Chinese shipbuilding industry

沪东中华LNG船下水 巨轮添“新丁”
国际能源网 2007-3-23 9:09:37
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造价1.6亿美元、比波音747客机还贵的液化天然气(LNG)船，是世界公认最难造的巨轮，沪东中华造船公司将连造5艘。3月21日，第三艘国产14.72万立方米LNG船出坞下水。
LNG船是国际上公认的高技术、高难度、高附加值的“三高”巨轮，被喻为造船“皇冠上的明珠”。沪东中华是目前国内唯一一家建造LNG船的企业，在此之前，全世界只有日本、韩国等少数国家船厂具有建造能力。目前，沪东中华在建的LNG船共有5艘，第一艘LNG船已经进入码头后期作业阶段，预计今年11月将正式交付用户。

HD is building 5 LNG ships. This kind of ship stores liquid natual gas at -163 degree. One ship worth 160m USD, very hard to build. Only Korea and Japan can build it before.

Now 3 ships are launched, the first one will complete in Nov.

not LNG, but TEU-ships.

Rachel Hou/Shanghai Daily news

A Shanghai shipbuilding company made a breakthrough in domestic shipbuilding industry by building the country’s biggest container ship yesterday.

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Group Corporation, built a container ship capable of carrying 8,530 20-foot containers, making China the fourth country in the world capable of creating such container ships after South Korea, Japan and Denmark.

With a loading capacity of 101,000 tons, the 334-meter-long ship only needs one helmsman and is equipped with four electricity generators.

It is one of the five 8,530-TEU-ships the company is building for China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. The company will also build four such ships for Greek shipping company Costamare.

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slowly moving up the value chain

No, they are building LNG ships and TEU ships. TEU and LNG ships are totally different things. TEU="20-foot container" and LNG="liquid natural gas", these terms indicate what the ships hold. HD won the contract for Chinese national LNG import ship building.

Wanted to put this in the aviation thread but thought here is more appropriate.
I can see the navy will be very interested in such a craft.
I think USSR had a similar project sometimes called the 'Caspian Sea Monster' few years ago.



New low-altitude plane skims across water
By Miao Xiaojuan (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-11 13:54

A new low-altitude Wing-In-Ground aircraft (WIG), especially suitable for maritime transportation, has been developed by scientists from Tongji University.

The plane can fly as low as 0.5 to 5 meters from the ground, hitting speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. It has the capacity to bear weight of up to 4 tons on takeoff.

An artist's impression of the WIG aircraft.

"It's as safe as ships, although five or six times faster," said associate professor Xu Zhengyu, vice-president of the research team. "And it can carry much more weight than ordinary airplanes while costing half as much and using half as much fuel."

Xu said the plane could also be flown for military use and border control.

According to Li Jun, another member of the team: "Unlike slow-speed cargo ships and high-priced airplanes, it could become a first-rate vehicle for maritime transportation. And its low altitude can increase its safety factors. There won't be serious casualties even if it falls into the sea. Also, it could be a good vehicle for sightseeing among islands."

Tongji University is reportedly planning to develop a 50-seat WIG by 2013, with 200 prototypes capable of carrying 200 to 400 tons scheduled for 2016 or 2017.

Taking advantage of the aerodynamics of the ground effect, which adds extra lift when flying at very low altitudes, the aircraft can fly close to the water's surface. This cuts back at least one-third on fuel consumption, compared with standard airplanes of the same size, because the plane can benefit from air buoyancy.

The WIG has been listed as one of three types of aircraft given the green light in the general aviation field by the State Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, Xu said.

"However, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has yet to confirm aviation regulations at such low altitudes, which may become a problem," Li added.

"We have a long way to go before it is launched into operation, but WIG will have a bright future without doubt," Li said.

2016 or 2017, long time to wait

During the first half of 2007 the chinese ship building industry has exceeded their korean and japanese rivals in cumulative orders (stock + new) for the first time.

Correspondingly China's shipyards have more than 100 million dwt of ships in their order books and will take the top spot as global number one producer already in 2008.

(Mindboggling numbers indeed...; without doubt a guy predicting back in 1997 that China would topple Japan and Korea as industry leaders within the next decade would have been sent directly to a cozy mental ward...)

Violet Oboe said:

During the first half of 2007 the chinese ship building industry has exceeded their korean and japanese rivals in cumulative orders (stock + new) for the first time.

Correspondingly China's shipyards have more than 100 million dwt of ships in their order books and will take the top spot as global number one producer already in 2008.

(Mindboggling numbers indeed...; without doubt a guy predicting back in 1997 that China would topple Japan and Korea as industry leaders within the next decade would have been sent directly to a cozy mental ward...)

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With Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding reaching full capacity in 2010 and a new shipyard to be completed next year adjacent to the container facilities at ChangXing, China will be unmatched in sheer tonnage production capacity. There seems little doubt that China will be the shipbuilder to the world in a rather short time, and this may immensely increase its influence in world trade (which is already staggering).

A report of a new 7 axis precision machine from Wuhan Heavy.
Apparently, they say this is a development of strategic significance. Other reports say this will enable China to build propellers for 300k tons sized tanker & 10K TEUs sized container ships.



武重集团863计划项目课题CKX5680数控七轴五联动
车铣复合加工机床填补国内空白
武汉市国资委门户网站 2007年9月21日

9月18日，国家科技部组织高新技术产品专家验收组对武重承担的国家“863计划”项目课题——CKX5680数控七轴五联动车铣复合加工机床进行了验收。省科技厅、市科技局的领导参与并指导了此次验收活动。
大型舰艇螺旋浆用重型七轴五联动车铣复合加工机床是国家高新技术研究发展计划（863计划）项目，该项目主要由武重集团公司承担，华中科技大学国家数控系统工程技术研究中心和镇江船舶螺旋浆厂参与，产学研相结合共同研制完成的。
验收组由北京航空航天大学王田苗教授、北京机床研究所盛伯浩研究员等9名国内知名专家组成。专家组认为，七轴五联动复合机床样机属国内首创，技术规范，其主机、数控系统、编程技术等具有创新性，完成了项目合同规定的任务。

（来源：武汉重型机床集团有限公司）

Re-Group of 863 projects subject CKX5680 5-axis NC seven Linkage
Milling Machine composite cars fill the gaps
Wuhan SASAC portal September 21, 2007

September 18, the State Ministry of Science and Technology Organization experts acceptance of high-tech products group re-commitment to the national "863 Project" project topics - CKX5680 7-axis CNC turning and milling complex five linkage to the processing machine acceptance. The Office of Science and Technology, Technology, the city's leadership and guidance in the current inspection activities.
Large vessels with heavy spiral Pulp seven five-axis milling complex interaction car Machine is the country's high-tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) project, mainly by the re-commitment Corporation, Huazhong Science and Technology University of NC System and the Technical Research Center of Zhenjiang spiral Pulp Mill in ships, and scientific research with the completion of the joint development.
Acceptance Group aviation space Beijing University Professor Wang Tianmiao, Beijing Sheng Precision Machine Tool Institute researcher and nine domestic renowned experts. Group that seven five-axis machine prototype is a complex interaction of domestic creative, technical specifications, its host, CNC systems, and innovative programming technology, a project completed under the contract task.

(Source: Wuhan Heavy Machine Tool Group Co. Ltd.)

A milestone has been reached.

China Passes South Korea in 2007 in New Ship Orders (Update2)
By Lee Spears


Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- China surpassed South Korea to become the world's biggest shipbuilder by new orders in 2007, according to data compiled by Clarkson Plc, the world's largest shipbroker.

Chinese shipbuilders booked orders for 103.6 million deadweight tons of ships, compared with South Korea's 94.8 million, according to data from London-based Clarksons.

Shipyards in China booked orders at historically high prices last year, more than tripling order backlogs at the nation's shipyards. Demand for vessels to carry Chinese imports of raw materials and exports of consumer goods is fueling earnings growth at shipbuilders including China State Shipbuilding Co., the nation's biggest.

The nation remained behind South Korea in new orders measured by compensated gross tons. Deadweight tonnage measures a finished ship's carrying capacity and doesn't reflect the cost of building a vessel or its sale price. Compensated gross tonnage is a measure that accounts for ship size and the time required and materials used for production.

China booked 29.2 million gross compensated tons of new orders last year, compared with South Korea's 32 million, Clarkson said.

Surging orders helped China's order backlog more than triple to 51 million compensated gross tons as South Korea's backlog doubled to 64.5 million compensated gross tons, according to Clarkson.

Japan booked about 20 percent as many new orders as China and South Korea, Clarkson said. IHI Corp., Japan's third-biggest heavy-machinery maker, today said it's in talks with JFE Holdings Inc., the nation's second-biggest steelmaker, to create the biggest Japanese shipbuilder to compete against Asian rivals.

To contact the reporter on this story: Lee Spears in Beijing at [email protected] .
Last Updated: January 11, 2008 03:58 EST


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