Explorer-class container ship
 CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, the first Explorer-class container ship ordered by CMA CGM | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea; Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, China |
| Operators: | CMA CGM |
| Built: | 2009– |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Container ship |
| Tonnage: | 153,000–175,000 GT |
| Length: | 365–396 m (1,198–1,299 ft) |
| Beam: | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Draft: | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Installed power: | Wärtsilä 14RT-flex96C (80,080 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 24–25 knots (44–46 km/h; 28–29 mph) |
| Capacity: | 13,300–16,020 TEU |
The Explorer class is a series of large container ships built for CMA CGM. They are mostly named after explorers (Benjamin Franklin was not an explorer but made contributions to oceanography, Forster was a naturalist and ethnologist who travelled with explorer James Cook, Verne was a novelist who wrote about explorations). The first five ships are 365 m long with a nominal capacity of 13,300 TEU; the last three are larger, at 396 m and 16,020 TEU, making them the world's largest container ships until the delivery of the Maersk Triple E Class.
Advanced simulators were built, to help crews learn how to handle the new ships.[1]
Ships
The bridge of CMA CGM Cristophe Colomb
- CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, the first in the series, delivered in November 2009.
- CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci, second in the series, delivered in July 2010.[2]
- CMA CGM Corte Real, third in the series, delivered in August 2010.
- CMA CGM Laperouse, fourth in the series, delivered in September 2010.
- CMA CGM Magellan, fifth in the series, delivered in September 2010.[3]
- CMA CGM Marco Polo, with capacity increased to 16,020 TEU
- CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt, (formerly CMA CGM Vasco de Gama), 16,020 TEU, delivery expected in June 2013.[4]
- CMA CGM Jacques Cartier, (formerly CMA CGM Zheng He), 16,020 TEU, delivery expected in April 2013.[5]
- CMA CGM Jules Verne, delivered in June 2013 and named for French novelist Jules Verne
- CMA CGM Kerguelen, length 398m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 31 March, 2015.[6]
- CMA CGM Georg Forster, length 398m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 2 June, 2015.[7] and named for Polish-Prussian naturalist, ethnologist who travelled on voyages with British explorer James Cook.
- CMA CGM Vasco de Gama (planned as CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin), length 399m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 27 July 2015.[8]
- CMA CGM Bougainville, CMA CGM flagship, length 398m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 25 August, 2015.[9] and named for French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
- CMA CGM Zheng He, length 399m, delivered 11 September, 2015.[10]
- CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, length 399m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 4 December 2015.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ "CMA CGM puts competence at the forefront of its newbuilding programme". DNV. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "CMA CGM takes delivery second Explorer class". The Motorship. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "CMA CGM Magellan - a masterpiece completed with REFCON". Emerson. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "Le futur géant français s'appellera CMA CGM Jules Verne". Le Marin. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "CMA CGM Jacques Cartier". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "CMA CGM KERGUELEN". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "CMA CGM GEORG FORSTER". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "CMA CGM VASCO DE GAMA". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "CMA CGM BOUGAINVELLE". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "CMA CGM ZHENG HE". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "CMA CGM deploys largest cargo vessel ever to call at a U.S. port". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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