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Calculated Shard: 172 (from laksa043)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa172.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://futurism.com/china-launched-worlds-first-all-electric-cargo-ship\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://futurism.com/china-launched-worlds-first-all-electric-cargo-ship\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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As reported by\nChina Daily\n, the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River.\nConstructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd, it can travel 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) after being charged for 2 hours. As noted by\nClean Technica\n, 2 hours is roughly the amount of time it would take to unload the ship’s cargo while docked.\nOther stats for China’s cargo ship include being 70.5 meters (230 feet) in length, a battery capacity of 2,400 kWh, and a travel speed of 12.8 kilometers per hour (8 mph). It’s definitely not\nthe fastest electric vehicle we’ve seen hit the water\n, but it’s designed for transporting numerous objects rather than speed.\nOh, the Irony\n“As the ship is fully electric powered, it poses no threats to the environment,” said Huang Jialin, general manager of Hangzhou Modern Ship Design & Research Co, the company behind the ship’s design.\n“The technology will soon be likely … used in passenger or engineering ships.”\nChina’s all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News\/Peng Yonggui\nWhile the ship is yet another sign of the changes coming to our relationship with fossil fuels, its cargo shows we’re still a ways off from a complete shift. Ironically, the world’s first all-electric cargo ship is being used to move coal, according to Chen Ji, general manger of Guangzhou Shipyard International. Yes, despite generating zero emissions on its own, the cargo ship is still, in a way, contributing to the generation and spread of gas emissions that led to global warming.\nIt’s still an objectively better scenario that a traditional cargo ship carrying coal, but one can easily see how using clean energy to make coal cheaper misses the entire point of clean energy. Hopefully the electric cargo ship won’t be carrying coal for long, and China can find it better haulage. Perhaps parts for wind turbine construction. Or even additional lithium-ion batteries. Whatever the short-term future holds, we’re seeing more of the means we need to improve in the long-term.","attrs_markdown":"[![Futurism Logo](https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/futurism_6f3e15_7a2259.svg?quality=85)](https:\/\/futurism.com\/)\n\n[![Futurism Logo](https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/futurism_6f3e15_7a2259.svg?quality=85)](https:\/\/futurism.com\/)\n\n- [AI](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence)\n  - [Anthropic](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/anthropic)\n  - [Ethics](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/ethics)\n  - [Facial recognition](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/facial-recognition)\n  - [Google](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/google)\n  - [Machine Learning](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/machine-learning)\n  - [Meta](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/meta)\n  - [OpenAI](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/openai)\n  - [xAI](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/xai)\n- [Society](https:\/\/futurism.com\/category\/future-society)\n  - 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As reported by *[China Daily](http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/business\/2017-11\/14\/content_34511312.htm)*, the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River.\n\nConstructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd, it can travel 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) after being charged for 2 hours. As noted by *[Clean Technica](https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2017\/12\/02\/china-launches-worlds-first-electric-cargo-ship-will-use-haul-coal\/)*, 2 hours is roughly the amount of time it would take to unload the ship’s cargo while docked.\n\nOther stats for China’s cargo ship include being 70.5 meters (230 feet) in length, a battery capacity of 2,400 kWh, and a travel speed of 12.8 kilometers per hour (8 mph). It’s definitely not [the fastest electric vehicle we’ve seen hit the water](https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-worlds-first-all-electric-yacht-has-a-40-mile-range-and-a-500000-price-tag), but it’s designed for transporting numerous objects rather than speed.\n\n## Oh, the Irony\n“As the ship is fully electric powered, it poses no threats to the environment,” said Huang Jialin, general manager of Hangzhou Modern Ship Design & Research Co, the company behind the ship’s design.  \n “The technology will soon be likely … used in passenger or engineering ships.”\n\n![China's all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News\/Peng Yonggui](https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74504390.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)\n\nChina’s all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News\/Peng Yonggui\n\nWhile the ship is yet another sign of the changes coming to our relationship with fossil fuels, its cargo shows we’re still a ways off from a complete shift. Ironically, the world’s first all-electric cargo ship is being used to move coal, according to Chen Ji, general manger of Guangzhou Shipyard International. Yes, despite generating zero emissions on its own, the cargo ship is still, in a way, contributing to the generation and spread of gas emissions that led to global warming.\n\nIt’s still an objectively better scenario that a traditional cargo ship carrying coal, but one can easily see how using clean energy to make coal cheaper misses the entire point of clean energy. Hopefully the electric cargo ship won’t be carrying coal for long, and China can find it better haulage. Perhaps parts for wind turbine construction. Or even additional lithium-ion batteries. 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As reported by *[China Daily](http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/business\/2017-11\/14\/content_34511312.htm)*, the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River.\n\nConstructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd, it can travel 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) after being charged for 2 hours. As noted by *[Clean Technica](https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2017\/12\/02\/china-launches-worlds-first-electric-cargo-ship-will-use-haul-coal\/)*, 2 hours is roughly the amount of time it would take to unload the ship’s cargo while docked.\n\nOther stats for China’s cargo ship include being 70.5 meters (230 feet) in length, a battery capacity of 2,400 kWh, and a travel speed of 12.8 kilometers per hour (8 mph). It’s definitely not [the fastest electric vehicle we’ve seen hit the water](https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-worlds-first-all-electric-yacht-has-a-40-mile-range-and-a-500000-price-tag), but it’s designed for transporting numerous objects rather than speed.\n\n## Oh, the Irony\n“As the ship is fully electric powered, it poses no threats to the environment,” said Huang Jialin, general manager of Hangzhou Modern Ship Design & Research Co, the company behind the ship’s design.  \n “The technology will soon be likely … used in passenger or engineering ships.”\n\n![China's all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News\/Peng Yonggui](https:\/\/futurism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74504390.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)\n\nChina’s all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News\/Peng Yonggui\n\nWhile the ship is yet another sign of the changes coming to our relationship with fossil fuels, its cargo shows we’re still a ways off from a complete shift. Ironically, the world’s first all-electric cargo ship is being used to move coal, according to Chen Ji, general manger of Guangzhou Shipyard International. Yes, despite generating zero emissions on its own, the cargo ship is still, in a way, contributing to the generation and spread of gas emissions that led to global warming.\n\nIt’s still an objectively better scenario that a traditional cargo ship carrying coal, but one can easily see how using clean energy to make coal cheaper misses the entire point of clean energy. Hopefully the electric cargo ship won’t be carrying coal for long, and China can find it better haulage. Perhaps parts for wind turbine construction. Or even additional lithium-ion batteries. Whatever the short-term future holds, we’re seeing more of the means we need to improve in the long-term.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Image: Creative Commons Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech First of Its Kind: Electric Cargo Ship China is now the proud owner of the world’s first all-electric cargo ship and has already put the vehicle to use. As reported by China Daily , the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River. Constructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd, it can travel 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) after being charged for 2 hours. As noted by Clean Technica , 2 hours is roughly the amount of time it would take to unload the ship’s cargo while docked. Other stats for China’s cargo ship include being 70.5 meters (230 feet) in length, a battery capacity of 2,400 kWh, and a travel speed of 12.8 kilometers per hour (8 mph). It’s definitely not the fastest electric vehicle we’ve seen hit the water , but it’s designed for transporting numerous objects rather than speed. Oh, the Irony “As the ship is fully electric powered, it poses no threats to the environment,” said Huang Jialin, general manager of Hangzhou Modern Ship Design & Research Co, the company behind the ship’s design. “The technology will soon be likely … used in passenger or engineering ships.” China’s all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News/Peng Yonggui While the ship is yet another sign of the changes coming to our relationship with fossil fuels, its cargo shows we’re still a ways off from a complete shift. Ironically, the world’s first all-electric cargo ship is being used to move coal, according to Chen Ji, general manger of Guangzhou Shipyard International. Yes, despite generating zero emissions on its own, the cargo ship is still, in a way, contributing to the generation and spread of gas emissions that led to global warming. It’s still an objectively better scenario that a traditional cargo ship carrying coal, but one can easily see how using clean energy to make coal cheaper misses the entire point of clean energy. Hopefully the electric cargo ship won’t be carrying coal for long, and China can find it better haulage. Perhaps parts for wind turbine construction. Or even additional lithium-ion batteries. Whatever the short-term future holds, we’re seeing more of the means we need to improve in the long-term.
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By [Kyree Leary](https://futurism.com/authors/kyree) Published Dec 5, 2017 2:57 PM EST [Add Futurism (opens in a new tab)](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=futurism.com) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. ![electric vehicles china electric cargo ship](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/container-1611490_1920.jpg?quality=85&w=1152) Image: [Creative Commons](https://pixabay.com/en/container-container-ship-port-1611490/) ## Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech ## First of Its Kind: Electric Cargo Ship China is now the proud owner of the world’s first all-electric cargo ship and has already put the vehicle to use. As reported by [China Daily](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-11/14/content_34511312.htm), the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River. Constructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd, it can travel 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) after being charged for 2 hours. As noted by [Clean Technica](https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/02/china-launches-worlds-first-electric-cargo-ship-will-use-haul-coal/), 2 hours is roughly the amount of time it would take to unload the ship’s cargo while docked. Other stats for China’s cargo ship include being 70.5 meters (230 feet) in length, a battery capacity of 2,400 kWh, and a travel speed of 12.8 kilometers per hour (8 mph). It’s definitely not [the fastest electric vehicle we’ve seen hit the water](https://futurism.com/the-worlds-first-all-electric-yacht-has-a-40-mile-range-and-a-500000-price-tag), but it’s designed for transporting numerous objects rather than speed. ## Oh, the Irony “As the ship is fully electric powered, it poses no threats to the environment,” said Huang Jialin, general manager of Hangzhou Modern Ship Design & Research Co, the company behind the ship’s design. “The technology will soon be likely … used in passenger or engineering ships.” ![China's all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News/Peng Yonggui](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/74504390.jpg?strip=all&quality=85) China’s all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News/Peng Yonggui While the ship is yet another sign of the changes coming to our relationship with fossil fuels, its cargo shows we’re still a ways off from a complete shift. 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Readable Markdown	![electric vehicles china electric cargo ship](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/container-1611490_1920.jpg?quality=85&w=1152) Image: [Creative Commons](https://pixabay.com/en/container-container-ship-port-1611490/) ## Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech ## First of Its Kind: Electric Cargo Ship China is now the proud owner of the world’s first all-electric cargo ship and has already put the vehicle to use. As reported by [China Daily](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-11/14/content_34511312.htm), the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River. Constructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd, it can travel 80 kilometers (approximately 50 miles) after being charged for 2 hours. As noted by [Clean Technica](https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/02/china-launches-worlds-first-electric-cargo-ship-will-use-haul-coal/), 2 hours is roughly the amount of time it would take to unload the ship’s cargo while docked. Other stats for China’s cargo ship include being 70.5 meters (230 feet) in length, a battery capacity of 2,400 kWh, and a travel speed of 12.8 kilometers per hour (8 mph). It’s definitely not [the fastest electric vehicle we’ve seen hit the water](https://futurism.com/the-worlds-first-all-electric-yacht-has-a-40-mile-range-and-a-500000-price-tag), but it’s designed for transporting numerous objects rather than speed. ## Oh, the Irony “As the ship is fully electric powered, it poses no threats to the environment,” said Huang Jialin, general manager of Hangzhou Modern Ship Design & Research Co, the company behind the ship’s design. “The technology will soon be likely … used in passenger or engineering ships.” ![China's all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News/Peng Yonggui](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/74504390.jpg?strip=all&quality=85) China’s all-electric cargo ship. Image Credit: China News/Peng Yonggui While the ship is yet another sign of the changes coming to our relationship with fossil fuels, its cargo shows we’re still a ways off from a complete shift. Ironically, the world’s first all-electric cargo ship is being used to move coal, according to Chen Ji, general manger of Guangzhou Shipyard International. Yes, despite generating zero emissions on its own, the cargo ship is still, in a way, contributing to the generation and spread of gas emissions that led to global warming. It’s still an objectively better scenario that a traditional cargo ship carrying coal, but one can easily see how using clean energy to make coal cheaper misses the entire point of clean energy. Hopefully the electric cargo ship won’t be carrying coal for long, and China can find it better haulage. Perhaps parts for wind turbine construction. Or even additional lithium-ion batteries. Whatever the short-term future holds, we’re seeing more of the means we need to improve in the long-term.
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