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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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The World Largest Newly Built Container Ship MSC MARIELLA Started Sea Trials

SUZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 6, 2023 - MSC MARIELLA, the world's largest newly built container ship, starts its sea trial with the help of tug boats in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 6, 2023. MSC MARIELLA has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a deck area of 24,000 square meters, equivalent to 3.3 standard football fields, a maximum pile of container layers of 25 stories, equivalent to the height of 22 stories, and can load a record 24,346 20-foot standard containers at a time.

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China's major grain producer develops high-standard farmland

STORY: China's major grain producer develops high-standard farmland DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of farmland STORYLINE: North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, one of the country's major grain-producing regions, has so far developed 49.89 million mu (around 3.3 million hectares) of high-standard farmland, local authorities said. The figure represents 29 percent of the total arable land area and supports more than two-thirds of the grain production capacity of the region, according to the regional agriculture and animal husbandry department. Of the total high-standard farmland, the high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area in Inner Mongolia has reached 32.73 million mu, saving 3.3 billion cubic meters of water annually and achieving a win-win result between high grain yield and green ecological agriculture development. Inner Mongolia is one of the four regions with over 100 million mu of cultivated land and also one

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Japan's Kiryu clocks wind-assisted 9.87 in men's 100 meters

AUSTIN, United States, March 29 Kyodo - Yoshihide Kiryu of Japan speaks to reporters after clocking 9.87 seconds in the men's 100 meter dash invitational at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, on March 28, 2015. His time was deemed invalid for official purposes as the wind at his back (3.3 meters per second) exceeded the allowable limit of 2.0 m/s.

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Rehearsal at Kyoto temple to ring out the old year

KYOTO, Japan - A team of 17 Buddhist priests rings the huge bronze bell at the Chion-in temple in Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2009, in a rehearsal for a New Year's Eve ceremony to sweep away desires accumulated over the course of the year. The bell, which is 3.3 meters high and weighs 70 tons, is one of the three largest temple bells in Japan along with those at Todaiji in Nara and Hokoji in Kyoto.

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Rehearsal at Kyoto temple to ring out the old year

KYOTO, Japan - A team of 17 Buddhist priests rings the huge bronze bell at the Chion-in temple in Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2009, in a rehearsal for a New Year's Eve ceremony to sweep away desires accumulated over the course of the year. The bell, which is 3.3 meters high and weighs 70 tons, is one of the three largest temple bells in Japan along with those at Todaiji in Nara and Hokoji in Kyoto.

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Rehearsal at Kyoto temple to ring out the old year

KYOTO, Japan - A team of Buddhist priests toll the huge bronze bell at the Chion-in temple in Kyoto on Dec. 27 in a rehearsal for the New Year's Eve ceremony to ring out the old year. The bell, which is 3.3 meters high and weighs 70 tons, is one of the three largest temple bells in Japan along with the ones at Todaiji temple in Nara and Hokoji temple in Kyoto.

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Rehearsal at Kyoto temple to ring out the old year

KYOTO, Japan - A team of Buddhist priests toll the huge bronze bell at the Chion-in temple in Kyoto on Dec. 27 in a rehearsal for the New Year's Eve ceremony to ring out the old year. The bell, which is 3.3 meters high and weighs 70 tons, is one of the three largest temple bells in Japan along with the ones at Todaiji temple in Nara and Hokoji temple in Kyoto.

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N., S. Korea break ground for industrial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A groundbreaking ceremony for a project to build an industrial complex is held in Kaesong, a North Korean city just north of the truce village of Panmunjom, on June 30. Under an agreement between South Korea's Hyundai Business Group and North Korea, an industrial park of around 3.3 million square meters is to be established in Kaesong by 2007.

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Chion'in bell tolled in New Year's Eve rehearsal

KYOTO, Japan - The huge bell at Chioin'in Temple in Kyoto is tolled in a New Year's Eve rehearsal Dec. 27. It requires 17 monks to join forces to properly ring the bell, which stands 3.3 meters tall and weighs 70 tons. All temple bells across Japan are tolled 108 times on the New Year's Eve according to Buddhist traditions.

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Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

TOWN OF ANPACHI, Japan - A ship-shaped solar power generator, completed in the village of Anpachi, Gifu Prefecture, by Sanyo Electric Co., is put to media preview Dec. 20. The structure that cost 3.3 billion yen to build, is 315 meters long, 37.1 meter high and 13.7 meter wide. Equipped with 5,000 solar cell panels, it can generate 530,000 kilowatts of electricity annually, reducing 95 tons of carbon dioxide, Sanyo said. Pictured to the fore is a JR Tokai Shinkansen bullet train.

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CHINA-HENAN-KAIFENG-STONE MURALS (CN)

(220928) -- ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows part of a stone mural discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province. Two stone murals from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been unearthed in Henan Province, which are the largest of their kind ever found in the country, archaeologists said Wednesday. The murals, discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, are symmetrically distributed along the northern and southern banks at the east side of the Zhouqiao Bridge. The murals are 3.3 meters in height, and it has been revealed that the excavated length of the south bank mural is 23.2 meters, while that of the northern one is 21.2 meters. The stone murals are engraved with auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture such as seahorses, flying cranes and clouds. Further excavation and cleanup work is still in progress, said Zhou Runshan, head of the excavation project, adding that the total length of a

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CHINA-HENAN-KAIFENG-STONE MURALS (CN)

(220928) -- ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows part of a stone mural discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province. Two stone murals from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been unearthed in Henan Province, which are the largest of their kind ever found in the country, archaeologists said Wednesday. The murals, discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, are symmetrically distributed along the northern and southern banks at the east side of the Zhouqiao Bridge. The murals are 3.3 meters in height, and it has been revealed that the excavated length of the south bank mural is 23.2 meters, while that of the northern one is 21.2 meters. The stone murals are engraved with auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture such as seahorses, flying cranes and clouds. Further excavation and cleanup work is still in progress, said Zhou Runshan, head of the excavation project, adding that the total length of a

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CHINA-HENAN-KAIFENG-STONE MURALS (CN)

(220928) -- ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member cleans a stone mural discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 21, 2022. Two stone murals from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been unearthed in Henan Province, which are the largest of their kind ever found in the country, archaeologists said Wednesday. The murals, discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, are symmetrically distributed along the northern and southern banks at the east side of the Zhouqiao Bridge. The murals are 3.3 meters in height, and it has been revealed that the excavated length of the south bank mural is 23.2 meters, while that of the northern one is 21.2 meters. The stone murals are engraved with auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture such as seahorses, flying cranes and clouds. Further excavation and cleanup work is still in progress, said Zhou Runshan, head of the excavation project, adding that the total length of a single

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CHINA-HENAN-KAIFENG-STONE MURALS (CN)

(220928) -- ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture on a stone mural discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province. Two stone murals from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been unearthed in Henan Province, which are the largest of their kind ever found in the country, archaeologists said Wednesday. The murals, discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, are symmetrically distributed along the northern and southern banks at the east side of the Zhouqiao Bridge. The murals are 3.3 meters in height, and it has been revealed that the excavated length of the south bank mural is 23.2 meters, while that of the northern one is 21.2 meters. The stone murals are engraved with auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture such as flying cranes and clouds. Further excavation and cleanup work is still in progress, said Zhou Runshan, head of the excavation project,