The Widest Ship in The Yangtze River

Dock workers operate lifting equipment to lift two 1,404-ton STS container Bridges onto the Dutch bulk carrier Barents Sea at Runhe Wharf in Taicang Port, June 15, 2023, in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. After loading, the maximum width of the Barents Sea ship "extended" from 42 meters to 159.332 meters, setting a new record for the widest ship navigable on the Yangtze River. The Dutch large cargo carrier Barents Sea, 173-meter long, 42-meter wide and 12-meter deep, will leave the port of Savannah in the early morning of the 17th for delivery.