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The '''Explorer class''' is a series of large [[containership]]s built for [[CMA CGM]]. They are named after [[Exploration|explorers]]. The first five ships are 365m365 m long with a nominal capacity of 1330013,300 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]]; the last three are larger, at 396m396 m and 1602016,020 TEU, making them the world's largest containerships 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>

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==Ships==

[[File:CMA CGM Christophe Colomb 07.jpg|thumb|right]]

* ''[[CMA CGM Christophe Colomb]]'', the first in the series

* ''[[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 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 Corte Real]]''

* ''[[CMA CGM Laperouse]]''

* ''[[CMA CGM Marco Polo]]'', increased to 1602016,020 TEU

* ''[[CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt]]'', (formerly ''CMA CGM Vasco de Gama''), 1602016,020 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>

* ''[[CMA CGM Jacques Cartier]]'', (formerly ''CMA CGM Zheng He''), 1602016,020 TEU, delivery expected in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.containership-info.com/vessel_9454450.html|title=CMA CGM JACQUESJacques CARTIERCartier|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref>

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

==See also==