Explorer-class container ship

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

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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 November 2009 in service [2]
2 CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci 4157 9454395 21 July 2010 in service [3]
3 CMA CGM Corte Real 4158 9454400 16 August 2010 in service [4]
4 CMA CGM Lapérouse 4159 9454412 10 September 2010 in service [5]
5 CMA CGM Magellan 4160 9454424 28 September 2010 in service [6]
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (16020 TEU)
6 CMA CGM Marco Polo 4161 9454436 5 November 2012 in service [7]
7 CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt 4162 9454448 16 April 2013 in service [8]
8 CMA CGM Jules Verne 4163 9454450 30 April 2013 in service [9]
Samsung Heavy Industries (17722 TEU)
9 CMA CGM Kerguelen 2092 9702132 31 March 2015 in service [10]
10 CMA CGM Georg Forster 2093 9702144 2 June 2015 in service [11]
11 CMA CGM Bougainville 2094 9702156 25 August 2015 in service [12]
Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries (17859 TEU)
12 CMA CGM Zheng He H6001 9706906 11 September 2015 in service [13]
13 CMA CGM Vasco de Gama H6002 9706889 27 July 2015 in service [14]
14 CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin H6003 9706891 4 December 2015 in service [15]

See also

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References

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  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.