The maiden voyage of the BYD Explorer No 1 was far from plain sailing.
The ship, 2.5 times the length of a football pitch and carrying more than 5,000 electric vehicles made in China, was forced to divert around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Red Sea, adding 10 days to its journey, captain Sabev Bozhidar told the Financial Times.
Its eventual arrival in the German port of Bremerhaven on Sunday marks a new chapter in the ambitions of China’s EV specialists to crack open the lucrative European car market.
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