BYD Shenzhen – China’s Answer to Moby Dick, Packed with EVs and Headed Straight for Brazil

Even Poseidon himself probably paused mid-wave, drove his trident into the seabed, and muttered, “Well, that’s a big one.” On April 27th, BYD launched its newest leviathan, the BYD Shenzhen, on its maiden ocean voyage. But instead of oil barrels, shipping containers, or sea-worn sailors belting out drunken shanties, this vessel is carrying something altogether different: over 7,000 electric vehicles. This isn’t a delivery — it’s an invasion.

With a staggering capacity of 9,200 vehicles, BYD Shenzhen is officially the largest car carrier on the planet. That’s roughly the surface area of 20 football pitches — a space so vast that if you rolled a Mini Cooper onto one end, you might not find it again until next week, somewhere near the starboard stairwell, next to an equally lost Fiat 500.

Its maiden voyage began in Taicang, Jiangsu province, and it’s now slicing through the ocean en route to Brazil — a country famous for football, churrasco, carnival, and now, thanks to BYD, a fast-growing appetite for electric cars.

But don’t mistake this for some cuddly prototype. No, BYD Shenzhen is a brute. It stretches 219.9 metres long and spans 37.7 metres wide, moving at a respectable 19 knots — about as fast as the Titanic, give or take a bit of drama with frozen water. And with 16 decks stacked like an automotive skyscraper laid on its side, it’s entirely possible to lose your car somewhere between Deck 9 and Deck “where-did-I-park-again”.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t a ship — it’s a floating multistorey car park wearing a captain’s hat.

And it’s not alone. The BYD Shenzhen is merely the fourth entry in the company’s growing fleet of dedicated vehicle carriers. On the horizon are BYD Changsha and BYD Xi’an, each with the same 9,200-car appetite. If BYD’s plan is truly global domination by battery and hull, then this is the fleet that will deliver it — one continent-crushing voyage at a time.

Because when the world finally floods or melts or otherwise gives up, the last thing bobbing serenely on the waves won’t be Noah’s Ark — it’ll be a BYD ship full of electric crossovers, humming quietly and awaiting docking clearance.