CMA CGM Christens World’s Biggest Boxship

The CMA CGM Group today, in Hamburg, held the christening ceremony of the 16 000 TEU vessel CMA CGM ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLD. Built by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering) in South Korea, the vessel, owned by CMA CGM, displays exceptional dimensions: 396 meters long, 54 meters wide, with a draft of 16 meters and sails under the UK flag.

In line with the sustainable development policy of the Group, the CMA CGM ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT is equipped with all the latest environmental technologies.

The ceremony was held in presence of her godmother, Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Second Mayor of Hamburg, Mr. Olaf Scholz, Mayor of Hamburg, Mr. frank Horch, Senator of Hamburg for Ministry of Economics, Transport and Innovation and Mr. Jacques R. Saadé, CMA CGM Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

During the ceremony, at the townhall of Hamburg, Jacques R. Saade has been awarded by the Hamburg Senator of Port and Economics, Frank Horch, of one of the highest and most honorable decorations of the City of Hamburg: “the Admiralitätsportugaleser.”

Alexander von Humboldt is a German naturalist, geographer, and explorer, born September 14, 1769 in Berlin and died May 6, 1859 in the same city. Humboldt is considered as the father of modern geography. He cleared and applied two principles that make geography a distinct science of physical and biological sciences. He is the younger brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Minister of Prussia and German philosopher, who, as a visionary for research and education, founded the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1810.

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Press Release, May 31, 2013