''CMA CGM Thalassa'' is a

container ship A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal ...

owned by Global Ship Lease and on long-term charter to the shipping line

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 ...

. The ship was delivered to the ship operator on 30 December 2008. The vessel was built by

Daewoo Daewoo ( ; ; ; ; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "''dae''" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerate) and aut ...

Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea.

Design

The overall length of the container ship is and the beam is . ''CMA CGM Thalassa'' has draft of and a deadweight of 130,700 tonnes. The ship has a capacity of 10,960 TEU.

Engine

The main engine of ''CMA CGM Thalassa'' is a

MAN Diesel MAN Diesel SE was a German manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines for marine propulsion systems and power plant applications. In 2010 it was merged with MAN Turbo to form MAN Diesel & Turbo. History In 1980 MAN acquired the Burmeister & Wai ...

12K98ME-C, which produces 72,264 kW enabling the vessel to reach a maximum speed of 24.7 knots. The cruising speed of the container ship is 24.3 knots.

References

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Thalassa Thalassa (; ; Attic Greek: , ''thálatta'') was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology. The word may have been of Pre-Greek origin and connected to the name of the Mesopotamian primordial sea godde ...

2008 ships