That about how much capacity in terms TEU that is planned for a new container ship that will be built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), as announced this week at the at the Marintec China expo in Shanghai. Nothing new about another megaship being constructed, right? Well there is a twist on this one. The new vessel will be powered by a nuclear reactor, becoming the first large scale ship when completed to run on nuclear power. There has been much discussion on reducing CO2 emissions from bulk and container ship operations, thought to be responsible for about 2% of total global CO2. While navies and other government ships have been using nuclear power with zero-emissions for more than 60 years, to date ocean carriers have only looking at other approaches to lower CO2, such as such as liquid natural gas, bio fuels and even full battery electric, but no real consensus on the best approach and technology has emerged.