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China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping? (hackaday.com)
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China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping?::Since China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled its KUN-24AP containership at the Marintec China Expo in Shanghai in early December of 2023, the internet has been abuzz about it. Not jus…

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why do so many Chinese products have these weird alphanumeric names? They'll build the world's first cold fusion reactor and call it the RNG-42_Mk2.1(final).

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They code pertinent information into the name so people who understand their convention can easily understand what a product is.

I'm no ship expert but it looks like the KUN-24AP has a standard capacity of 24,000 cargo containers. So I'd assume that the 24 is referring to the capacity.

If they announced a KUN-12AP I'd assume it was a boat about half the capacity.