On March 18, COSCO Shipping held a “cloud signing” ceremony for two 700TEU electric container ships on the Yangtze River trunk line. Relevant leaders of the national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of communications and the Ministry of industry and information technology attended and witnessed the signing. The “cloud signing” ceremony was held in Beijing, Shanghai and other places.
At the signing ceremony, Cosco Shipping Development Company Limited(601866) air charter business department, Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry and Shanghai Pan Asia shipping signed 700TEU electric container ship construction agreement and ship leasing agreement respectively to jointly promote the green and zero carbon transformation of Yangtze River shipping.
In the future, under the overall national strategic framework, COSCO Shipping Development will strive to promote the formation of an overall plan and implementation path for the green and zero carbon development of water transportation in the Yangtze River, accumulate replicable and reference demonstration experience, and promote it to the whole Yangtze River Basin, Pearl River, Bohai Bay and other inland rivers and coastal waters, so as to promote China to become the leader of global green and zero carbon shipping.
The standardization and green intellectualization of ship types on the Yangtze River trunk line are important measures to implement the development strategy of the Yangtze River economic belt, which is of great significance to promote the safe development and green transformation of shipping on the Yangtze River. Focusing on the electric ship industry chain, COSCO Shipping has developed to build an advanced zero carbon intelligent ship, and is committed to improving the ability to research, develop and manufacture marine box power battery units, and build a ship charging and replacement network in China’s key waters. At the same time, the company will also focus on expanding the high-end special box business of box battery and green energy supporting industry, cooperate with equity investment enterprises and strategic partners including China Innovation airlines, realize the coordinated development of industrial chain, and jointly promote the technological innovation and industrialization of electric ships in China.
