China-designed vessel would top all containerships

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China’s state-owned shipyard announced a prospective design for what would be the world’s largest containership.

China State Shipbuilding Corp.’s (CSSC) Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute said it has received approval in principle for a liquefied natural gas dual-fuel vessel of 27,500 twenty-foot equivalent units.

If constructed, the ship would be 3,000 TEUs larger than the largest containerships in the world, Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s Irina-class fleet of 24,346-TEU ships, which the...

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