On January 2, Jiangxi Jiangxin Shipbuilding successfully signed the design and construction contract for the 318-passenger modern passenger ship project with Zhejiang Zhoushan New District Transportation in Zhoushan City.
This type of ship has a total length of 47.2 meters and a beam of 8.5 meters. It adopts a dual-engine, dual-propeller, and dual-rudder propulsion mode, with a designed speed of not less than 17 knots and a cruising range of not less than 200 nautical miles. It can sail in coastal areas.
The ship is a modern passenger ship carrying passengers between Liouheng Island and Zhoushan Island, which can meet the demand for leisure and sightseeing and inter-island passenger transportation after completion, and will further promote the development of marine tourism on the two islands, and enhance the level of coastal waterborne passenger transportation.