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CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, the first Explorer-class container ship ordered by CMA CGM
Class overview
BuildersDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea; Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, China
OperatorsCMA CGM
Built2009–
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage153,000–175,000 GT
Length365–396 m (1,197 ft 6 in – 1,299 ft 3 in)
Beam51 m (167 ft 4 in)
Draft16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Installed powerWärtsilä 14RT-flex96C (80,080 kW)
PropulsionSingle shaft; fixed-pitch propeller
Speed24–25 knots (44–46 km/h; 28–29 mph)
Capacity13,300–16,020 TEU

The Explorer class is a series of large container ships built for CMA CGM. The first five ships are 365 metres (1,197 ft 6 in) long with a nominal capacity of 13,830 TEU; the last three are larger, at 396 metres (1,299 ft 3 in) and 16,020 TEU, making them the world's largest container ships until the delivery of the Triple E class. Advanced simulators were built to help crews learn how to handle the new ships.[1]

The ships are mostly named after explorers. Benjamin Franklin was not an explorer but made contributions to oceanography, Georg Forster was a naturalist and ethnologist who travelled with explorer James Cook, and Jules Verne was a novelist who wrote about explorations.

Ships

The superstructure of CMA CGM Cristophe Colomb

There exist four different ship types within the Explorer class.

No. Ship Yard number IMO number Delivery Status ref
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (13830 TEU)
1 CMA CGM Christophe Colomb 4156 9453559 10 Nov 2009 in service [2]
2 CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci 4157 9454395 21 Jul 2010 in service [3]
3 CMA CGM Corte Real 4158 9454400 16 Aug 2010 in service [4]
4 CMA CGM Lapérouse 4159 9454412 10 Sep 2010 in service [5]
5 CMA CGM Magellan 4160 9454424 28 Sep 2010 in service [6]
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (16020 TEU)
6 CMA CGM Marco Polo 4161 9454436 5 Nov 2012 in service [7]
7 CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt 4162 9454448 16 Apr 2013 in service [8]
8 CMA CGM Jules Verne 4163 9454450 30 Apr 2013 in service [9]
Samsung Heavy Industries (17722 TEU)
9 CMA CGM Kerguelen 2092 9702132 31 Mar 2015 in service [10]
10 CMA CGM Georg Forster 2093 9702144 2 Jun 2015 in service [11]
11 CMA CGM Bougainville 2094 9702156 25 Aug 2015 in service [12]
Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries (17859 TEU)
12 CMA CGM Zheng He H6001 9706906 11 Sep 2015 in service [13]
13 CMA CGM Vasco de Gama H6002 9706889 27 Jul 2015 in service [14]
14 CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin H6003 9706891 4 Dec 2015 in service [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CMA CGM puts competence at the forefront of its newbuilding programme". DNV. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ "CMA CGM Christophe Colomb (9453559)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci (9454395)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ "CMA CGM Corte Real (9454400)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "CMA CGM Laperouse (9454412)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "CMA CGM Magellan (9454424)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. ^ "CMA CGM Marco Polo (9454436)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  8. ^ "CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt (9454448)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. ^ "CMA CGM Jules Verne (9454450)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  10. ^ "CMA CGM Kerguelen (9702132)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  11. ^ "CMA CGM Georg Forster (9702144)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  12. ^ "CMA CGM Bougainville (9702156)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  13. ^ "CMA CGM Zheng He (9706906)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  14. ^ "CMA CGM Vasco de Gama (9706889)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  15. ^ "CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin (9706891)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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