CMA CGM Vasco de Gama
CMA CGM Vasco de Gama is an Explorer class containership built for CMA CGM. It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama.
![]() CMA CGM Vasco de Gama ride up river Elbe in September 2015 | |
History | |
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Name: | CMA CGM Vasco de Gama |
Namesake: | Vasco de Gama |
Owner: | CHC Second Shipping SA |
Operator: | CMA CGM |
Port of registry: |
London, ![]() |
Builder: | Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, China[1] |
Yard number: | H6002 |
Completed: | 27 July 2015[1] |
In service: | 2015 |
Identification: | Call sign: 2INN8IMO number: 9706889MMSI number: 235111246 |
Status: | In service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type: | Container ship |
Tonnage: | 178,228 GT116,356 NT184,700 DWT |
Length: | 399.2 m (1,310 ft) |
Beam: | 54 m (177 ft) |
Draft: | 16 m (52 ft) |
Depth: | 29.9 m (98 ft) |
Installed power: | MAN B&W, Licence Cssc Mes Diesel Shanghai diesel engine, (63,910 kW) |
Propulsion: | Single shaft; screw propeller Solid |
Speed: | 22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph) |
Capacity: | 17,859 TEU |
![](../I/Container_ship_CMA_CGM_Vasco_da_Gama_in_the_port_of_Hamburg_in_September_2015.jpg.webp)
Container ship CMA CGM Vasco da Gama in the port of Hamburg in September 2015
CMA CGM had originally planned to name the ship after Benjamin Franklin.[1]
The ship was delivered in July 2015, it is among the world's largest containerships, at 17,859 TEU.
References
- "CMA CGM Vasco de Gama (25628J)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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