Feature 1 | Vietnamese shipbuilding
table 3. new building and repair activities in main north cluster shipyards.
Name of shipyard Construction/Production capabilities
Ha Long shipyard • This yard is one of those selected to build eight of the 53,000dwt bulk carriers for Graig Investment. It
is also the builder of 1700TEU and 3200TEU container vessels for Vinalines and a series of 12,000dwt
freighters for Vietnamese customers.
• This was founded in 1976 with assistance from Poland, with which it maintains an historical connection,
and it mainly uses Polish equipment.
• Expansion plans at the shipyard are already underway with a new slipway and dry dock under
construction, with plans to increase its workforce from 3000 to 5000 over the next three years.
Bach Dang shipyard • This shipyard is capable of building about eight ships at the same time of around 20,000dwt each. In
2006, it built a 13,500dwt oil tanker, and two handysize dry cargo vessels for Japan. It also delivered a
610TEU container ship to the Bien Dong Transport Company. Bach Dang yard has begun manufacturing
Mitsubishi marine engines in the 8400 to 32000hp range.
Nam Trieu • This yard has been tasked by Vinashin to build 7 of the 53,000dwt vessels for the Graig as well as
shipbuilding general cargo vessels for Vinalines. Nam Trieu company will build eight 6900 units car carriers for Hoegh
industry company Autoliner (Norway). Also, Vinashin started construction on the country’s biggest 150,000dwt floating
storage offloading (FSO) vessel that will be a key component in the development of Vietnam’s offshore
oil reserves for PetroVietnam in this yard. The FSO is scheduled for construction on a specially outfitted
slipway over 18 months.
Pha Rung ship • In 2003-4, an important landmark was seen in the development of Pha Rung Ship Repair Factory (Pha
repair yard Rung Shipbuilding Company today), when the factory began to build vessels instead of just repairing
them. Vinashin has allowed Pha Rung Ship Repair Yard to upgrade and expand its factory for the repair of
16,000dwt vessels and construction of 35,000- 40,000dwt vessels.
• The Pha Rung yard will construct some bulk carrier vessels of 34,000dwt for Graig Investments of the
UK and chemical tankers of 6500dwt and 13,000dwt.
Song Gia shipyard • Pha Rung Shipbuilding Company has started to the construction of the most advanced shipyard in
Vietnam to date, costing nearly US$312.5 million. To be completed by late 2007, Song Gia shipyard will be
capable of building 26 ocean going ships a year, with capacities ranging between 50,000dwt and 70,000dwt.
Nghi Son shipyard • In its current configuration this yard is able to build and repair ocean going ships of over 50,000dwt.
In the second phase (2010) the Nghi Son Shipyard will be upgraded through the expenditure of US$57
million to double its capacity to 100,000dwt.
Ben Kien shipyard • This yard delivered 8700dwt cargo ships to the Japanese Kanematsu Corporation and is building
ten 4600dwt MPP vessels for Denmark’s Clipper Group and 14,000dwt cement vessels for Norwegian
shipowner.
has boosted investments within the scope to follow a few months later. state owned shipping line, the group’s
of the Shipbuilding Industry Development Still reeling from the global economic major yards will have work until at least
Program 2002-2010. crisis shipbuilding is “crazy at this time”, 2012. The 40 vessel newbuilding contract
The OECD concludes: “Its [Vietnam’s] admits Mr Anh and with the collapse of was approved by the prime minister in
shipbuilding industry is growing rapidly demand and the subsequent failure of rates September 2009.
and creating good opportunities for foreign which have nosedived along with consumer The order consists of 22,000dwt,
companies that provide marine equipment demand so the demand for new ships has 34,000dwt and 53,000dwt bulk carriers,
and services”. also collapsed leaving new entrants into 50,000dwt product tankers and 105,000dwt
In writing the report on the Vietnamese the shipbuilding arena in a precarious Aframax crude carriers and 1800TEU
shipbuilding industry, published in the position. container feeders and 3200TEU regional
summer of 2008, the OECD could not have That cannot be said of Vinashin with container ships. This massive order was
envisaged the economic calamity that was a new order for vessels for Vinalines, the valued at more than US$200million by Mr
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