo, ranging from road trailers and rolltrailer-loaded containers and industrial goods to factory-new vehicles and components.