The construction of the world's largest ten-thousand-tonne-class electric transport ship has started in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, the China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) said on Monday.
The ship, 129.9 meters in length, 22 meters in width and 7.7 meters in depth, has a design draft depth, the distance between the water's surface and the lowest point of the boat underwater, of 6.5 meters and can carry a maximum weight of 13,740 tons.
The ship will be equipped with 12 containerized lithium batteries, with total power output of 24,000 kWh. Looking like containers, the batteries can power the ship while meeting the daily electricity needs on board. Containerized batteries can be swapped out rapidly, which ensures quicker energy replenishment. With a range of up to 500 kilometers, the batteries can provide stable and reliable support for long-distance cargo transport.
The ship will be the first large vessel on inland waterways to use an autonomous navigation and control system, greatly improving the safety and efficiency of its voyage
Upon completion, the ship can save about 617.5 tons of fuel per year.
China starts building world’s largest electric transport ship
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday presided over a State Council executive meeting which studied further arrangements on energy conservation and carbon reduction, and heard a report on a special campaign on business-related administrative law enforcement.
The meeting also reviewed and approved a draft regulation on administrative law enforcement oversight, discussed a draft law on firefighters, and arranged work for a crackdown on tobacco-related illegal activities.
The meeting emphasized the need to ensure higher-standard and better-quality work in the fields of energy conservation and carbon reduction -- work which must be advanced with greater overall planning efforts and in light of local conditions.
To that end, the meeting called for efforts to maximize the impact of policies, continuously improve market mechanisms, and accelerate the transition to green production and green lifestyles.
A special campaign on regulating business-related administrative law enforcement this year has achieved positive results, the meeting noted, underlining further efforts to enhance the standardization of administrative law enforcement.
By drafting and implementing the regulation on administrative law enforcement oversight, the boundaries and responsibilities of law enforcement authorities will be clarified further, and administrative power will be upheld consistently within a legal framework, it said.
It discussed and approved in principle a draft law on firefighters, which will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.
It is imperative that the institutional arrangements for the country's firefighting force are improved, making it more standardized and professional, the meeting said, stressing the need to consolidate fire safety management, and to resolutely prevent and curb serious or major fire accidents.
Work will also be done to crack down strictly on tobacco-related illegal activities, strengthen supervision and law enforcement across all links, and improve the tobacco market environment, according to the meeting.
Chinese premier chairs meeting on carbon reduction, administrative law enforcement
