CMA CGM Vasco de Gama

CMA CGM Vasco de Gama is an Explorer class containership built for CMA CGM. It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama.

CMA CGM Vasco de Gama ride up river Elbe in September 2015
History
Name	CMA CGM Vasco de Gama
Namesake	Vasco de Gama
Owner	CHC Second Shipping SA
Operator	CMA CGM
Port of registry	London,  United Kingdom[1]
Builder	Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, China[1]
Yard number	H6002
Completed	27 July 2015[1]
In service	2015
Identification	Call sign: 2INN8 IMO number: 9706889 MMSI number: 235111246
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	178,228 GT 116,356 NT 184,700 DWT
Length	399.2 m (1,310 ft)
Beam	54 m (177 ft)
Draft	16 m (52 ft)
Depth	29.9 m (98 ft)
Installed power	MAN B&W, Licence Cssc Mes Diesel Shanghai diesel engine, (63,910 kW)
Propulsion	Single shaft; screw propeller Solid
Speed	22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph)
Capacity	17,859 TEU

Container ship CMA CGM Vasco da Gama in the port of Hamburg in September 2015

CMA CGM had originally planned to name the ship after Benjamin Franklin.[1]

The ship was delivered in July 2015, it is among the world's largest containerships, at 17,859 TEU.