Zhen Hua 33
Semi-submersible heavy lift ship
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Zhen Hua 33 is a Chinese-flagged semi-submersible heavy-lift ship designed to carry large cargo, including other vessels and offshore rigs, on her 185 m × 43 m (607 ft × 141 ft) cargo deck.[2]
Zhen Hua 33 at Stockholm in March 2020 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zhen Hua 33 |
| Owner | Shanghai Zhenhua Shipping Co[1] |
| Port of registry | Shanghai,  China |
| Builder | ZPMC, Nantong, China |
| Laid down | 2016 |
| Completed | 2017[1] |
| Identification | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | CCS |
| Type | Semi-submersible heavy-lift ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 227 m (744 ft 9 in) oa[1] |
| Beam | 43 m (141 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Draught |
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| Ice class | B [citation needed] |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) (loaded) |
| Crew | Capacity 55 bunks |
In early 2020, Zhen Hua 33 became semi-famous in Sweden for carrying Guldbron[3] to replace the old traffic interchange at Slussen in Stockholm, manufactured by China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group on behalf of Skanska, the contractors for the remodelled Slussen. The 140 m (460 ft) long, 3,700 t (3,600 long tons; 4,100 short tons) bridge was intended to travel from China to Sweden in around seven weeks, arriving in mid-February 2020, but was delayed off the coast of Spain for almost a month due to bad weather in the Atlantic Ocean.[4] She was eventually able to continue towards Sweden at the beginning of March,[5] and arrived in Stockholm on 11 March 2020.[6]
