According to the Shanghai commission by letter WeChat official, CMA CGM (CMA-CGM) recently with Hudong group, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company signed a letter of intent to build a super large container ship, ship orders totaling 9 22000TEU dual fuel container ships, each ship can reach the highest cost $160 million (about 1 billion yuan), total orders the amount of 9 ships reached about 9 billion 600 million yuan. These LNG power super large container ships became the first batch of super large container ship orders after 22 months since the third quarter of 2015, and became a landmark event in the international shipbuilding market beginning to recover.

The new ship will be delivered from late 2019 to 2020, when it will become the world's largest container ship. Prior to this, the world's largest container ship order was built by Samsung Heavy Industries 21000TEU class container ship. The order of the war on the history of the largest container ship orders, at the same time, CMA-CGM in LNG power for large container ships has made the first demonstration, so this batch of orders has attracted market attention. South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industry and other big three South Korean Daewoo shipbuilding shipbuilding and China Hudong Zhonghua group, Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding companies have participated in this competition order, finally, Hudong Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding with comprehensive advantages over South Korea to win orders.

Since 12th Five-Year, Shanghai has been relying on key shipbuilding enterprises and design institutes to continuously upgrade its own R & D and construction capabilities. The market share of high-tech ships has been continuously improved, and the high-end products have been continuously expanded. The Shanghai from South Korea grabbed 22000TEU dual fuel container ship orders further confirms the Shanghai shipbuilding industry ultra large container ship building capacity recognized around the world.