CMA CGM Thalassa
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CMA CGM Thalassa 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:...

 owned by Global Ship Lease and on long-term charter to the shipping line - CMA CGM
CMA CGM
CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company, headed by Jacques Saadé. It is the third largest container company in the world, using 200 shipping routes between 400 ports in 150 different countries...

. The ship delivered to the ship-operator on 30 December 2008. The vessel was completed by Daewoo
Daewoo
Daewoo or the Daewoo Group was a major South Korean chaebol . It was founded on 22 March 1967 as Daewoo Industrial and was dismantled by the Korean government in 1999...

 Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Ltd in the ship-yard of the company in South Korea, according to the latest requirements of IMO
IMO
The three-letter acronym IMO may refer to:* International Mathematical Olympiad* International Maritime Organization** IMO ship identification number, unique identity numbers issued to seacraft * International Meteorological Organization...

 about SOLAS
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea is an international maritime safety treaty. The SOLAS Convention in its successive forms is generally regarded as the most important of all international treaties concerning the safety of merchant ships.- History :The first version of the...

 and MARPOL.

Design

The 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:...

 CMA CGM Thalassa is one of the largest ships in this sector of maritime transport. The overall length of the container ship is 346.5 m (1,136.8 ft) and the beam is 43.2 m (141.7 ft). CMA CGM Thalassa has draft of 15.5 m (50.9 ft), which is giving to the ship deadweight of 130,700 metric tons. The summer displacement of the container ship is 120,000 metric tons. The ship has a capacity of 10,960 TEU.

Engine

The main engine of the 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:...

 CMA CGM Thalassa is Man B&W 12K98ME-C. The power of the main engine is 72,264 kW, which is enough for the vessel to reach maximum speed of 24.7 knots. The cruising speed of the container ship is 24.3 knots.

See also

  • Emma Maersk
  • Hannover Bridge
    Hannover Bridge
    The Hannover Bridge is one of the largest container vessels of the world. It is registered in Panama, in spite of the Japanese ship-owner and German name....

  • NYK Vega
    NYK Vega
    NYK Vega is a container ship, one of the largest in the world, operated by Nippon Yusen Ship Management. The vessel has a capacity of 8,600 containers in company calculations and 9,012 TEU in IMO calculations...

  • CMA CGM Medea
    CMA CGM Medea
    CMA CGM Medea is a container ship, and among the largest in the world, though she can carry four thousand fewer containers than the largest, Emma Mærsk. The CMA CGM Medea was built in 2006.- Design :...

  • Gudrun Mærsk
    Gudrun Mærsk
    The Gudrun Maersk is a very large container ship, capable of carrying 8,500 TEU and with a deadweight of 115,700 metric tons. The ship was built in 2005 and is operated by the Maersk Line.- Design :...

  • COSCO Guangzhou
    COSCO Guangzhou
    COSCO Guangzhou is a container ship, and one of the largest currently in service. She was built for Cosco Ship Management in 2006 at the company's shipyards. The ship has capacity for 9,500 TEU and mostly sails between the ports in China, India and Japan and those in Western Europe and the United...

  • MSC Pamela
    MSC Pamela
    MSC Pamela was built by Samsung Heavy Industries and launched in 2005. It is currently one of the largest container ships in the world with a capacity of — around 300 containers per crew member....

  • CMA CGM Vela
    CMA CGM Vela
    CMA CGM Vela is a container ship operated by CMA CGM. The ship is owned by Reederei NSB and operated by CMA CGM. The CMA CGM Vela was finished in 2008 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Ltd and delivered to the owner on 19th October 2008...

  • MSC Madeleine
    MSC Madeleine
    MSC Madeleine is one of the world's largest container ships. It was built in 2006 at Guangzhou Shipyard in China, and is operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.- Design :...

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