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.ShipYard numberIMO numberDeliveryStatusref
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (13830 TEU)
1CMA CGM Christophe Colomb4156945355910 Nov 2009in service [2]
2CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci4157945439521 Jul 2010in service [3]
3CMA CGM Corte Real4158945440016 Aug 2010in service [4]
4CMA CGM Lapérouse4159945441210 Sep 2010in service [5]
5CMA CGM Magellan4160945442428 Sep 2010in service [6]
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (16020 TEU)
6CMA CGM Marco Polo416194544365 Nov 2012in service [7]
7CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt4162945444816 Apr 2013in service [8]
8CMA CGM Jules Verne4163945445030 Apr 2013in service [9]
Samsung Heavy Industries (17722 TEU)
9CMA CGM Kerguelen2092970213231 Mar 2015in service [10]
10CMA CGM Georg Forster209397021442 Jun 2015in service [11]
11CMA CGM Bougainville2094970215625 Aug 2015in service [12]
Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries (17859 TEU)
12CMA CGM Zheng HeH6001970690611 Sep 2015in service [13]
13CMA CGM Vasco de GamaH6002970688927 Jul 2015in service [14]
14CMA CGM Benjamin FranklinH600397068914 Dec 2015in 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)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci (9454395)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "CMA CGM Corte Real (9454400)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "CMA CGM Laperouse (9454412)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "CMA CGM Magellan (9454424)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "CMA CGM Marco Polo (9454436)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt (9454448)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "CMA CGM Jules Verne (9454450)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "CMA CGM Kerguelen (9702132)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "CMA CGM Georg Forster (9702144)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "CMA CGM Bougainville (9702156)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "CMA CGM Zheng He (9706906)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "CMA CGM Vasco de Gama (9706889)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin (9706891)". VeriSTAR Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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