By Huang Hai

On 7th March, on the surface of Taihu Meiliang Lake, the first ecological dredging intelligent integrated platform ship with fully independent intellectual property rights in the world ‘Taihu Star’, which was built by Zhenhua Qidong Marine Engineering, went into operation for the first time.

What is worth mentioning is that ‘Taihu Star’ integrates functions including ecological dredging, silt solidification and tail water treatment. Its environmental friendly dredging intelligence level is the highest in the world. It is the first created engineering ship of the same type in the world.