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{{Short description|China/South Korea-built French cargo vessel}}

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|Ship caption=''CMA CGM Christophe Colomb'', the first Explorer-class container ship ordered by CMA CGM

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Builders=[[Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering]] (DSME) and [[Samsung Heavy Industries]], [[South Korea]],; Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, [[China]]

|Operators=[[CMA CGM]]

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The '''Explorer class''' is a series of large [[container ship]]s built for [[CMA CGM]]. The first five ships are {{convert|365|m|ftin}} long with a nominal capacity of 13,830 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]]; the last three are larger, at {{convert|396|m|ftin}} and 16,020 TEU, making them the world's largest container ships until the delivery of the {{sclass2|Triple E|container ship|4}}. Advanced simulators were built to help crews learn how to handle the new ships.<ref name="DNV">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnv.com/industry/maritime/publicationsanddownloads/publications/updates/container/2010/2-2010/cmacgmputscompetenceattheforefrontofitsnewbuildingprogramme.asp|title=CMA CGM puts competence at the forefront of its newbuilding programme|publisher=DNV|accessdate=23 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022211445/http://www.dnv.com/industry/maritime/publicationsanddownloads/publications/updates/container/2010/2-2010/cmacgmputscompetenceattheforefrontofitsnewbuildingprogramme.asp|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The ships are mostly named after [[Exploration|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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The '''Explorer class''' is a series of large [[container ship]]s built for [[CMA CGM]]. They are mostly named after [[Exploration|explorers]] (Benjamin Franklin was not an explorer but made contributions to oceanography). The first five ships are 365 m long with a nominal capacity of 13,300 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]]; the last three are larger, at 396 m and 16,020 TEU, making them the world's largest container ships until the delivery of the [[Maersk Triple E Class]].

Advanced simulators were built, to help crews learn how to handle the new ships.<ref name="DNV">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnv.com/industry/maritime/publicationsanddownloads/publications/updates/container/2010/2-2010/cmacgmputscompetenceattheforefrontofitsnewbuildingprogramme.asp|title=CMA CGM puts competence at the forefront of its newbuilding programme|publisher=DNV|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref>

==Ships==

[[File:CMA CGM Christophe Colomb 07.jpg|thumb|right|The bridgesuperstructure of ''CMA CGM Cristophe Colomb'']]There exist four different ship types within the Explorer class.

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* ''[[CMA CGM Christophe Colomb]]'', the first in the series, delivered in November 2009.

! No. !! Ship !! Yard number !! IMO number !! Delivery !! Status !! ref

* ''[[CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci]]'', second in the series, delivered in July 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.motorship.com/news101/cma-cgm-takes-delivery-second-explorer-class|title=CMA CGM takes delivery second Explorer class|date=23 July 2010|work=The Motorship|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref>

* ''[[CMA CGM Corte Real]]'', third in the series, delivered in August 2010.

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* ''[[CMA CGM Laperouse]]'', fourth in the series, delivered in September 2010.

! colspan="7" style="text-align:center" | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (13830 TEU)

* ''[[CMA CGM Magellan]]'', fifth in the series, delivered in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrefcon.com/news/single-view/article/cma-cgm-magellan-a-masterpiece-completed-with-refcon//218/|title=''CMA CGM Magellan'' - a masterpiece completed with REFCON|date=4 August 2011|publisher=Emerson|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref>

* ''[[CMA CGM Marco Polo]]'', with capacity increased to 16,020 TEU

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* ''[[CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt]]'', (formerly ''CMA CGM Vasco de Gama''), 16,020 TEU, delivery expected in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemarin.fr/articles/detail/items/le-futur-geant-francais-sappellera-cma-cgm-jules-verne.html|title=Le futur géant français s’appellera ''CMA CGM Jules Verne''|publisher=Le Marin|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref>

| 1 || {{ship||CMA CGM Christophe Colomb}} || 4156 || 9453559 || 10 November 2009 || in service

* ''[[CMA CGM Jacques Cartier]]'', (formerly ''CMA CGM Zheng He''), 16,020 TEU, delivery expected in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.containership-info.com/vessel_9454450.html|title=CMA CGM Jacques Cartier|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref>

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9453559|shipname=CMA CGM Christophe Colomb|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

* ''[[CMA CGM Jules Verne]]'', delivered in June 2013

* ''[[CMA CGM Kerguelen]]'', length 398m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 31 March, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cma-cgm.com/the-group/activities/shipping/vessel/9702132/cma-cgm-kerguelen?shipName=Kerguelen|title=''CMA CGM KERGUELEN''|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref>

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* ''[[CMA CGM Georg Forster]]'', length 398m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 2 June, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cma-cgm.com/the-group/activities/shipping/vessel/9702144/cma-cgm-georg-forster?shipName=GEORG%20FORSTER|title=''CMA CGM GEORG FORSTER''|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref> and named for Polish-Prussian naturalist, ethnologist who travelled on voyages with British explorer [[James Cook]].

| 2 || {{ship||CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci}} || 4157 || 9454395 || 21 July 2010 || in service

* ''[[CMA CGM Vasco de Gama]]'', length 399m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 27 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cma-cgm.com/the-group/activities/shipping/vessel/9706889/cma-cgm-vasco-de-gama?shipName=Vasco%20de%20Gama|title=''CMA CGM VASCO DE GAMA''|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref>

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454395|shipname=CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

* ''[[CMA CGM Bougainville]]'', CMA CGM flagship, length 398m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 25 August, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cma-cgm.com/the-group/activities/shipping/vessel/9702156/cma-cgm-bougainville?shipName=bougainville|title=''CMA CGM BOUGAINVELLE''|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref> and named for French explorer [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]].

* ''[[CMA CGM Zheng He]]'', length 399m, delivered 11 September, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cma-cgm.com/the-group/activities/shipping/vessel/9706906/cma-cgm-zheng-he|title=''CMA CGM ZHENG HE''|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref>

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* ''[[CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin]]'', length 399m, 18,000 TEU, delivered 4 December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cma-cgm.com/news/1030/the-cma-cgm-benjamin-franklin-exceptional-dimensions-for-the-largest-vessel-ever-to-call-at-a-u-s-port|title=''CMA CGM deploys largest cargo vessel ever to call at a U.S. port''|accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref>

| 3 || {{ship||CMA CGM Corte Real}} || 4158 || 9454400 || 16 August 2010 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454400|shipname=CMA CGM Corte Real|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 4 || {{ship||CMA CGM Lapérouse}} || 4159 || 9454412 || 10 September 2010 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454412|shipname=CMA CGM Laperouse|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 5 || {{ship||CMA CGM Magellan}} || 4160 || 9454424 || 28 September 2010 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454424|shipname=CMA CGM Magellan |access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center" | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (16020 TEU)

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| 6 || {{ship||CMA CGM Marco Polo}} || 4161 || 9454436 || 5 November 2012 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454436|shipname=CMA CGM Marco Polo|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 7 || {{ship||CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt}} || 4162 || 9454448 || 16 April 2013 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454448|shipname=CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 8 || {{ship||CMA CGM Jules Verne}} || 4163 || 9454450 || 30 April 2013 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9454450|shipname=CMA CGM Jules Verne|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center" | Samsung Heavy Industries (17722 TEU)

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| 9 || {{ship||CMA CGM Kerguelen}} || 2092 || 9702132 || 31 March 2015 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9702132|shipname=CMA CGM Kerguelen|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 10 || {{ship||CMA CGM Georg Forster}} || 2093 || 9702144 || 2 June 2015 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9702144|shipname=CMA CGM Georg Forster|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 11 || {{ship||CMA CGM Bougainville}} || 2094 || 9702156 || 25 August 2015 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9702156|shipname=CMA CGM Bougainville|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center" | Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industries (17859 TEU)

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| 12 || {{ship||CMA CGM Zheng He}} || H6001 || 9706906 || 11 September 2015 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9706906|shipname=CMA CGM Zheng He|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 13 || {{ship||CMA CGM Vasco de Gama}} || H6002 || 9706889 || 27 July 2015 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9706889|shipname=CMA CGM Vasco de Gama|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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| 14 || {{ship||CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin}} || H6003 || 9706891 || 4 December 2015 || in service

|<ref>{{csr|register=BV|id=9706891|shipname=CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

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==See also==

* [[List of world's longest ships]]

* [[Maersk {{sclass2|Triple E|container Class]]ship|1}}

==References==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Container ship classes]]

[[Category:Explorer-class container ships| ]]

[[Category:Ships of CMA CGM]]

[[Category:Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering]]

[[Category:Ships built by Samsung Heavy Industries]]