Chapter 287: Blueprint of the Ocean Empire!
The Dovetail Butterfly rode the wind and waves, like a fast-moving island, the bow of the ship like a knife, cleaving a terrifying roar and leaving huge white ripples in the deep ocean.
Four marine giant permanent magnet vector motors provide a propulsion of up to 312,000 horsepower for this 200,000-ton giant ship, and the power of a single machine has reached a crazy 780,000 horsepower!
You must know that the total thrust of the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is only 280,000 horsepower, and the largest diesel engine manufactured in China is the ultra-long-stroke 7G80ME-C produced by Dalian Shipyard, and the power of a single engine is only 44,839 horsepower.
This power is quite amazing, Xingchen Technology's permanent magnet vector motor, only with one-twelfth of the volume of Dalian Shipwood, has reached its 1.77 times the power, the superiority of the motor, once again fully demonstrated.
In order to achieve faster speeds, the Dovetail Butterfly has redesigned its hull structure and used higher strength steel, which will inevitably increase costs, but the faster sailing speed will improve the overall transportation efficiency, which is still very cost-effective.
All in all, when the news of the official launch of the Dovetail Butterfly spread around the world, the world went crazy.
The reason is obvious, a new era has arrived, 98% of the world's international trade relies on shipping, and Huaxia's all-electric propulsion shipping system will be the strongest on this planet, there is no one!
The Swallowtail successfully completed a two-hour sea trial, making a large circle in the ocean before returning to the dock in Shanghai.
There, a celebration party has already been prepared, and Luo Jia and the researchers of Xingchen Technology will also be present in person.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Maersk Group headquarters.
The plenary meeting of the Executive Committee is underway, and Maersk, the world's largest shipping group, has reacted quickly.
After learning the accurate news of the successful trial of the all-electric propulsion ship in Huaxia, they immediately sent Zhuang Mocheng, the chief representative in China, to negotiate with the Xingchen Technology Group, which has mastered this historic and great technology, but they got a news that surprised them extremely much.
"Xingchen Technology has made it clear that they have enough partners in Huaxia, so the all-electric propulsion vessel and related technology will not be sold to the outside world, no matter how much money we spend, we can't buy it." Chief Operating Officer Toft said with a heavy expression.
There was a long sigh in the conference room, some people frowned, and some people turned the barrel of a ballpoint pen in their hands.
"So, COSCO Shipping, which ranks third in the world, has joined forces with Xingchen Technology?" An executive member asked.
Toft nodded slightly, "It should be more than that, in addition to COSCO Shipping, Huaxia also has the world's sixteenth ranked China Grain Logistics, seventeenth ranked AXA Shipping, eighteenth ranked SITC International, ranked twenty-second Sinotrans Group, ranked thirty-seventh Ningbo COSCO, ranked forty-ninth Dalian Trade Winds, plus Haihua, Jinjiang, Taicang, Jifa, Datong, Hongxiang, Hede." ”
"At present, among the top 100 shipping companies in the world, they occupy 14 of them, although the overall strength is average, but with the strong help of Xingchen Technology, I believe that China's major shipping groups will get great development in the near future."
In July 2018, COSCO Shipping, ranked fourth, acquired OOCL, the world's seventh-ranked shipping group, thus surpassing CMA CGM to become the world's third largest player.
In the field of shipping, Denmark's Maersk is the dominant one, accounting for 16.4 percent of the global market share, Swiss Mediterranean Shipping accounts for 14.7 percent, China COSCO Shipping accounts for 11.6 percent, and France CMA CGM accounts for 11.2 percent.
The four major shipping groups alone account for more than half of the global market, which shows that this is a world monopolized by giants.
In addition to COSCO Shipping, the rest of Huaxia are small companies, accounting for only 16% of the world's total, that is to say, all Huaxia shipping groups combined, are not as large as a Danish Maersk, and cannot pose a threat to giants at all.
As the world's largest trading nation, the weakness of China's shipping industry is really not worthy of its market position.
However, overnight, the situation was completely changed, and the all-electric propulsion vessel of Xingchen Technology was born, which is about to completely reverse the pattern of the shipping industry.
The new ships equipped with the Carmen vortex power generation array, which have no takeaway plans and are only supplied to domestic partners, are tantamount to a death sentence for the global shipping giants led by Maersk.
One-fifth of the cost, two to three times the speed, and the fool knows what it means.
The room was suffocating and breathless, and at this time, the major shareholder Broad asked: "I heard that although the all-electric steamer of Xingchen Technology is very strong, it also has a fatal weakness, which can only be equipped with large ships, requiring a displacement of 200,000 tons. ”
"In this world, not only super-large freighters are needed, but also small and medium-sized freighters are needed as capacity supplements, even if we lose the dominance of the super-large freighter field, it is no problem to keep the small and medium-sized ship transportation business, right?"
Toft rubbed his temples, looked at the company's majority shareholder, and said, "Port remodeling." ”
Broad was stunned and asked puzzled, "What did you say?" ”
"I'm talking about the port renovation project." Toft stretched out his arms helplessly, "At the same time that the Huaxia shipbuilding industry began to invest in the construction of all-electric ships on a large scale, their national team also introduced another plan, the port renovation project. ”
"Everyone knows that the freight rate of large cargo ships is the cheapest, and many ports are unable to dock super-large cargo ships because of their age, so the Chinese authorities have introduced a port renovation plan to provide low-interest loans to help the world transform ports to meet the docking needs of electric propulsion cargo ships."
"Guess which country in the world has the most experience in building ports?"
"It's Huaxia!"
Broad said with glazed eyes, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
"Which country is building its port the fastest?"
"It's Huaxia"
"Which country is the largest manufacturer of port equipment?"
"It's still Huaxia, their Yangshan Port has achieved almost fully automatic operation"
After saying this, Broad, the majority shareholder, slumped in his seat.
He has fully understood that Xingchen Technology's ambitions are not only in shipping and shipbuilding, they also want ports and port machinery!
Does this thing make money from ports?
Of course, it is profitable, although the general public does not understand it, but the operation of the port is actually very profitable, ships docking, replenishment, loading and unloading, all have to pay for expenses, this is the main economic source of the port.
More importantly, if Huaxia can control a country's ports, it is equivalent to taking over the lifeblood of the foreign trade economy, after all, 98% of the world's international trade is completed by sea.
In 2010, Huaxia COSCO Group took over the imminent bankruptcy of the port of Piraeus in Greece, and with its strong strength in port operations, it achieved profitability only three months after taking over!
In 2016, COSCO Group bought another 67% stake in the port, and so far, one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean, the Greek port of Piraeus, is completely controlled by Huaxia.
In 2010, the port of Piraeus ranked 93rd in the world, but thanks to the hard work of Huaxia Capital, as of 2018, this port has ranked 36th in the world! Such a huge leap forward shocked the whole of Europe!
Europeans finally understand why seven of the world's top ten ports are operated by Huaxia, because Huaxia is really the world's strongest in terms of operating ports and producing port machinery!
Toft said bitterly, "Now everyone should understand, it seems that Xingchen Technology is building ships, but in fact, their ambitions are far more than that, they also want to take away the global shipping market, the port operation market, and the port machinery market!" ”
"To put it simply, everything related to ocean transportation, they want it all!"
"I was also surprised to find out through the channel of the global research company that Huaxia had unknowingly controlled dozens of important ports around the world."
"Kyaukpyu Port in Myanmar, Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, Gwadar Port in Pakistan, Port of Suez in Egypt, Port of Piraeus in Greece, Port of Djibouti, Port of Lae in Papua New Guinea, Port of Melbourne in Australia, Port of Mombasa in Kenya, Port of Paranagua in Brazil."
"Wait, wait, these ports have all been controlled by Huaxia Capital, shipbuilding, shipping, ports, port machinery, offshore engineering, port construction, coastal defense, their tentacles are everywhere, they are going to build a new marine empire!"
Rumble~
Hearing these words, everyone present felt like they had been struck by lightning, and their hearts accelerated wildly.
No wonder Maersk wants to buy a ship at a high price, Xingchen Technology doesn't sell it at all, it turns out that they want more.