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.