The world's largest cargo ship at sea.
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CHINA has put out to sea a monster-sized cargo ship, as the world’s manufacturing hub sets out to show tariff-obsessed Donald Trump who the big guy is.

The 1,310-ft-long vessel is said to be capable of holding a whopping 220,000 tonnes of goods and stacking 24,000 containers.

The world's largest cargo ship at sea.

The world’s largest cargo ship, made in China, takes to seaCredit: Twitter
The world's largest cargo ship at sea.

The Chinese vessel is named CMA CGM SEINECredit: Twitter
Aerial view of the world's largest cargo ship.

It stretches over 1,310 feet long and 200 feet wideCredit: Twitter
The CMA CGM Seine, the world's largest cargo ship.

It can carry 220,000 tonnes of goods and stack 24,000 containersCredit: YouTube

Footage shows the monstrous vessel – built in just 17 months – ripping through the ocean.

Named the CMA CGM SEINE, the world’s largest vessel was delivered from its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai on Tuesday.

The ship has a fuel bunker with a capacity of 18,600 cubic metres of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), allowing it to travel nearly 20,000 nautical miles when fully loaded.

While dubbed the “sea monster”, this ship is actually more environmentally friendly than traditional oil-powered vessels.

It emits 20 percent less carbon dioxide, 85 percent fewer nitrogen oxides and 99 percent less particulate matter and sulphur oxides.

China’s goal in building these giants vessels is reportedly to reduce logistic costs, make global shipping greener and increase its connectivity to other parts of the world.

The ship has already begun sailing from Asia to Europe.

It was built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., one of China’s leading shipbuilding companies.

This is the 17th vessel built by the shipbuilder for CMA CGM Group, a French shipping company.

Until now, the world’s largest container ship was the MSC Irina – a Chinese ship almost identical in length to the CMA CGM SEINE, but shorter in width.

It is 167 feet wide – more than 30 feet narrower than this new ship.

The MSC Irina was built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group in 2023 and put into service the same year.

Collage comparing the world's largest ship, the CMA CGM Seine (1,309 ft long, 200 ft wide), to the Titanic (882 ft long, 92 ft wide).

It comes as China recently unveiled an enormous cargo drone dubbed the “pickup truck of the sky” that can carry a tonne.

The drone, called CH-YH1000, was made public in January, when China announced it had passed its “full-load taxiing test”.

It is shaped like a passenger plane, with two large horizontal wings and a tail fin.

It has two miniature propellers whirring at the front and runs on a set of three wheels in a triangular formation.

The wheels don’t leave the tarmac at any point, but this early-stage test was just to ensure the drone is able to taxi properly.

The oversized drone will be used to ferry large amounts of cargo around, earning it the title of “pickup truck in the air”.

The mini plane is powered by two strong engines and sports an upward-flipping nose door to allow the easy loading and removal of cargo.

Yellow and white aircraft on airfield.

The Chinese CH-YH1000 drone
Cargo plane being loaded with crates.

This is how cargo is loaded into the drone
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