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Tam

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Tam

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The 10 biggest PCTC or RO-ROs depending which you prefer to call them. 5 of the 10 are built in China. The biggest in the list also uses a hybrid engine with lithium ion batteries similar to the ship in the previous post, the Auto Advance.

 

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Its becoming obvious that the green ship is an Evergreen A class ULCC, the same class as the Ever Ace, currently holding the title of world's largest container ship --- a title that changes yearly if not within months. The class is built between Chinese and Korean shipyards. There has been a rework on the contract to make the ships in Jiangnan to have increased TEU over the ones made in Korean shipyards.

Photo from 003 carrier thread.
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The blunt part or the transom is the rear of the ship, and unlike other freighters, the bridge and main superstructure is at the front.


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Notice something that Evergreen does. They put everyone else's containers within and place all the green Evergreen containers out to give that all green look.

The spot rate of a 40' container from Asia to Europe used to cost between US$2000 to $3000. By August of 2021 it shot up to $18,500 this year. A 24,000 TEU ship means around 12,000 40' containers, and at $18.500 each, that would be around $220 million per voyage the ship collects in shipping fees. It does not take long for a ship to collect its investment back based on current shipping rates.

The rate from Asia to US has gone up as high as $22,000 per 40' container. However, US ports cannot handle a ship over 18,000 TEU without significant infrastructure investment that includes dredging the port ways to allow for deeper ships, and extensive automation and gantries to off load and load the containers on the ship as the current ones in the US are getting old. Currently all ULCC above 18,000 TEU ply the Asia-Europe trade route.
 
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windsclouds2030

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I don't grasp it what's so special about this ship that it involves so many units of the CSSC in its creation.
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Trial sailing of the country's largest deep-sea comprehensive test ship!

Seetao 2021.12.01

The ship is a kind of internationally leading deep-sea test ship designed and built with excellent comprehensive performance.

China's largest and first 6,000-ton large-scale small surface line twin hull, the deep-sea equipment comprehensive test ship has set sail for sea trials!


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The ship is completely independently developed in China and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the united units of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. Built by the Bohai Ship Group, the shipowner is 760, the overall design unit is 702, the detailed design unit is 701, and the key supporting units are 711 and 712. The ship is a small waterplane area twin hull with fully welded steel structure, dual fixed pitch propellers, DC grid integrated electric propulsion, and DP-1 dynamic positioning capability.

The sea trial started on November 29, and the plan lasted for 10 days. A total of 204 people participated, striving to ensure that the various technical indicators assessed, test the operation of various systems, and initially grasp the actual navigation performance of the ship at sea. Editor / Baohongying

A video of the sailing ship at below:
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More about the ship at eworldship.com (world shipping news in Chinese):
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