French shipping group CMA CGM has ordered six 3,100-TEU container ships from China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard, according to market sources. The vessels will measure 199.9 meters in length, 35.2 meters in beam, and have a designed draft of 8.5 meters. The order extends a three-year relationship between CMA CGM and the Chinese shipyard. In November 2023, CMA CGM placed an order with China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard for two LNG dual-fuel ro-ro passenger vessels worth nearly 400 million euros, marking the French carrier's first investment in ro-ro passenger vessel construction. Those ships are expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2027. The new container ship contract carries particular significance for China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard, which primarily builds high-end passenger-ro-ro and car-ro-ro vessels. The yard's last container ship project dated back to 2025, when it received a joint order from Singapore-based East Pacific Shipping and XT Shipping for four 3,160-TEU container ships — its first container ship order in a decade. The latest deal with CMA CGM represents a further step in the shipyard's push to diversify into the container vessel segment after years of focus on passenger-ro-ro tonnage. According to TrustedDocks orderbook data, the order was placed on 18 Feb 2026 and reported on 14 Oct 2025, with the six vessels scheduled for delivery between 2028 and 2029, and the ships will be LNG-fuelled.