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 9,200 vehicles.
The ship uses LNG dual-fuel clean power, which greatly reduces pollutant emissions during ship operation and effectively practices the concept of green shipping, and at the same time matches with energy-saving devices, drag-reducing anti-fouling paint and other types of energy-saving measures, which further improves the efficiency of energy utilisation and reduces pollution to the aquatic environment, and installs and applies BYD's box-type battery packs and axle-belt generators, which have the technological advantages of green environmental protection, intelligence and high efficiency.
Yangzhou Maritime Bureau relevant departments responsible for the introduction of the Bureau in accordance with the ‘one ship, one proposal’ principle, in advance of the organization of shipyards, pilot companies and other units to convene a safe operation assessment meeting, improve the maintenance programme, optimize the tugboat ‘tied towing accompanied by the voyage’ mode, guidance to shipyards to improve all kinds of The shipyard was instructed to improve all kinds of emergency plans and urged to implement the main responsibility of production safety.
Maritime law enforcement officers carefully checked the information and qualifications of the crew of the trial voyage, randomly checked the crew's familiarity with the trial voyage programme and main equipment, examined the emergency fire and life-saving drill process, checked the operation of various types of equipment, and strictly prohibited the ship from ‘carrying disease’ trial voyage.
At the same time through the AIS, intelligent maritime platform and other channels to build a close linkage mechanism, reasonable scheduling of sea patrol boats to carry out seamless relay maintenance, effective implementation of traffic control in the waters around the pilot vessel, to create a safe and orderly navigational environment for the pilot vessel navigation.
The ship is another important achievement of the strategy of ‘national ship made in China’ and ‘national cargo transported in China’, which is of positive significance in ensuring the safety and stability of the industrial chain supply chain and enhancing the international competitiveness of China's shipping industry.
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