''CMA CGM Marco Polo'' is a Bahamas-registered
container ship
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of the
[ owned by the ]CMA CGM
The Compagnie maritime d'affrètement - Compagnie générale maritime or CMA CGM is a French shipping and logistics company founded in 1978 by Jacques Saadé.
The name is an acronym of two predecessor companies, Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètemen ...
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
The Triple E class is a family of very large container ships with a capacity of more than 18,000 TEUs, which are owned and operated by Maersk Line.
With a length of , when they were built they were the largest container ships in the world, bu ...
(18,270 TEU), which is 4 metres (13.1 ft) longer at precisely 400m in length.
It is named for Venetian merchant and traveller Marco Polo
Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...
.
The previous largest was '' Emma Mærsk'' and her seven sisters
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of the (15,500 TEU). The capacity is 10,000 TEU with an average payload of 14 tonnes,aerodynamic
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structure fitted on her bow that reduces drag and improves fuel efficiency
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. She was the first ship of the CMA CGM fleet to the fitted with the design, and the first ship outside of Japan to do so.
See also
* List of largest container ships
This is a list of container ships with a capacity larger than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
Container ships have been built in increasingly larger sizes to take advantage of economies of scale and reduce expense as part of intermoda ...
* List of longest ships
The world's longest ships are listed according to their length overall, overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or ...
References
External links
www.cmacgm-marcopolo.com
CMA CGM MARCO POLO Blog
Nine DSME Built Vessels Selected as Best Ships of 2012
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Container ships
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...
Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
2012 ships