Container ships are built primarily in South Korea, Japan and China. Shipyards in Europe tend to concentrate on higher-added-value ships such as passenger or research vessels. When CMA CGM is looking to acquire new ships, a call for tenders is sent out to a select group of shipyards. The Group chooses a shipyard based on the tenders submitted. CMA CGM has worked with large Korean shipyards like Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Hanjin Heavy Industries, as well as CSSC shipyards, DSIC, Yangzijiang, New Times, and Cosco Shipping Heavy Industries in China.

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Which Shipyards BUILD THESE LEVIATHANS?

CMA CGM

4 4 football pitches

(90-120 m long)

Airbus A380s (length: 73 m)

5.5

semi-trailers laid end to end (length: 30 m)

containers measuring 20 feet long

Laid end to end, these containers would form

a chain measuring 123 kilometres long!

13.3

10.5

20,656

Cars laid end to end (length: 4 m)

100

the Eiffel Tower (324 m)

AIRBUS JET ENGINES

the Empire State Building

(380 m minus aerials).

The CMA CGM Saint-Exupéry is longer than

The CMA CGM Saint- Exupéry has the power of

Further details: Length of work: between 14 to 18 months

for a ship of this size

Nearly 1,000 workers involved

THIS SHIP CAN CARRY

A 400M BOAT IS AS LONG AS

8,500 TEU

11,000/13,000 TEU

16,000 TEU (Jules Verne)

18,000 TEU (Bougainville)

20,600 TEU (Saint-Exupéry)

22,000 TEU for LNG (under construction)

2005-2006

2009-2010

2013

2015

2018

2020

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