CMA CGM Christophe Colomb
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CMA CGM Christophe Colomb is an Explorer-class container ship built for CMA CGM. It is named after Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. When delivered in November 2009, it was the largest container ship which carried passengers.[4]
CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, in the Elbe estuary | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | CMA CGM Christophe Colomb |
| Namesake | Christopher Columbus |
| Operator | CMA CGM |
| Port of registry | Marseille,  France[1] |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea[1] |
| Yard number | 4156 |
| Completed | 10 November 2009[1] |
| In service | 2010 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | Explorer-class container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 365.5 m (1,199 ft) |
| Beam | 51.2 m (168 ft) |
| Draft | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Depth | 29.9 m (98 ft) |
| Installed power | Wärtsilä-Hyundai 14RT-flex96C (80,080 kW (107,390 hp)) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller |
| Speed | 24.1 knots (44.6 km/h; 27.7 mph) |
| Capacity | 13,344 TEU[3] |