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.[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 (1,197 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
The bridge 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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