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China unveiled a massive island-building vessel as a Magic island-market
China unveiled a massive island-building vessel as a Magic island-market
China has unveiled a massive ship described as a Magic island market that is Asia’s largest dredging vessel, a report stated on 4 November 2017.
China has floated out a giant island-building vessel has been named a magic island-maker by its designer. It is considered the most powerful vessel of its type in Asia.This launch comes between ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
The Tiankun cutter-suction dredger was launched at Qidong in eastern Jiangsu province. The vessel, with a deck as long as five basketball courts, 140 meters, can smash underwater rocks.
Then suck out sand, water, mud and transfer the substance up to 15 kilometers away. It can dredge up to 6, 000 cubic meters (around two and a half Olympic swimming pools) an hour from a depth of up to 35 meters.
