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CMA CGM deploys its biggest ship

Markets

Thursday, November 08, 2012

The liner carrier CMA CGM on Thursday unveiled its largest ever ship, the 16,000-TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo . The U.K.-flagged ship is 396 meters long, 54 meters wide, with a draft of 16 meters, and is the first in a series of three 16,000-TEU vessels, all to be named after great explorers. The delivery of the two next vessels is expected in 2013. Nominally, the ships are larger than Maersk’s six-year-old Emma-class vessels, which have a reported capacity of 15,500 TEUs. ...

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