COSCO SHIPPING Retains Position as World's Largest ShipownerUK-based consultancy Maritime Strategies International (MSI) recently released its latest shipowner rankings. The rankings are based on the deadweight tonnage of currently operating fleets (excluding orders, offshore assets, or cruise ships) and compare against the same period last year.Measured by deadweight tonnage, COSCO SHIPPING retained its position as the world's largest shipowner. As of August 31, its fleet size has slightly increased to 76.2 million dwt. However, over the past year, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's largest container shipping operator, achieved the most remarkable leap: its operational fleet expanded significantly from 35.5 million dwt to 44.5 million dwt, surpassing Bank of Com...
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Qinzhou Port Terminal Leads the Way in Deploying 5G Customised Networks Across the Beibu Gulf Port Against the backdrop of accelerated development of the Western Land-Sea New Channel, the second phase of the 5G data backhaul project for the gantry crane system at Qinzhou Port Co., Ltd. in the Beibu Gulf Port has achieved full network coverage. This marks Qinzhou Port as the first in the Beibu Gulf Port to fully deploy a 5G customised network, providing replicable practical experience for regional industrial digital transformation and activating a new engine for the development of the Western...
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China's first ocean-class intelligent comprehensive scientific research vessel, the Tongji, deliveredAccording to China State Shipbuilding Corporation, on 13 July, China's first ocean-class intelligent comprehensive scientific research vessel, the Tongji, built by Huangpu Wenchong, was officially delivered in Shanghai. The ‘Tongji’ is China's domestically designed and constructed 2,000-tonne next-generation green, quiet, and intelligent comprehensive scientific research vessel, integrating marine geology, marine chemistry, marine biology, and other scientific research surveys, as ...
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Construction to begin by 2028! South Korea and the United States to collaborate on building dual-fuel container shipsSouth Korea's efforts to help rebuild the US shipbuilding industry are deepening, with a medium-sized LNG dual-fuel container ship jointly developed by South Korea and the United States expected to begin construction by 2028. On 19 June local time, HD Hyundai Group and U.S.-based Edison Chouest Offshore Company (ECO) signed a ‘Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Construction of U.S. Merchant Ships’ in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., reaching an agreement to jointly build ...
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9,200 vehicle spaces! The ‘BYD Changsha’ sets sail!On 27 June, the Hong Kong-registered car carrier ‘BYD Changsha’ safely departed from the China Merchants Heavy Industry Haimen Base Terminal under the guidance of the Nantong Pilotage Station, embarking on its maiden voyage to Taicang.The ‘BYD Changsha’ is the first 9,200-vehicle dual-fuel car carrier built by China Merchants Industry Haimen Base for BYD Co., Ltd. The vessel is 219.9 metres long, 37.7 metres wide, with a designed speed of 19 knots, featuring 16 decks and accommodating 9,200 standard vehicle parking spaces.It is reported that t...
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China's First 16,000 TEU Methane-Fueled Dual-Fuel Container Ship Delivered in ShanghaiOn 20 June, the ‘COSCO Shipping Yangpu,’ China's first 16,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) methane-fueled dual-fuel container ship built by Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, was delivered at Changxing Island in Shanghai. The delivery of this vessel marks three historic breakthroughs in the field of large methanol dual-fuel container ship construction: the first order from a domestic shipowner, the first delivery by a domestic shipyard, and the first practical application of domestically pro...
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On 6th June, under the maintenance of Yangzhou Marine Patrol Boat, the ro-ro ship ‘BYD XI'AN’ manufactured by China Merchants Jinling (Jiangsu) Shipyard, which can carry 9200 cars, passed through the No.1 buoy of Yangtze River smoothly, and went to the test water for safe trial voyage. ‘As the ‘sister ship’ of BYD SHENZHEN, BYD XI'AN has a length of 219.9 metres, a width of 37.7 metres, a design draft of 9 metres and a design speed of 18.5 knots. The ship has a length of 219.9 metres, a beam of 37.7 metres, a design draught of 9 metres, a design speed of 18.5 knots, and a capacity of ...
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