CMA CGM Marco Polo
The CMA CGM Marco Polo
Associated vessels
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The CMA CGM Marco Polo type series is one of the largest container ship types in the world ( 2013). They are bigger than the biggest ships of the Emma Mærsk - class, but have been surpassed in 2013 by the Triple-E class as the largest container ships in the world.
History
The CMA CGM Marco Polo was set as the lead ship of a three-game series of identical vessels in service on November 5, 2012. Originally, eight ships will be built. However, the French shipping company CMA CGM Marseille as principal canceled in early 2011 a part of the order. Was built the ship with the hull number 4161 at the shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Geoje, South Korea. The maiden voyage to Europe began on November 7, 2012 in the Chinese port city of Ningbo and Ningbo - Zhoushan the port.
On 2 May 2013, the second ship of the series was delivered to CMA CGM. It was christened the CMA CGM Jules Verne; CMA CGM was originally planned as a baptismal name Zheng He ( Zheng He was a Chinese admiral who died around 1434 ). The third ship of the series should first get the name of CMA CGM Vasco de Gama. It was provided as CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt in service on 30 May 2013.
The ships are deployed on the FAL container service (French Asia Line ) between the Far East and Europe.
Technology
The double hull ships are based on the ship structurally slightly smaller units of the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb - class. Again the deck house, arranged differently than the majority of conventional container ships far forward, which allows an improved view of beam and thus higher loading of the front deck. Below the structure, among others, the bunker tanks are arranged to meet the latest MARPOL regulations. The main drive of the vessels is performed by a fueled with heavy oil, turbocharged two-stroke crosshead engine by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä (type 14RT - flex96C ) with 14 cylinders and an output of 80.080 kW ( 108 878 PS). It is the most powerful currently available marine diesel engine. The engine weighs 2300 tons, the crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons. It must transmit a torque of 7,500 kNm at 102 rev / min. The relatively low consumption of the diesel engine is related to its high efficiency of 49.0 percent. Modern car engines are still only at 35 to 45 percent.
The bore of the engine is 96 cm, the stroke of 2.50 m. This results in a displacement of 1,809 l and 5,720 kW per cylinder. Extrapolated results in the 25,320 l capacity with 14 cylinders. At the flow-optimized underwater hull fins to improve the Anströmungsverhaltens of the propeller are mounted in front of the propeller, which is just like the rudder shape improve energy efficiency. The eight cargo holds of the ships of the CMA CGM Marco Polo type are sealed with pontoon hatch covers. The ships have a capacity of 16,020 TEU, 1,200 refrigerated containers can be connected.