North China's largest container vessel with a capacity of over 16,520 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) was delivered in Tianjin Municipality on Wednesday, filling the gap in the construction of large-scale vessels in the region.
The massive vessel was the first container ship constructed by Tianjin Base of the Dalian Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, since it was put into operation in late 2021.
It has a total length of more than 366 meters, a molded width of over 51 meters, and a molded depth of over 30.2 meters. The ship's design draft is 14.5 meters and can notch up 22,500 nautical miles of endurance.
With elaborate designing, the ship can also hold various of goods that requires special conservation conditions such as food, agricultural produce and medicines.
"This ship type is the largest Panamax container ship built by the Tianjin Base of Dalian Shipbuilding. It meets the latest standards on environmental protection and carbon emission. It is mainly used on routes between China and the United States, and can transport food, agricultural products and pharmaceutical goods that need low-temperature storage," said Wang Rongtao, project manager of the Tianjin Base.
Tianjin now has the largest ship construction base in north China, mainly building large crude oil tankers, large container ships and large bulk carriers. Currently, the base holds 20 orders for new ships that value 19 billion yuan (about 2.6 billion U.S. dollars).
"We plan to complete the transformation and upgrading by 2025. And the deadweight tonnage of ships built each year will reach 2.3 million tons by then," said Cai Yong, deputy general manager of the base.
Source: CCTV
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