CMA CGM Marco Polo

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CMA CGM Marco Polo in Zeebrugge, 18 December 2012
History
Name: CMA CGM Marco Polo[1][2]
Owner: SNC Nordenskiold[3]
Operator: CMA CGM
Port of registry: London  United Kingdom[3]
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea[3]
Yard number: 4161[3]
Completed: 5 November 2012[3]
Maiden voyage: 7 November 2012[4]
In service: 6 November 2012[1]
Identification:
Status: In service[1]
General characteristics [3]
Class & type: Explorer-class container ship
Tonnage:
  • 175,343 GT
  • 85,361 NT
  • 187,625 DWT
Length: 396.0 m (1,299 ft 3 in)
Beam: 53.6 m (175 ft 10 in)
Draught: 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in)
Depth: 29.9 m (98 ft 1 in) (deck edge to keel)
Installed power: Wärtsilä 14RT-flex96C (80,080 kW)
Propulsion: Single shaft, fixed-pitch propeller
Speed: 25.1 knots (46.5 km/h; 28.9 mph)[2]
Capacity:
Crew: 27[7]
CMA CGM Marco Polo, Port of Rotterdam

CMA CGM Marco Polo is a UK-registered container ship of the Explorer class[5] owned by the CMA CGM group. On 6 November 2012, it became the largest container ship in the world measured by capacity (16,020 TEU), but was surpassed on 24 February 2013 by the Maersk Triple E class (18,270 TEU), which is 4 metres (13.1 ft) longer at precisely 400m in length.

It is named for Venitian merchant and traveller Marco Polo.

The previous largest was Emma Mærsk and her seven sisters of the Mærsk E class (15,500 TEU). The capacity is 10,000 TEU if all are fully loaded 14 ton containers,[6] compared to 11,000 for Emma Mærsk[8] and even more for the Triple E Class.

See also

In the Press

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (log-in access required)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (log-in access required)
  4. ↑ World's largest containership starts maiden voyage
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[better source needed]
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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