China opens first zero-carbon sea-river electric container route

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China inaugurated its first zero-carbon sea-river electric container route with the pure electric containership Ningyuan Dianpeng departing from Jiaxing port to Ningbo-Zhoushan port, promoting the growth of electric vessel technology.

China has launched its first sea-river intermodal zero-carbon shipping route, adding another building block to the country’s fast-growing electric vessel ecosystem. The service started with the departure this week of the 10,000-ton-class pure electric containership Ningyuan Dianpeng from Jiaxing port in Zhejiang province to Ningbo-Zhoushan port. The 127.8 m long vessel has capacity for 742 …