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CMA CGM MARCO POLO: NOW BIGGER THAN EMMA MAERSK AND ANY OTHER VESSEL
CMA CGM Marco Polo has all the very latest innovative technologies to protect the environment. Of note is the “exhaust gas by-pass” system which can be compared to a low pressure turbo on cars and improves the engine’s fuel efficiency. We have also fitted a ballast water treatment system. The water is filtered and passed under UV lamps to ensure that no living organism is transported in the ballast tanks to colonize the habitat of local species during rotations. We have also modified the engines to reduce the quantity of NOx (nitrogen oxide) in the exhaust gases.
Modifications have also been made to the pipe plan to facilitate use of low sulphur MDO (diesel) in European ports. Finally, from now on the regulation requires calculation of an energy efficiency index and sets maximum values that will gradually decrease (called EEDI or the Energy Efficiency Design Index). The target set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) by 2025 is a 30% reduction of the EEDI. The CMA CGM MARCO POLO already meets the 2025 demand with an EEDI value of 10.37, that’s 31% below the maximum value allowed.
WHERE NEXT FOR THE GIANT?
Over the next two months ( December 2012 & January 2013 ), Marco Polo will call at giant ports across the world. Starting at Hong Kong in November ( 13 ), she has traveled around Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Tanger and Southampton (today, 09 December 2012 )
Her schedule continues onto:
( From Southampton )
Hamburg (12 Dec 12)
Bremerhaven (14 Dec 12)
Rotterdam (16 Dec 12)
Zeebrugge (17 Dec 12)
Le Havre (19 Dec 12)
Malta (26 Dec 12)
Khor Al Fakkan (5 Jan 12)
Jebel Ali (7 Jan 12)
Ningbo (23 Jan 12)
ABOUT THE WORLD'S BIGGEST:
CMA CGM MARCO POLO
CMA CGM say Marco Polo is to run on the French Asia Line Route ( FAL1 )
CMA CGM operate their biggest container vessels in their fleet on FAL1 as it is CMA CGM's most popular route. The route connects Central and South China and Northern Europe. The direct route is from Southampton and Hamburg, so we should be seeing plenty more of Marco Polo! This year, Southampton has had some of CMA CGM's biggest callers in like Christophie Colomb, Alaska and many, many more enormous CMA CGM Vessels in, but Marco Polo tops them all! Please, if you get any pics of her, please post to our facebook page!
CMA CGM Marco Polo will be joined by to more massive sister ships, just as big as her in the near on future, but the competition is on between Maersk Line and CMA CGM now as CMA CGM have topped Maersk Line's Emma Maersk with Marco Polo but for how long? Maersk Line plan to launch the most biggest and Eco-friendliest vessel in the world soon, will CMA CGM stay at the top, let Maersk build a bigger vessel or will CMA CGM build an even bigger one?
CMA CGM MARCO POLO: OVERALL
Will CMA CGM's CMA CGM Marco Polo be the biggest for long
★ CMA CGM Marco Polo ★
Southampton arrival: Sunday 09 December 2012
★ She is longer than four football fields or 5.5 Airbus A380
★ She is longer than the Eiffel Tower (324 meters)
★ She has an engine powerful as 1.100 cars of 100 horsepower
★ She has a boost of 21 Knots
★ She has reactors of 10 Airbus A380 3.000 K.Newton
★ She delivers the electrical production of a city of 16.000 people
★ Has a capacity of 16.020 TEU, ie 97Km of containers lined up
CMA CGM Marco Polo is currently out of range on Marine Traffic. Service used MarineTraffic.com
WHERE IS CMA CGM MARCO POLO CURRENTLY?
Marco Polo in Southampton. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9454436#top_photo
One of the first sketches created by Vivi Navarro just before boarding the Marco Polo, the flagship of
CMA CGM
CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the christening of the world’s largest container ship, CMA CGM
Marco Polo, today at the Container Terminal of Zeebrugge, in presence of her godmother, Mrs. Naila Saadé, President of the CMA CGM Corporate Foundation and wife of Mr. Jacques R. Saadé, CMA CGM Group
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. ( Photo: Perceptions of G-rar )
Great long shot of CMA CGM Marco Polo arriving at Le Havre earlier today ( 19 December 2012 ). ( Photo: CMACGM Group )
Another amazing shot of CMA CGM Marco Polo slowly departing from Southampton on ( 10 December 2012 ) after her maiden UK call to Southampton D P World. ( Photo: Treacle Mine Photography )