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World’s largest, China’s first 10,000-ton all-electric smart container vessel delivered

World’s largest, China’s first 10,000-ton all-electric smart container vessel delivered

The world's largest and China's first 10,000-ton pure electric intelligent container vessel, the Ningyuan Diankun, set sail on Wednesday from the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port bound for the Zhapu Port Area in Jiaxing, marking the official start of its commerc…
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Alas Poor Erinaceus
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This is incredibly important because regular container vessels pollute like you wouldn't believe.
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racoon
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racoon
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yes but without that black thick layer or pollution, we are toast down here. Remember what happened on 1/1/2020: the IMO lowered the SO2 levels of the cargo ship fuel
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B0rax
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What is the range of this vessel? It doesn’t say in the article
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ShinkanTrain
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I couldn't find a proper answer to this, but the manufacturer says it'll have a route between Ningbo and Jiaxing, which are quite close. Just for fun I made a little path between the two cities's harbours, and it was a little under 200km, assuming no stops.

I wonder if it's logistically viable to have one of these travel the Yangtze waterway, charging along the way

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zbyte64
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I think what's interesting is it sounds like the battery is a set of storage containers. My guess is it supports battery swapping, so while the range might be small, it can refuel as part of exchanging cargo
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Diplomjodler
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Interesting. Any information on the range of these things? Yet again China forges ahead while the West clings to its outdated ways in the name of "free markets".
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