MS Zhen Hua 33

Zhen Hua 33 in Stockholm in March 2020
History
Name	Zhen Hua 33
Owner	Shanghai Zhenhua Shipping Co
Port of registry	Shanghai, China
Builder	ZPMC (Zenhua Port Machinery Company Limited), Nantong, China
Laid down	2016
Completed	2017
Identification	IMO number: 9808223 Call sign: BTTR MMSI number: 414272000
General characteristics
Class and type	CCS
Type	Semi-submersible heavy-lift ship
Tonnage	43,788 GT 50,352 DWT
Length	227 m (745 ft) o a
Beam	43 m (141 ft)
Draught	7.6 m (25 ft) (sailing) 13.5 m (44 ft) (submerged)
Ice class	B
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) (loaded)
Crew	Capacity 55 bunks

Description

Zhen Hua 33 is a Chinese-flagged semi-submersible heavy lift ship designed to carry large cargo, including other vessels and offshore rigs, on her 185 m × 43 m (607 ft × 141 ft) cargo deck.

Stockholm "Golden Bridge"

In early 2020, Zhen Hua 33 became semi-famous in Sweden for carrying Guldbron to replace the old traffic interchange at Slussen in Stockholm, manufactured by China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group on behalf of Skanska, the contractors for the remodelled Slussen. The 140 m (460 ft) long, 3,700 t (3,600 long tons; 4,100 short tons) bridge was intended to travel from China to Sweden in around seven weeks, arriving in mid-February 2020, but was delayed off the coast of Spain for almost a month due to bad weather in the Atlantic Ocean. She was eventually able to continue towards Sweden at the beginning of March, and arrived in Stockholm on 11 March 2020.