On June 22, according to China News Network, China’s first and the world’s largest 24,000 TEU ultra-large container ship was signed and delivered at Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. As a result, the company has become one of the few leading ship companies in the R&D, design and construction of a full range of container ships in the world, and has also created a new milestone in China’s shipbuilding industry. The ship is independently designed by Hudong Zhonghua and has completely independent intellectual property rights. The ship is classified by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and will serve routes from the Far East to Europe after it is put into operation. The total length of the ship is 399.99 meters, which is more than 60 meters longer than the current world’s largest aircraft carrier; the width is 61.5 meters, the deck area is 24,000 square meters, which is equivalent to 3.5 standard football fields; the depth of the cargo compartment is 33.2 meters, which can carry 240,000 tons of cargo. It can load more than 24,000 standard containers at a time, and the maximum stacking layer can reach 25 layers, which is equivalent to the height of the 22nd floor. Among them, the “three major” highlights give the ship&ldq.
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