''CMA CGM Marco Polo'' is a Bahamas-registered container ship of the owned by the CMA CGM group. On 6 November 2012, it became the largest container ship in the world measured by capacity (16,020 TEU), but was surpassed on 24 February 2013 by the

Maersk Triple E class The Triple E class is a family of very large container ships with a capacity of more than 18,000 TEUs, which are owned and operated by Maersk Line. With a length of , when they were built they were the largest container ships in the world, but ...

(18,270 TEU), which is 4 metres (13.1 ft) longer at precisely 400m in length. It is named for Venetian merchant and traveller

Marco Polo Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...

. The previous largest was ''

Emma Mærsk ''Emma Mærsk'' is the first container ship in the of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When launched in 2006, she was the largest container ship ever built, and in 2010 she and her seven sister ships were among the longest ...

'' and her seven sisters of the (15,500 TEU). The capacity is 10,000 TEU with an average payload of 14 tonnes, compared with 11,000 for ''Emma Mærsk'' and even more for the Triple E Class.

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www.cmacgm-marcopolo.com

CMA CGM MARCO POLO Blog

Nine DSME Built Vessels Selected as Best Ships of 2012
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Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 2012 ships

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