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Photo: World's First Double-Sided Self-Unloading Vessel

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No. 00317

World's First Double-Sided Self-Unloading Vessel

Holder
WONTANARA (CSSC Chengxi Shipyard)
Country
China
Date
2026
Location
China

About this record

The WONTANARA, built by CSSC Chengxi Shipyard for Rio Tinto's Simandou mining project in Guinea, was delivered as the world's first double-sided self-unloading vessel (41,800 DWT, 215 m length, 12,000 t/h unloading rate), included by GBR in the World Book of Records for Asia and Africa.