2021-04-15 09:36:03 GMT2021-04-15 17:36:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WUHAN, April 15 (Xinhua) A seagoing buoy tender with an ice-breaking function, the first of its kind in China, on Thursday tested water in Wuhan, capital of central China s Hubei Province.
The Haixun 156, or Sea Patrol 156, has a displacement of 2,400 tonnes with a length of 74.9 meters and a width of 14.3 meters, according to its shipbuilder Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd., an affiliate of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.
The electric vessel can break through ice as thick as 0.5 meters at a speed of 5 knots.
It is designed for setting up, removing, swapping and maintaining navigation aid facilities at icy ports and on navigation routes in north China, where sea ice disasters often occur.
China is certainly not the only foreign government that has made American politicians wealthy, either directly or indirectly. Given the size of their economy and the wealth of commercial ties between U.S. business and China, however, they do it bigger and more broadly than anyone else. This beneficence, I believe, poses potentially serious questions about China s influence, China s access to American policy makers, and China s activities in the halls of power. Further, it shows the toothlessness of American ethics watchdogs that these issues have not been more thoroughly reviewed and challenged previously.
The financial relationship between the McConnell-Chao family and the Chinese government has since only deepened. In 2017, as Elaine Chao joined the Trump administration, the Chinese government signed several new agreements with the Chao family.
Japan’s shipbuilding companies are accelerating the development of environmentally friendly vessels that emit no greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2). Firms like Kawasaki Heavy Industries have begun developing ships that operate on high-power fuel cells (FCs). Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Japan’s largest shipbuilder based in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), .
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Porsche’s announcement related to the possible use of high-performance batteries with silicon instead of graphite anodes led analyst Roskill to publish a review on the market prospects for silicon metal.
According to the firm, demand for silicon metal is expected to continue the upward trend it has experienced in the past two decades, thanks to new-energy technologies underpinned by the growth of the polysilicon sector and its use in solar energy.
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In Roskill’s view, the ascending trend has been cemented with plans by China State Shipbuilding Corporation to invest $4.6 billion in the construction of wind power and photoelectric projects in Zhangye, Gansu province, including 2GW of photoelectric projects and the supporting product manufacturing.
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