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Facts & Figures What is the size of a VLCC? VLCC is the abbreviation of "Very Large Crude Carrier". It is one of the largest crude carriers currently in operation throughout the world. Its deck is as big as 3 soccer fields. Full load of a VLCC on oil is equivalent to the quantity consumed by 8 million private automobiles throughout the country in 10 days. COSCO currently has got 3 VLCCs in operation and will take delivery of another two in 2004. Why is the fifth-generation container ship reputed as sea mega-carrier? The fifth-generation containership is regarded as one of the world's most advanced containerships in service so far. Currently COSCO operates 13 of them. This kind of vessels can carry as many as 5,446 TEU (Twenty Equivalent Unit) in terms of slot capacity. If these containers are connected one by one, such a connection line is supposed to be as long as 33 Km and if a train has 60 carriages, 50 of such trains will be needed to carry all these boxes away. By 2005, COSCO will have taken delivery of another 5 jumbos, each with a slot capacity of up to 8000 TEU. These vessels are probably included in a new generation in global container liner industry. By then, the container fleet of COSCO shall be more powerful. What kind of ship is MV."Taiankou" ---the world's "all-round champion" and "No.1 ship in Asia"? "Taiankou" semi-submerged ship of COSCO is the first ocean engineering large special ship built in our country. Total length of the ship is 156 meters, and can carry 18,000 ton of goods, molded breadth of the ship is 32.2 meters. And it can navigate at the rate of 14 knots. Its navigability is 13,000 sea miles. And its shape is totally different from an ocean ships. It has a high fore, and a highly elevated driver's cabin, but its body is a large flat deck with a 32×126 square meters of cargo platform, which is as big as 5 or 6 basket courts when it is overlooked from the fore. The buttock is 2 gigantic square floating boxes, which can play the role of balancing when submerging. It uses the world's most advanced SSP power propelling system, 360-degree all gyrated screw. Cooperated with satellite, the computer automatically operates the power system, which enables the ship to stay in the same position without casting anchor. Once the longitudal and latitudal degrees are fixed in the computer, the ship will stay at the point firmly, where the error is only by a position of radius of 1.5 meters. The ship can also submerge down to a depth of 19 meters, and since the semi-submerged ships transport large goods by submerging, they are also reputed as "sea forklift". Forward Next Total  1/1

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