MHI to use stronger steel

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build container ships using Nippon Steel Corp. steel plates with a tensile strength much stronger than plates used in commercial ships throughout the industry. The plates, which have a higher resistance to cracks but are thinner than the old plates, will enable Japan's largest shipbuilder ...

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