Delivered in November 2015,[3] she is named after Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is about a third larger than the biggest container ships that typically visit the deep water ports of southern California.

[6] The U.S. tour was short-lived, however, as CMA CGM postponed deployment of megaships to the West Coast in May 2016, citing a lack of demand.

[3] The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is propelled by a MAN B&W 11S90ME-C9.2, a low speed, two-stroke diesel engine.

MAN B&W ME engines have design and performance characteristics in order to comply with International Maritime Organization Tier II emission regulations.

The cylinder liner is produced with alloyed cast iron and contains scavenge ports as well as drilled holes for lubrication.

Until the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin berthed in the Port of Los Angeles in late 2015, nearly all of the world's largest container ship (18,000+ TEU) were deployed in the Asia-Europe trade.

Major ports in the United States have begun dredging for 50 ft berth/channel depths and heightening their crane fleets in order to accommodate the arrival of larger vessels[10]