The Peruvian training ship Unión arrives in Shanghai on its celebratory round the world trip

He Union sailing training ship arrived today at the military port of Wusong, in the eastern Chinese megalopolis of Shanghaion its round the world journey that began on June 17th to commemorate the circumnavigation carried out by the frigate Amazon in 1856.

“Each of the trips (which the Unity) is very significant; In each one, he visited different destinations where he was able to bring his Peruvianness, his National flag and the essence of everything could be transported Peruvian“, explained the ship’s commander to the media, José Luis Arce Corzo.

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“Like this Spain Go to Juan Sebastião Elcano, Peru sees Unity” he added.

The ship’s captain also wanted to highlight that the ship was built in Peru: “He Unity It is a ship made by Peruvians, by Peruvian hands, with ‘expertise‘Peruvian, in the (shipyard) SIMA Peru. (…) This ship, without a doubt, is a strong expression of the shipbuilding capacity that our country has.”

The Peruvian ambassador in China, Marco Balarezodescribed the ship as a “Peru’s projection”: “It’s very important. As soon as the ship sets sail, it takes Peru to the different countries where it arrives.”

Your four-day stay in Shanghai will give rise to the organization of commercial and cultural promotion events for Peru in the Asian country, including holding a fashion show to showcase alpaca wool products and a seminar on “superfoods” Peruvians in which chefs from the Andean country and Chinese will participate.

Likewise, it will serve to commemorate the fifty-second anniversary of the establishment of official relations between Peru and Chinaand the tenth of the signing of the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between the two countries.

The Peruvian delegation in China He also highlighted the objective of promoting the South American country as a tourist destination, especially after Beijing included it in the third batch of nations that allows group travel after abandoning the strict national policy of “zero covid” At the beginning of the year.

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The largest training ship in Latin America has four masts and 34 sails, and was recently described by Balarezo like him “More modern” Of region.

Built between 2014 and 2016 and officially attributed to the Marine of this country that last year, the Unity was designated in 2020 as “official traveling embassy” Peruvian, and has on board a crew of 249 people who will be accompanied by two Chinese sailors who will make the journey to Singapore.

The Peruvian Navy training ship’s round-the-world trip includes 20 calls at ports in 14 countries and 5 continents, totaling 34 thousand nautical miles in around 10 months.

Your arrival in Shanghai happens after passing Tahiti (French Polynesian), Guam (U.S), Tokyo It is Busan (South Korea).

He Unity plans to set sail on the 22nd, and its next destinations include Singapore, Bombay (India), Alexandria (Egypt), Civitavecchia It is La Spezia (Italy), Malaga It is Cadiz (Spain), Miami (USA) or the Panama Canaluntil your planned return to Port of Callao (Peru) in April 2024.

Source: Elcomercio

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