CMA CGM Marco Polo is a Bahamas-registered container ship of the Explorer class[6] 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.
 CMA CGM Marco Polo in Zeebrugge, 18 December 2012
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| History | |
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| Name | CMA CGM Marco Polo[1][4] |
| Owner | SNC Nordenskiold[2] |
| Operator | CMA CGM |
| Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas[2] |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea[2] |
| Yard number | 4161[2] |
| Completed | 5 November 2012[2] |
| Maiden voyage | 7 November 2012[3] |
| In service | 6 November 2012[1] |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Explorer-class container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| 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)[4] |
| Capacity | |
| Crew | 27[5] |
It is named for Venetian 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 with an average payload of 14 tonnes,[7] compared with 11,000 for Emma Mærsk[8] and even more for the Triple E Class.
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References edit
- ^ a b c d "CMA CGM Marco Polo (9454436)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 15 November 2012. (log-in access required)
- ^ a b c d e f "CMA CGM Marco Polo (14495H)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 15 November 2012. (log-in access required)
- ^ "World's largest containership starts maiden voyage". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ a b "CMA CGM Marco Polo". Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "First impressions on navigation of Captain Velibor Krpan". CMA CGM. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b "The race among the world's biggest ships begins". Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ a b "CMA CGM MARCO POLO". Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Namegiving of newbuilding L 203" (Press release). Odense Steel Shipyard. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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