China Yard Awarded Bulk Carrier Design Contracts
China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (CICJS) has signed design contracts for 64,000 dwt, 82,000 dwt and 105,000 dwt bulk carriers with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). CICJS says that through strengthening cooperation with SDARI, CICJS will further its independent research and development abilities, and will also participate in part production design work of the series of bulk carriers. China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary company of China Shipping (Group) Company.
China Shipyard Starts on 10,000 TEU Container Ship
China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) has begun construction of the largest container ship yet to be built in China. The 10,000TEU container ship is being built for China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. (CSCL) which the shipbuilders describe as the realiization of their dream by the construction of the centennial [sic] vessel for CSCL and of creating a world first-class enterprise. The ceremony was presided over by Mr. Wang Yiling, the Executive Director of CICJS. General Manager of China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. (CIC) Ye Xiaojian made an address of welcome.