The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy hospital ship "Silk Road Ark" arrived in the port of Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday for a seven-day friendly visit and humanitarian medical service mission. This is the second visit by a Chinese Navy hospital ship to Barbados since its hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived in 2015. Military and political officials from Barbados, staff members of the Chinese Embassy in Barbados, representatives of Chinese institutions in the Latin American country welcomed the ship at the pier. The hospital ship "Silk Road Ark" departed from Quanzhou City of east China's Fujian Province on September 5 for the humanitarian medical service mission, known as Mission Harmony-2025, to the South Pacific and Latin America. Mission Harmony-2025 marks the 11th iteration of Mission Harmony since 2010 and the first overseas mission for "Silk Road Ark," China's second domestically designed and constructed 10,000-ton-class standard ocean-going hospital ship. The 220-day mission, the longest in the series, was scheduled to see the ship visit around a dozen nations, including Nauru, Fiji, Tonga, Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados, Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Papua New Guinea, to provide humanitarian medical services. Shotlist: Bridgetown, Barbados - Dec 20, 2025: 1. National flags of China, Barbados, flag of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, other flags on Chinese Navy's hospital ship "Silk Road Ark"; 2. Various of navy crew, "Silk Road Ark" sailing; 3. People taking pictures, welcoming hospital ship at pier; 4. Ship sailing; 5. Official from Barbados saluting, navy crew; 6. People taking pictures, welcoming hospital ship; 7. China-invested enterprise employees, overseas Chinese posing for group photos to welcome hospital ship; 8. Various of official from Barbados talking with navy crew, representative of medical team; 9. Various of meeting in progress. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]