The ship that can transport 7,000 vehicles is waiting to sail, and the No. 1 ship of BYD Ro-Ro Transport Ship has been successfully tested
IT Home reported on December 4 that @小迪快报 Weibo announced today that BYD Auto's ro-ro transport ship EXPLORER 1 successfully completed its first 7-day trial voyage in Yantai, Shandong.
In November this year, Guangzhou Shipyard International announced that the first ship of BYD's 7,000-vehicle dual-fuel vehicle carrier (PCTC) project, undertaken by Guangzhou Shipbuilding International, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Group, started construction in Nansha, Guangzhou.
The BYD 7000 car dual-fuel PCTC ship is a "green and low-carbon upgraded version 2.0" of the PCTC series ship under construction by Guangzhou Shipyard International, with a total length of 199.9 meters, a width of 38 meters, a design draft of 9 meters, and a design speed of 18.5 knots (IT home note: about 34.262km/h), using natural gas (LNG)/fuel dual-fuel propulsion system, and equipped with battery system, shaft generator for the first time, and various energy-saving measures such as energy-saving devices and anti-fouling paint. Environmentally friendly and efficient car carriers.
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The project plans to build a total of 2 ships, with BYD as the ultimate cargo owner, which will break the long-standing "stuck neck" situation of European shipping companies.
According to a previous report by IT House, in the second half of last year, there were multiple sources of news that BYD's affiliated company would order 8 ro-ro ships that can load 7,700 cars at a shipyard in Yantai, Shandong, with a total cost of nearly 5 billion yuan. Of these, 6 ships are basically confirmed to be built, and the other 2 are option orders.
Adding the two, the two shipyards in Yantai and Guangzhou are expected to contribute up to 10 ro-ro ships to BYD's offshore "fleet".