Tsingtao-Shanghai_ Run of Under 23% Hours Shengking Averages 18.41 Knots By completing the journey from Tsingtao to Shanghai in under 23% hours, the China Navigation Crs s. Shengking is now the proud possessor Of what might be termed the "Golden Band" of the China coastal fleet. There is, of course, "actually no. equivalent to the Blue'Riband among the ships that ply the Chia seas, but If there were, this honour would undoubtedly go to the Shengking for her record trip along the China Coast.
Maintaining an average speed of 1841 knots between Tsingtao. and Woosung, the Shengking arrived off
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