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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, Forster was a naturalist and ethnologist who travelled with explorer James Cook, Verne was a novelist who wrote about explorations). The first five ships are 365 m long with a nominal capacity of 13,300830 [[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 bridge of ''CMA CGM Cristophe Colomb'']]There exist 4 different ship types within the Explorer class.

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

* ''[[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.

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

* ''[[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

* ''[[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>

* ''[[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>

* ''[[CMA CGM Jules Verne]]'', delivered in June 2013 and named for French novelist [[Jules Verne]]

* ''[[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>

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[CMA CGM Vasco de Gama]]'' (planned as ''CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin''), 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>

* ''[[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>

* ''[[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>

==See also==

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