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Hangzhou, Zhejiang: Ultragravity centrifugal simulation and experimental equipment building delivered and used
At the beginning of the new year, the "national heavy weapon" of basic scientific research in the field of supergravity has also started a new project progress: the Hangzhou Supergravity Field Supergravity Experimental Building was officially delivered and used. The total investment of Hangzhou supergravity field exceeds 2.1 billion yuan, with a total construction area of more than 30,000 square meters. The construction content mainly includes three centrifuge hosts (including verification machines), 18 air-based devices in six experimental cabins, and supporting facilities such as experimental buildings.

After all the projects are completed, they will become the world's largest capacity and strongest experimental capabilities, providing an advanced experimental platform for the development of major scientific and technological tasks in the country, the research and development and verification of new technologies in major engineering technologies, and the scientific development of cutting-edge materials.
The world's largest pile driving ship "Second voyage Evergreen" is delivered
In the new year, my country's manufacturing industry has made every effort to catch up with orders. On January 5, the world's largest pile driving ship, built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry, was delivered in Qidong, Jiangsu.

The "Erhang Changqing" ship started construction in January 2024. It has a total length of 130.5 meters, a shape width of 40.8 meters, a shape depth of 8.4 meters, and a pile frame height of 150 meters. It adopts the world's largest 5,000-ton thrust oil cylinder independently developed and manufactured in China, and can drill pile foundations with a maximum pile weight of 700 tons and a diameter of 7 meters. In the future, this round will play a key role in the construction of large ports, cross-sea bridges, offshore wind power and other projects, injecting strong impetus into the construction of my country's far-reaching sea hydro engineering projects and the development of the offshore wind power industry chain.
Shandong Yantai Port welcomes the peak of operation, and automobile exports have "beginned well"
At the beginning of the year, many ports have also ushered in the peak of operation. At Yantai Port, Shandong Port, since January 1, Yantai Port Auto Ro Ro Ro Terminal has welcomed four foreign trade Ro Ro Ro ships. According to statistics, the shipping volume of commercial vehicles at Yantai Port in Shandong Port in 2024 reached 737,000, of which the international transit exceeded 330,000, an increase of 22% year-on-year.
At the Yantai Port car ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/ro/s, the "Light of Argus" is carrying out loading operations, and 4,451 commercial vehicles are planned to be shipped to Mexico, Colombia, Central America and other places.

It is not only the "Agus Light", since New Year's Day, Shandong Port Yantai Port Auto Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Shi has welcomed 4 foreign trade Ro Ro Ro Ro ships, and more than 10,000 commercial vehicles are shipped.

As a Shandong port commodity vehicle logistics base and a northern China commodity vehicle logistics hub port, Yantai Port's robo-and-mounted route has covered more than 30 countries and regions including Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
The "High-speed Railway Express" special train from Qingdao to Zhengzhou was launched in the first time
In the new year, my country's railways have also ushered in a new train operation map, and the national railway passenger and freight capacity and efficiency have been further improved. In terms of freight, on January 5, the DJ5107 special train loaded with 6 tons of express delivery was sent from Qingdao North Station, marking the first launch of the high-speed railway express train from Qingdao North Station to Zhengzhou Airport Station.

The Qingzheng High-speed Railway Express Special Train opened this time has a total distance of 769 kilometers. It mainly serves the batch transportation of fresh food, biomedicine, electronic products and other goods, and meets the needs of fast delivery of items such as e-commerce express delivery and business emergency parts. The opening of the high-speed rail express train has shortened the railway freight time between Qingdao and Zhengzhou from the past 6-7 hours to the present 3 and a half hours.
Urumqi to Aksu for the first time
In terms of passenger transport, after the map adjustment, the road network trains in the central and western regions have been further encrypted, making passengers more convenient to travel.

Among them, on January 5, the first "Tomur" express train from Urumqi to Aksu, Xinjiang, took off from Urumqi Station to Aksu Station, with the number of trains T9516. The train arrives in the evening, and one pair is run every day, with a distance of 1,012 kilometers and a travel time of 9 hours and 45 minutes, which is nearly 6 hours shorter than the previous slow train, which will provide passengers with more choices for travel.
In 2024, 19,000 China-Europe freight trains were launched

The reporter learned from the China Railway Group that in 2024, a total of 19,000 China-Europe freight trains were launched and 2.07 million standard boxes of goods were sent, an increase of 10% and 9% year-on-year respectively. Up to now, the China-Europe freight train has reached 227 cities in 25 European countries and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries.

