BYD Changzhou is the second ship for which BYD is the owner and the second after BYD Hefei to be named after a city where its production site is located.
BYD (HKG: 1211, OTCMKTS: BYDDY) has put its new car carrier, BYD Changzhou, into operation, adding transportation capacity to the Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker's exports.
BYD Changzhou -- the company's second ro-ro vessel -- went into operation after receiving delivery, Wang Junbao, general manager of BYD Corporate Division, announced today on Weibo today.
The car carrier is headed to Europe after loading nearly 5,000 BYD NEVs at the ports of Lianyungang and Taicang in Jiangsu province, helping to cool the planet by 1°C, he said.
Wang didn't mention any further details, but shared three images of the BYD Changzhou.
BYD Changzhou is the company's second ship with BYD as owner after BYD Hefei, and the third in its fleet of car carriers.
On January 15, BYD announced that BYD Explorer No.1, the first car carrier dedicated to it, completed loading vehicles and set sail.
BYD Explorer No.1 is not owned by BYD; it was built by CIMC Raffles, a subsidiary of state-owned China International Marine Containers (CIMC), for international shipping company Zodiac Maritime.
On September 21, Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd (GSIC) announced that it held a undocking ceremony for BYD Hefei, a 7,000-vehicle dual-fuel automobile ro-ro vessel it built for BYD.
BYD Hefei is BYD's first vessel as a shipowner and its first vessel to be named after the city where its production base is located.
Changzhou is a city in Jiangsu province in eastern China, where BYD has a production site that went into operation in January 2022.
BYD Changzhou was built by CIMC Raffles and left port on November 29 for delivery to BYD.
With a length of 199.9 meters and a loading capacity of 7,000 vehicles, it is the latest addition to BYD's fleet.
BYD would have seven other ro-ro vessels in operation over the next two years, the company said in January.
BYD sold 506,804 NEVs in November, the second time it has surpassed the 500,000 mark and the sixth consecutive month of record highs, according to data released on December 1.
In November, BYD sold 30,977 vehicles in overseas markets, up 1.14 percent year-on-year but 0.69 percent lower than in October.
The company exported 28,141 vehicles from China in November, up 0.46 percent from 28,012 in October.
($1 = RMB 7.2429)
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