CMA CGM of France has taken delivery of its 148,000gt container ship CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, which arrived in Bremerhaven on 9 December 2009. The newbuilding measures 1,198ft by 168ft and can carry up to 13,344TEU.
By comparison, the recently delivered 225,282gt Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest passenger ship, measures 1,181ft by 154ft and can carry 6,296 passengers (Christophe Colomb can accommodate ten). Christophe Colomb is the first of eight ‘Explorer' class sister ships being built for CMA CGM. The next vessels will be Marco Polo, Vasco de Gama, Amerigo Vespucci, Corte Real, La Perouse, Magellan and Zheng.