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China's shipbuilding industry continues leading position globally: ministry
Source: Xinhua| 2020-07-20 00:06:35|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- China's shipbuilding industry maintained its leading position globally in the first half of the year (H1) as it held sway in three key aspects, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said.

The completion volume of shipbuilding in China, dropping by 10.6 percent year on year to 17.58 million deadweight tonnes (dwt) in H1, accounted for 37.2 percent of the global market share.

New shipbuilding orders, up by 3.4 percent from last year to reach 12.47 million dwt in H1, took up 67.5 percent of the market share worldwide.

The volume of holding orders, down by 6.3 percent year on year to 76.54 million dwt in H1, accounted for 48.2 percent of the global market share.
 
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【填补国内空白!自主品牌柴油机通过高海拔性能试验】日前,中国船舶旗下中国船发河柴重工为某重点项目开发的CHD622V20CR柴油机在青海格尔木地区顺利完成海拔3000米及4500米性能试验,设备各项指标良好,总体性能达到技术要求。这是项目团队在顺利完成-40℃启动试验后,再次突破又一关键技术的重大里程碑节点。
试验过程中,项目组人员克服高原缺氧及其他恶劣气候影响,历时20多天完成了高原启动、最大功率、持续运行、动态加载特性等一系列试验,并取得圆满成功。期间,进行了国产及进口增压器匹配试验,为关键配套国产化打下基础。
此次试验成功,标志着河柴重工已掌握高海拔条件下特种用途大功率柴油发电机组高功率输出运行及快速加载等关键技术,积累了大功率柴油发电机组高原试验经验,填补了国内空白
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[Fill the domestic gap! Self-owned brand diesel engine passed the high altitude performance test]

Recently, the CHD622V20CR diesel engine developed by China Shipbuilding Hechai Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, for a key project successfully completed the performance test of 3000 meters and 4500 meters above sea level in the Golmud area of Qinghai Province. The equipment indicators are good. Performance meets technical requirements. This is a major milestone in another key technology breakthrough after the project team successfully completed the -40°C start-up test.

During the test, the project team members overcome the high altitude hypoxia and other adverse weather effects, and completed a series of tests such as plateau startup, maximum power, continuous operation, and dynamic loading characteristics for more than 20 days, and achieved complete success. During the period, the matching test of domestic and imported turbochargers was carried out, laying the foundation for the localization of key supporting equipment.

The success of this test indicates that Hechai Heavy Industry has mastered key technologies such as high-power output operation and fast loading of high-power diesel generator sets for special purposes under high altitude conditions. It has accumulated experience in plateau testing of high-power diesel generator sets and filled the domestic gap.

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Shanghai port sees container throughput hit record high in July
Source: Xinhua| 2020-08-02 01:19:37|Editor: huaxia

SHANGHAI, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The container throughput of Shanghai port exceeded 3.9 million TEUs in July, hitting a record high, according to Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG).

The port saw its container throughput total 149,565 TEUs on Thursday, representing a record single-day high.

As China's economic recovery picked up speed in the second quarter, the country has seen rapid growth in cargo trade. Shanghai port has been receiving more containers since the second quarter, said Huang Haidong, general manager of the operation and business department of the SIPG.

Under scientific management and the assistance of automation technology, staff of Shanghai port have overcome obstacles brought by COVID-19, summer heat and the flood season to secure this great achievement, Huang said.

The container throughput of Shanghai port totaled 43.3 million TEUs last year, ranking the first in the world for the 10th consecutive year.
 

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Asia's largest multipurpose "ro-ro" ship launched in east China
2020-10-21 08:55:42 Xinhua

The multipurpose ro-ro ship

The multipurpose ro-ro ship "Bohai Hengda" is seen launched into the water in Longkou construction base of CIMC Raffles in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 19, 2020. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)

The largest multipurpose "ro-ro" (roll-on/roll-off) ship in Asia was launched at a ceremony in east China's Shandong Province Monday.

Named Bohai Hengda, the ship is 189.9 meters long and 26.4 meters wide with a gross tonnage of 25,000, and has lanes around 2,700 meters long to stow more than 300 vehicles. The vessel can sail up to 5,000 nautical miles.

Built by CIMC Raffles, the new ship has been designed for multiple roles such as transportation of cars, trucks and containers.

Yu Xinjian, general manager of Bohai Ferry Group Co. Ltd., said the ship was specially designed for the conditions and meteorological characteristics of the Bohai Bay.

With advanced equipment, it will have stronger wind bearing capacity and is safer and more comfortable, Yu said.
 
Cruise ships to bolster high-end manufacturing
By Wang Ying in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2019-11-14 09:32
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Visitors check out a cruise ship model at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Homegrown vessels to create job opportunities, establish new supply chain and promote tech innovation in China

China has impressed the world with the construction of its high-speed railways and its first self-built large jetliner, and now the oceans are the next stage for high-end manufacturing as construction commences of the nation's first homegrown cruise ship, which is scheduled to be delivered in September 2023.

The 135,500-metric-ton Vista-class vessel will be built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a company controlled by the China State Shipbuilding Corp. As a complex mega system project, it is completely different from the vessels Chinese shipyards have built.

"The greatest challenges will be safety and the supply chain," said Zhou Qi, vice-president of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, who has been working in the shipbuilding industry for two decades.

Wu Xiaoyuan, head of the cruise ship project with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, agreed.

"We could spend days talking about the hardships of the cruise liner construction process. To sum up, it involves bringing a gigantic entertainment complex from the land to the sea safely and in a timely manner, while keeping weight, running noise and costs under control," said Wu.

The Vista-class vessel, with a contracted price of $770 million, will have 2,125 passenger rooms to accommodate a maximum of 5,246 passengers as well as 700 crew rooms in its 323.6-meter-long, 37.2-meter-wide and 72.2-meterhigh body.

As Zhou described, the vessel will be a floating city equipped with the latest technologies to make passengers safe and comfortable, and make the vessel environmentally friendly and to reduce noise as much as possible.

Cruise ships are one of the most difficult types of vessel to build because they have higher requirements and standards in design, craftsmanship, operation and management, according to Wu.

Despite the efforts of major Asian shipbuilding countries including Japan and South Korea, European shipyards still dominate the global cruise ship building market.

In 2016, Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd abandoned its ambition to build European cruise liners and shifted to smaller ferries and other medium-sized passenger ships due to cost overruns and delays in the construction of two 100,000-ton class cruise liners for Europe's Carnival Corp, Reuters reported.

According to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, construction of the two vessels was plagued by faulty engines, late design changes and onboard fires, which resulted in a delay of more than one year and increased construction costs by nearly $2 billion, about four times the original cost.

"I think we should not be too confident in our own design and supply chain. The complexity of building a cruise vessel is unparalleled," said Zhou.

"In fact, the unsuccessful local supply chain played a part in Japan's serious delay and caused overruns," said Wang Yanguo, vice-president of CSSC Cruise Technology Development Co Ltd.

Building cruise vessels involves 25 million components and parts, more than 500 suppliers, and requires 12 million man hours. Its complexity even exceeds that of a bullet train, which requires hundreds of thousands of components and parts, or the C919 aircraft, which requires between 3 million and 4 million, according to Zhou.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding imported 150,000 pages of design drawings and construction management documents from Fincantieri, weighing up to 2.1 tons.

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A steel cutting ceremony of China's first domestically made large cruise ship is held at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd on Oct 18. [Photo provided to China Daily]

In the meantime, the company has poured 1.86 billion yuan ($265 million) into the reconstruction project to meet the requirements of cruise ship building.

"The cruise liner will consist of about 70 public areas, and each of them contains numerous systems that have to coordinate with each other to guarantee the areas' normal functioning," Zhou said.

Due to the complexity of cruise ship construction and operation, the nation's domestically made cruise ship will be jointly built and managed by Chinese and international industry leaders, Zhou said.

A design and construction cooperation agreement was signed by CSSC, Carnival and Fincantieri during the China International Import Expo last November. Under the agreement, the first of the two 135,500-ton domestically made cruise ships is scheduled for delivery in September 2023 and the second in 2024.

Two joint ventures were created by CSSC and Carnival, the world's largest leisure travel company, and CSSC and Italy-based Fincantieri SpA, the world's largest cruise ship building company.

CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Ltd will be responsible for providing expertise in cruise management and operation, and CSSC-Fincantieri Cruise Industry Development Ltd is tasked with the design of the cruise ships.

"Our collaborations with our foreign partners are targeting the new demand coming from China, without any competition," said Wang with CSSC Cruise Technology Development.

"We are carrying out in-depth cooperation and collaborative development with both Carnival and Fincantieri," he added.

Currently, three major European shipyards - Fincantieri, Meyer Werft and Chantiers de l'Atlantique - hold 68 percent of all cruise ship orders worldwide, according to CSSC Cruise Technology Development.

The fact that the annual delivery capacity of about seven against the demand for some 15 cruise vessels leaves substantial room for shipbuilders with the ambition and capability to participate.

"The cruise ship building industry we are going to jointly develop in Shanghai will create job opportunities, establish a new supply chain, increase procurement opportunities, and promote technology innovation," said Chen Ranfeng, chairman of Carnival in China.

"Opening-up and collaboration do not conflict with innovation on one's own. We will make innovations in our products, but that does not mean we have to do all the work by ourselves. As a matter of fact, it would be better if we get the work done by working together," said Wang.

Chen said the economic multiplier effect will be further improved.

"I am sure through the application of high-end and new technologies, and more practices, China's high-end manufacturing capabilities will be further upgraded," he said.

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Qingdao Port building world-first smart transport system
By Cheng Yu and Xie Chuanjiao | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-11-14 15:37

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The world's first air-track intelligent transporting system is being built in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The world's first air-track intelligent transporting system is being built in Qingdao Port of Shandong Port Group, making China the first country to leverage air-tracking in its fully-automated container terminal.

After the completion, containers from Qingdao Port will be transported directly from the yard through the air-track system to the rail port without tracking on the ground, which will greatly improve transportation efficiency.

Qingdao Port told China Daily that the entire line will be about 9.5 kilometers and once finished, the annual transportation capacity will reach 1.5 million TEUs.

As the new project was initiated in cooperation with CRRC Yangtze Co Ltd, the first phase of the demonstration project is about 612 meters and is planned for trial operation in June next year, Qingdao Port said.
 
Eight Gas Megatankers China’s Jiangnan Launched This Year Are Most in World

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DATE: 2 HOURS AGO
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Eight Gas Megatankers China’s Jiangnan Launched This Year Are Most in World


Eight Gas Megatankers China’s Jiangnan Launched This Year Are Most in World

(Yicai Global) Dec. 11 – China’s Jiangnan Shipyard delivered its second Very Large Gas Carrier to China Oriental Energy yesterday. Jiangnan has delivered eight VLGC vessels of this series this year, the largest number delivered among global shipping companies in 2020, according to a report from Shanghai’s Pudong New Area.

VLGC s are a type of gas tanker that transport a much higher volume of gas than ordinary ones, including liquified petroleum gas and liquified natural gas. In recent years, large and very large gas carriers have gradually become the norm for maritime gas transport in step with changes in the global energy structure and rising demand for chemical raw materials.

A total of 21 VLGC vessels have been delivered and 14 VLGC vessels transacted globally this year, statistics show. The eight Jiangnan has delivered make up 38.1 percent and 57.1 percent of the global total in these two categories, respectively. The Shanghai-based company has now assumed a front runner position amid fierce competition with its Japanese and South Korean rivals.

The eight vessels delivered this year are all second-generation VLGCs that Jiangnan independently designed, and an upgraded version of its Panda 84P. They are 230 meters long, have a beam of 36.6 meters, a hull height of 22.2 meters and an 84,000 cubic meter cabin capacity.

The sudden outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great negative impact upon normal operation and production of Jiangnan since the year’s start. Production and delivery have been quite tough this year because working hours have fallen precipitously even as volume has grown 25.8 percent from last year, said Zhang Jianru, Jiangnan’s deputy general manager.

Japan invented the VLGC ship type in the 1970s. Japanese and South Korean companies formerly monopolized the VLGC market. Jiangnan, which entered this arena after 2012, initially developed 84,000-cubic-meter and 91,000-cubic-meter VLGCs.
Liquified petroleum gas and liquified natural gas are compressed into super-chilled, liquified form for transport and export in such specialty-built supertankers.

 

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