Chinese cruiser number 2 under construction

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Youngzhou – Monster device

Even before China's fresh Year, a branch of China Railway Construction dense manufacture Group Co., Ltd. (chin. 中国铁建重工集团股份有限公司) in ChangSha (chin. 长沙) in Hunan state (chin. 湖南) gave the user the first TBM Tunnel Boring device that year. The device weighs 4 350 tons, is 135 metres long, and the diameter of the hollow disc is as much as 15.2 metres.

This device will be utilized in the process of digging for an underwater tunnel for high-speed railway lines that will connect the port town of NingBo (chin. 宁波) to the island of ZhouShan (chin. 舟山) in the state of Zhejiang (chin. 浙江). The tunnel will measurement 11.2 km long and run 78 metres to the sea surface. The full Ningbo-Zhoushan way is about 77 km. Trains on this way will travel at up to 250 kilometres per hour.

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  • crchi.com
  • weibo.com

Chinese cruiser number 2 under construction

On the 1st of January this year, he embarked on his first commercial cruise, the first full Chinese cruiser (design, construction, equipment) and had already begun to build another specified unit with plan number H1509. The construction and equipment are planned to be completed at the end of 2025. In late March 2026, the ship is scheduled to embark on a test cruise. The ship is scheduled to be transferred to the shipowner at the end of 2026.

A number of optimizations were made in relation to the first "Adora – Magic City" (chin. "爱达·魔都", task number H1508). The H1509 will be larger, with 142 1000 tons of buoyancy, a full dimension of 341 metres, a width of 37.2 metres, 2144 cabins distributed to 12 levels and 4 decks.

For comparison, the first cruiser has 135.5 1000 tons of buoyancy, 323.6 m long, 37 m wide and 2125 cabins.

Tour H1509, like Adora, is built by ShangHai WaiGaoGiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., (chin. 上海外高桥造船有限公司) a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Group corp (chin. 中国船舶集团有限公司), but its construction cycle was shortened by 8 months.

In January this year, the Shanghai global Passenger Terminal accepted 13 cruise ships, with over 57,000 passengers. In February, more than 78,000 passengers arrived at the Terminal.

Source:

  • sina.com.cn
  • bailu.com

As during the press conference, Li Xiao Peng (chin. 李小鹏), Minster Transport (chin. 交通部) and Head of the Administration of civilian Aviation of China (chin. 中国民用航空局), reported. China plans to become an global hub and an aviation power by 2050. This will be achieved by expanding and creating a network of world-class airlines and strengthening intercontinental connections at 3 major airports in:

  • Beijing (chin. 北京, BeiJing) – flights to 133 countries and regions,
  • Shanghai (chin. 上海, Shanghai) – flights to 142 countries and regions,
  • Cantonese (chin. 广州, GuangZhou) flights to 97 states and regions.

As stated, the air hub is the main point (centre) of a modern comprehensive transport system, and the construction of a strong transport country forces the building of strong global hubs.

The number of airports in China serving more than 10 million passengers per year increased from 21 in 2012 to 39 before the 2020 epidemic. The 2 largest of them, in Beijing and Shanghai, are among the 10 largest airports in the planet and service more than 100 million passengers each year.

The 3 largest airlines in the country, i.e.

  • Air China (chin. 中国国际航空公司),
  • China east (chin. 中国东方南方航空公司) and
  • China confederate Airlines (chin. 中国南方航空公司),

are among the world's leading airlines, have a strong and established position and ranks among the largest passenger traffic in terms of volume. They so have solid grounds for achieving their goals and ambitions.

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