She entered commercial operation on 23 September 2020 and is the first of a class of nine sister ships which at the time of construction were the world's largest vessels to be powered using liquefied natural gas.

She is named after Jacques Saadé, the founder of CMA CGM and has a capacity of 23,000 TEU).

The CMA CGM Jacques Saadé is the first of a class of nine sister ships to be delivered following a decision taken by Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and chief executive officer of the CMA CGM Group, to order container ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

[2][3] She entered commercial operation on 23 September 2020, on the French Asia Line route[4] and is registered at the French International Register (RIF) with a home port of Marseille, where the CMA CGM Group's head office has been based for over 40 years.

[5][2] With a fuel tank capacity of up to 18,600 cubic metres (660,000 cu ft) of LNG stored at a temperature of −161 °C (−258 °F), she is able to complete the full 23,372-nautical-mile (43,285 km; 26,896 mi) round trip between Asia and Northern Europe.