China Merchants Ro Ro ship "Changtaihong" was built in 2009 at 3MAJ Shipyard in Croatia. The ship has a total length of 175.86 meters, a shape width of 31.1 meters, a full load draft of 8.75 meters, a total tonnage of 40619 tons, a main engine power of 11060KW, 4872CEU, a two-layer lifting deck, and can load large buses, heavy trucks, engineering machinery and other vehicles. The ship used to operate ocean routes in the form of time charter from 2009 to 2016, and turned to domestic trade trunk lines in 2016.

Recalling the "Changtaihong" ship, with the implementation of the governance of the "Limits for Axle Load and Mass of Road Vehicles" (GB 1589-2004) in September 2016, in order to meet the market demand, the investment attraction RoRo decided to change the ship from foreign trade to domestic trade. In November of the same year, 3050 BMW cars took the first voyage of "Changtaihong" to Nansha. The single voyage revenue hit a record high, breaking multiple records and creating a new chapter in history!

"Guangzhou Persian Gulf" international route

In 2022, the roll on/roll off market experienced a blowout development, and the export of CRRC became the second largest in the world. Investment promotion roll on/roll off once again complied with the development of the times, made rapid strategic adjustments, opened the international roll on/roll off business, and formulated the strategic measures of "CRRC's national transportation".

On November 18, 2022, with the siren sounding, the 5000 car class "Changtaihong" ship, carrying the mission of opening up the first international route for the ro ro fleet of merchant ships, set sail at Nansha Automobile Terminal in Guangzhou.

Mainly domestic automobile brands such as GAC, Geely and SAIC, about 3200 commercial vehicles take the "Changtai Hong" ship to sell in the Middle East Persian Gulf, an important node of the "Maritime Silk Road".

The "Guangzhou Persian Gulf" liner route opened this time provides one liner service every month, and is committed to making it a boutique route. The domestic loading port of the route is proposed to be Nansha, and the unloading port is proposed to be Damman, Jebel Ali, etc.

In the same November, the same Changtaihong twice undertook the first voyage task of adjusting the operation status, with a glorious mission and great responsibility!

As the crew dispatching unit of the "Changtaihong" ship, Hubei Jinhang has given full play to its rich crew resource advantages and crew management advantages, equipped a professional and efficient crew team for the "Changtaihong" ship, and helped the investment promotion roll on roll off to open a new international route and a new journey towards the world!