CMA CGM has ordered up to 12 LNG dual-fuel large container ship newbuildings worth almost $2.67bn.

The Rodolphe Saade-controlled liner giant is being named as the shipowner behind a series of neo-panamaxes that HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) announced on Monday.

The South Korean shipbuilding group said it has signed a contract to build 12 boxships with a shipping company based in Europe.