On December 18, China's first ocean drilling ship independently designed and built was officially named "MENG XIANG" (Dream)and made its first trial voyage in Nansha, Guangzhou. It is the world's most advanced and the only drillship with a drilling capacity of 11,000 meters.
The "MENG XIANG" has a gross tonnage of approximately 35,000 tons, a endurance of 15,000 nautical miles, can work continuously at sea for 120 days. It has the world’s largest and most comprehensive shipborne laboratory, with a total area of over 3,000 square meters..
As the world's most advanced ocean drilling ship, the "Dream" not only drills to the deepest depth in the world, but also has the world's largest and most comprehensive on-board laboratory, with a total area of more than 3,000 square meters, covering marine science, microbiology, ancient Nine major laboratories, including geomagnetics, use key technologies such as digital twins to achieve full-process monitoring of drilling and production operations and intelligent collaboration of scientific experiments.