Explorer-Class Container Ship
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.
 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 (1,197 ft 6 in – 1,299 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 51 m (167 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| 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
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 | CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci | 4157 | 9454395 | 21 July 2010 | in service | |
| 3 | CMA CGM Corte Real | 4158 | 9454400 | 16 August 2010 | in service | |
| 4 | CMA CGM Lapérouse | 4159 | 9454412 | 10 September 2010 | in service | |
| 5 | CMA CGM Magellan | 4160 | 9454424 | 28 September 2010 | in service | |
| Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (16020 TEU) | ||||||
| 6 | CMA CGM Marco Polo | 4161 | 9454436 | 5 November 2012 | in service | |
| 7 | CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt | 4162 | 9454448 | 16 April 2013 | in service | |
| 8 | CMA CGM Jules Verne | 4163 | 9454450 | 30 April 2013 | in service | |
| Samsung Heavy Industries (17722 TEU) | ||||||
| 9 | CMA CGM Kerguelen | 2092 | 9702132 | 31 March 2015 | in service | |
| 10 | CMA CGM Georg Forster | 2093 | 9702144 | 2 June 2015 | in service | |
| 11 | CMA CGM Bougainville | 2094 | 9702156 | 25 August 2015 | in service | |
| Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries (17859 TEU) | ||||||
| 12 | CMA CGM Zheng He | H6001 | 9706906 | 11 September 2015 | in service | |
| 13 | CMA CGM Vasco de Gama | H6002 | 9706889 | 27 July 2015 | in service | |
| 14 | CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin | H6003 | 9706891 | 4 December 2015 | in service | |
See also
References
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