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China is now the fourth country after Korea, Japan and Denmark to be able to independently design and build a super large containership, which can be steered by one person, report The Peoples' Daily.
A very large container ship (VLCS) with a capacity of 8,530 TEU, was recently built with independent Chinese intellectual property rights by the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The vessel is the first in a series of five similar ships ordered by CSCL. It has a hull length of 334 metres, is 42.8 metres abeam and is 24.8 metres deep. The ship can carry 101,000 tons at 27 knots.
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