In the first quarter of this year, China exported 1.07 million vehicles, surpassing Japan for the first time and becoming the world's largest automobile exporter. The significant growth of automobile exports has driven international automobile transport ships to become difficult to obtain, and shipping companies and car companies have stepped in to book ships. Previously, there was no domestic shipyard capable of building large car roll on ships, but now, Chinese shipbuilding companies are seizing rare market opportunities and achieving zero breakthroughs. China took on 88.4% of the global orders for 74 car transport ships last year. Holding orders makes it difficult for Chinese cars to export to the sea. Shipbuilding is hot in the tropics, and Taicang Port in Jiangsu, 60 kilometers away from the mouth of the Yangtze River, is the largest foreign trade port in Jiangsu. On May 23rd, a huge ro/ro cargo ship arrived at port, with over 130 vehicle dockers on standby and over 4300 vehicles about to be loaded onto the ship for shipment to Europe. Behind the overload and busyness of the shuttle workers is the explosive increase in China's automobile exports in recent years. According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2020, China exported 1.082 million vehicles; By 2021, it will reach 2.015 million vehicles; In 2022, it reached 3.111 million vehicles. In the first quarter of this year, China exported 1.07 million vehicles, surpassing Japan for the first time and becoming the world's largest automobile exporter. With the surge in car exports, the "troubles" of happiness have followed. Car transport ships are difficult to find in one cabin, and the rent has repeatedly reached new highs. In order to increase transportation capacity, it can be said that "the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each displaying their divine abilities". The freight company at Taicang Port in Jiangsu even renovated the pulp ship from South America, which was originally supposed to return empty, to transform the pulp ship that was originally out of stock into a car transport ship. Liu Tiebin, Operations Manager of Taicang International Container Terminal Operations Department, said that each hatch can reach a loading capacity of 8 layers, with a maximum capacity of 2500 vehicles for the entire ship. But even so, it still cannot meet the rapidly growing demand for automobile export transportation. Port of Guangzhou is also busy transporting cars. Nansha Automobile Port of Port of Guangzhou is the largest professional automobile ro ro terminal in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. In 2022, the export vehicles of Port of Guangzhou will exceed 100000, with a year-on-year growth of more than 300%. From January to April this year, Port of Guangzhou's auto foreign trade export grew by more than 90% year on year. It is understood that there are approximately 700 automobile transport ships worldwide, and those operated by Chinese shipowners account for less than 10% of the total global transportation capacity. Compared to the continuous blowout of automobile exports, there is clearly a serious shortage of transportation capacity. In order to make up for this "weakness", shipping companies are intensifying their layout, and many shipping and automobile manufacturing companies have taken the initiative to book ships. From zero to one, the key technology for Chinese ships to crack large car Roll-on/roll-off ships At Guangzhou Shipbuilding International, the reporter boarded a car Roll-on/roll-off that can hold about 7000 cars. This car transport ship has a total length of 200 meters, a molded width of 38 meters, a total height of 42 meters, and 13 decks, making it a "giant" at sea. To the surprise of the reporter, this "giant" had a very thin skin. The steel plate used to build this car Roll-on/roll-off is only 6mm thick, less than one-third of the diameter of a nickel, and the weight of a car is more than one ton. Meanwhile, steam
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