On October 12,2023, the Classification Assignment Ceremony for the first pure electric new energy passenger ship “Navigation Star” of Heilongjiang Province and Launch Conference of the New Energy Ship Industry Alliance were held at Harbin North Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd.
The “Navigation Star” ship is China’s first cold area pure battery-powered green intelligent inland ship, and is also the first ship in Heilongjiang Province to undergo classification survey of CCS. It was developed and constructed by Harbin North Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. in collaboration with Harbin Engineering University, Wut Ship Co.,Ltd., and Harbin Electric Corporation. CCS Wuhan Rules & Research Institute and CCS Harbin Branch respectively carried out ship drawing review and construction survey, and awarded CCS Class notations for “electric propulsion system” and “domestic inland green ship-3”.
