CMA CGM Marco Polo
 CMA CGM Marco Polo in Zeebrugge, 18 December 2012 | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| 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: |
Call sign: 2FYD5 IMO number: 9454436 MMSI number: 235095231[1] |
| Status: | In service[1] |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type: | Explorer-class container ship  (?) |
| Type: | 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: | 16,020 TEU[5] 1,100 TEU (reefers)[6] |
| Crew: | 27[7] |
CMA CGM Marco Polo is a UK-registered container ship in the Explorer class[5] owned by the CMA CGM group. On 6 November 2012, it became the largest containership 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.
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
- List of largest container ships
- List of the world's largest ships
In the Press
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "CMA CGM Marco Polo (9454436)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 15 November 2012. (registration required (help)). (log-in access required)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CMA CGM Marco Polo". Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "CMA CGM Marco Polo (14495H)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 15 November 2012. (log-in access required)
- ↑ World's largest containership starts maiden voyage
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The race among the world’s biggest ships begins". Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "CMA CGM MARCO POLO". Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ "First impressions on navigation of Captain Velibor Krpan". CMA CGM. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ "Namegiving of newbuilding L 203" (Press release). Odense Steel Shipyard. 2006-12-08.
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