North China's largest container ship with a capacity of over 16,520 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) was delivered in Tianjin Municipality on Wednesday, filling the gap in the construction of large-scale vessels in the region.

The massive vessel was the first container ship constructed by Tianjin Base of Dalian Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, since it began operation in late 2021.

With a total length of over 366 meters and a width of over 51 meters, the ship can notch up 22,500 nautical miles of endurance. It will be mainly used on routes between China and the United States.

It meets the latest standards on environmental protection and carbon emission, and can transport food, agricultural products and pharmaceutical goods that need low-temperature storage, said Wang Rongtao, project manager at the Tianjin Base.

Tianjin now has the largest ship construction base in north China, mainly building large crude oil tankers, container ships and bulk carriers. Currently, the base has 20 orders for new ships that value 19 billion yuan (around $2.6 billion).