Feature 1 | CHINA Shanghai yard refocuses Waigaoqiao focuses on marine engineering, writes Sam Chambers
Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) is focusing more on marine engineering these days. SWS has founded a specific subsidiary just focusing on marine engineering with a first phase investment of RMB2.3 billion (US$360.5 million). SWS is part of state-run
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stage. Names such as Bestway Marine and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) are now commonplace. Arguably,
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ith demand for commercial vessels falling, one of China’s premier
yards Shanghai
China State Shipbuilding Corp. While acknowledging the market
for bulkers and tankers is minimal this year SWS has spent much of the year developing more fuel efficient cargo ship types. Tis has resulted in a kamsarmax – an 82,000dwt bulker – that SWS maintains is among the most fuel efficient ships of its size in the world.
CSSC 708 Institute
China’s institute is coming into its own through hard work In March, a 53,500dwt self-propelled
hina’s ship designer s are gaining ever greater prominence
on the world hardest
working design house this year has been a subsidiary of state-run China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC). CSSC 708 Institute is behind some of the most pioneering ship designs of the year.
semi-submersible engineering ship, designed by CSSC 708 Institute, was delivered. Te vessel – a first of its kind for China - has a maximum dive depth of 26.8m, an all-electric propulsion system, and maximum design speed of 14knots. The vessel is equipped with variable frequency propulsion systems, scalable rotary paddle, bow and stern thrusters, and a DP2 dynamic positioning system plus a helicopter platform. In April its 76,000dwt Panamax tanker and 163,000dwt Suezmax tanker designs
Green priorities for CCS
A raſt of green technologies is expected from the China Classification Society (CCS) as the society’s client tonnage continues to expand
largest classification society by 2016. A source at the Beijing-headquartered society tells Te Naval Architect: “A new green wave of technology is coming. Te future competition for orders will focus on energy savings, and that is where we must be leaders.” Te 2016 aim is to have a classed fleet of 80 million gt according to CCS president Sun
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hina Classification Society is promoting green shipping in a big way as it sets out to become the sixth
Licheng. Earlier this year CCS’s classed fleet broke through the 60 million gt mark for the first time. The hard strapped bulker division
of the nation’s largest shipping line, COSCO, has teamed up with CCS for a complete ship efficiency management programme. This came as COSCO faced analysts’ wrath for its comparatively old fleet as it posted record losses of US$1.8 billion last year.
CCS is also focused on developing its
LNG knowledge. Along with ABS it has dual classed every LNG ship built in China so far – all at Shanghai’s Hudong-Zhonghua. Now it is researching smaller gas ships – 30,000m3
–
as energy giant CNOOC plans to order a raſt of this ship type for coastal trades. CCS is also focused on gas as fuel for
ships, something that is being promoted heavily along the Yangtze, China’s longest river. NA
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both gained acceptance by Lloyd’s Register and Det Norske Veritas respectively. The following month China’s first fully electric driven 2,000m3
per hour
self-propelled dredger, designed by CSSC 708 Institute, was delivered to the Yangtze Waterway Bureau. Te 88.6m long dredger has a width of 15m, full load draſt of 2.5m, and 16m maximum operational depth. Te Yangtze is undergoing dramatic dredging whereby Nanjing, some 270km from the coast will be able to accept 50,000dwt ships in the next three years. NA
SWS has won more bulker orders than
anyone else this year – U-Ming signing for up to eight Capesizes in February and Oldendorff coming in May for 16 plus 12 on option 208,000dwt Newcasltemaxes. Offshore products are also very much to
the fore at SWS. Te yard has just started building a 400ſt jack up drilling platform for CNOOC. NA
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