An undated photo shows the "New Golden Bridge II," the first combined passenger-cargo vessel which left the Chinese mainland bound directly for Taiwan Monday morning, July 13, 2009. [Photo: fjnet.cn]
The first combined passenger-cargo vessel left the Chinese mainland bound directly for Taiwan Monday morning.
It is the first such sailing after the mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services last December.
The ship, "New Golden Bridge II", carrying 630 passengers, left Mawei, Fujian Province, at around 11 a.m. and is expected to reach Keelung, Taiwan in about ten hours.
An undated photo shows the cafeteria area of the "New Golden Bridge II," the first combined passenger-cargo vessel which left the Chinese mainland bound directly for Taiwan Monday morning, July 13, 2009. [Photo: fjnet.cn]
An undated photo shows the helicopter landing pad of the "New Golden Bridge II," the first combined passenger-cargo vessel which left the Chinese mainland bound directly for Taiwan Monday morning, July 13, 2009. [Photo: fjnet.cn]
An undated photo shows a suite room of the "New Golden Bridge II," the first combined passenger-cargo vessel which left the Chinese mainland bound directly for Taiwan Monday morning, July 13, 2009. [Photo: fjnet.cn]
