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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.

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.

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Ships

There exist four different ship types within the Explorer class.

No.ShipYard numberIMO numberDeliveryStatusref
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (13830 TEU)
1CMA CGM Christophe Colomb4156945355910 November 2009in service2
2CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci4157945439521 July 2010in service3
3CMA CGM Corte Real4158945440016 August 2010in service4
4CMA CGM Lapérouse4159945441210 September 2010in service5
5CMA CGM Magellan4160945442428 September 2010in service6
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (16020 TEU)
6CMA CGM Marco Polo416194544365 November 2012in service7
7CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt4162945444816 April 2013in service8
8CMA CGM Jules Verne4163945445030 April 2013in service9
Samsung Heavy Industries (17722 TEU)
9CMA CGM Kerguelen2092970213231 March 2015in service10
10CMA CGM Georg Forster209397021442 June 2015in service11
11CMA CGM Bougainville2094970215625 August 2015in service12
Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries (17859 TEU)
12CMA CGM Zheng HeH6001970690611 September 2015in service13
13CMA CGM Vasco de GamaH6002970688927 July 2015in service14
14CMA CGM Benjamin FranklinH600397068914 December 2015in service15

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022211445/http://www.dnv.com/industry/maritime/publicationsanddownloads/publications/updates/container/2010/2-2010/cmacgmputscompetenceattheforefrontofitsnewbuildingprogramme.asp ↩

  2. "CMA CGM Christophe Colomb (9453559)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  3. "CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci (9454395)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  4. "CMA CGM Corte Real (9454400)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  5. "CMA CGM Laperouse (9454412)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  6. "CMA CGM Magellan (9454424)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  7. "CMA CGM Marco Polo (9454436)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  8. "CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt (9454448)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  9. "CMA CGM Jules Verne (9454450)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  10. "CMA CGM Kerguelen (9702132)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  11. "CMA CGM Georg Forster (9702144)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  12. "CMA CGM Bougainville (9702156)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  13. "CMA CGM Zheng He (9706906)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  14. "CMA CGM Vasco de Gama (9706889)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩

  15. "CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin (9706891)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 6 February 2018. https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/bv-fleet/#/bv-fleet/ ↩