EC clears LNG bunkering joint venture by CMA CGM and TotalEnergies
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The European Commission (EC) has recently approved the creation of a joint venture by French companies CMA CGM and TotalEnergies, dedicated to providing LNG bunkering services.
The EC concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given that the joint venture will have negligible activities in the European Economic Area and given the companies’ limited combined market positions resulting from the proposed transaction.
“The notified transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure,” it said.
Manifold Times previously reported TotalEnergies and CMA CGM entering into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supply solution at the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
As part of this new logistics joint venture, a new 20,000 cubic-meter LNG bunker vessel will be positioned in Rotterdam by the end of 2028 and jointly operated.
The CMA CGM-TotalEnergies JV will offer a complete logistics service, from reload access at Gate terminal facilities to LNG bunker delivery to a wide range of vessels operating in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region, including those of CMA CGM as well as other shipping operators.
The joint venture will capitalise on TotalEnergies’ established logistics infrastructure in the ARA region, where the 18,600 m³ LNG bunker vessel Gas Agility has been in operation since 2020.
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Photo credit: CMG CGM
Published: 26 August, 2026
