CMA CGM Marco Polo

CMA CGM Marco Polo is a Bahamas-registered container ship of the Explorer class[5] owned by the CMA CGM group. On 6 November 2012, it became the largest container ship in the world measured by capacity (16,020 TEU), but was surpassed on 24 February 2013 by the Maersk Triple E class (18,270 TEU), which is 4 metres (13.1 ft) longer at precisely 400m in length.

CMA CGM Marco Polo in Zeebrugge, 18 December 2012
History
Name	CMA CGM Marco Polo[1][2]
Owner	SNC Nordenskiold[3]
Operator	CMA CGM
Port of registry	Nassau, Bahamas[3]
Builder	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea[3]
Yard number	4161[3]
Completed	5 November 2012[3]
Maiden voyage	7 November 2012[4]
In service	6 November 2012[1]
Identification	Call sign: 2FYD5 IMO number: 9454436 MMSI number: 235095231[1]
Status	In service[1]
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Explorer-class container ship
Tonnage	175,343 GT 85,361 NT 187,625 DWT
Length	396.0 m (1,299 ft 3 in)
Beam	53.6 m (175 ft 10 in)
Draught	16.0 m (52 ft 6 in)
Depth	29.9 m (98 ft 1 in) (deck edge to keel)
Installed power	Wärtsilä 14RT-flex96C (80,080 kW)
Propulsion	Single shaft, fixed-pitch propeller
Speed	25.1 knots (46.5 km/h; 28.9 mph)[2]
Capacity	16,020 TEU[5] 1,100 TEU (reefers)[6]
Crew	27[7]

It is named for Venetian merchant and traveller Marco Polo.

The previous largest was Emma Mærsk and her seven sisters of the Mærsk E class (15,500 TEU). The capacity is 10,000 TEU with an average payload of 14 tonnes,[6] compared with 11,000 for Emma Mærsk[8] and even more for the Triple E Class.