Construction begins on new train ferries for Bohai Strait

摘要

In The Naval Architect February 2002 edition (page 26), two projects for new train ferries in China were reported. One was a design to link the mainland port of Haikou to the island of Hainan in the southern part of the country; that vessel, Yue Hat Tie 1 Hao, which was designed by MARIC, is now in operation (Significant Ships of 2003) on the 12.5nm route across the Qiongzhou Strait. The second project was for a new fleet of ferries to initiate a brand-new service across the Bohai Strait in the northeast -a much longer distance of some 80nm, between Yantai and Dalian.