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CMA CGM Medea is a container ship

Container ship

Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...

, and among the largest in the world, though she can carry four thousand fewer containers than the largest, Emma Mærsk
Emma Mærsk
Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E-class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When she was launched in 2006, Emma Mærsk was the largest container ship ever built...

. The CMA CGM Medea was built in 2006.

Design

CMA CGM Medes was built in 2006 in the ship-yard of Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...

Heavy Industries. She is 350 m (1,148.3 ft) long and has a beam of 43 m (141.1 ft). The draft, while the ship is fully loaded can reach a maximum of 14.5 m (47.6 ft). The ship has a deadweight tonnage

Deadweight tonnage

Deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can safely carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew...

of 113,909 metric tons and a gross tonnage

Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage...

of 107,711 gross tons. The large size makes the ship more profitable. The net tonnage

Net tonnage

Net tonnage is a dimensionless index calculated from the total moulded volume of the ship's cargo spaces by using a mathematical formula...

of CMA CGM Medea is 50,109 net tons. The vessel has a capacity for 9,415 TEU, according to company calculations.

Engine equipment

The main engine installed on board of CMA CGM Medea is Man B&W 12K98MC, which is both reliable and produces high power at low revolutions. This produces a cruising speed of 23.2 knots, with a maximum speed of 25.4 knots. In addition the ship has two bow thrusters with power of 2,500 kW each, for added manoeuvrability in ports.

Bridge equipment

The CMA CGM Medea is equipped with modern instruments to allow the plotting of the ship's position. The bridge equipment consists of GPS, dGPS, AIS

Automatic Identification System

The Automatic Identification System is an automatic tracking system used on ships and by Vessel traffic services for identifying and locating vessels by electronically exchanging data with other nearby ships and AIS Base stations...

and ARPA

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

A marine radar with automatic radar plotting aid capability can create tracks using radar contacts. The system can calculate the tracked object's course, speed and closest point of approach , thereby knowing if there is a danger of collision with the other ship or landmass.Development of ARPA...

, which usually allows the position of the ship to be plotted with an accuracy of 100 meters. The Electronic chart system - ECDIS plots the ship's position against charts automatically. The information from the AIS

Automatic Identification System

, ARPA

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

and Radar

Radar

Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...

is used to allow the bridge crew to accurately plot the positions of other ships in the vicinity.

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