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2021-04-16 13:34:13Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
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Photo taken on April 15, 2021 shows the Haixun 156, China's first seagoing buoy tender with an ice-breaking function, is ready for water test in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zhang Liang/Xinhua)
A seagoing buoy tender with an ice-breaking function, the first of its kind in China, on Thursday tested water in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.
The Haixun 156, or Sea Patrol 156, has a displacement of 2,400 tonnes with a length of 74.9 meters and a width of 14.3 meters, according to its shipbuilder Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd., an affiliate of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.