Explorer-class container ship
The Explorer class is a series of large container ships built for CMA CGM. The first five ships are 365 m long with a nominal capacity of 13,830 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]
 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 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 bridge of CMA CGM Cristophe Colomb
There exist 4 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 Laperouse | 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 | 05 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 | 02 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 | 04 Dec 2015 | in service | [15] |
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See also
- List of world's longest ships
- Maersk Triple E Class
References
- "CMA CGM puts competence at the forefront of its newbuilding programme". DNV. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- "CMA CGM Christophe Colomb (9453559)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci (9454395)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Corte Real (9454400)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Laperouse (9454412)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Magellan (9454424)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Marco Polo (9454436)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt (9454448)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Jules Verne (9454450)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Kerguelen (9702132)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Georg Forster (9702144)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Bougainville (9702156)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Zheng He (9706906)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Vasco de Gama (9706889)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin (9706891)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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