On June 24th, Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering held a naming and delivery ceremony for the 100th new vessel. “CENTURY ZHENGZHOU” was successfully named and delivered, which is the 100th vessel built by Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering since its establishment seven years ago. And on the same day Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering also named and delivered another two newbuildings of the same type.
The three new vessels delivered this time are “Jixiang” series 63550DWT bulk carriers, with overall length 199.85m, beam 32.26m and depth 18.90m, which is a new green UltraMax bulk carrier independently developed by Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering. Compared with the same type of bulk carriers at home and abroad, it has the advantages of larger load capacity and lower fuel consumption, and has more excellent performance in energy saving and environmental protection.
Meanwhile, this bulk carrier are equipped with 4 sets of 28M×30T full-circle slewing Kringling cranes, the main engine is equipped with HP-SCR denitrification device, and the fuel oil adopts low-sulphur heavy oil and light oil configurations, which meets the Tier-III emission requirements.In addition, the bulk carrier meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements for EEDI Phase 3.
Since Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering established in 2016, the company’s new shipbuilding projects have covered high-performance ocean-going vessels such as energy-saving and eco-friendly series of bulk carriers, dual-fuel stainless steel chemical tankers, offshore wind power installation vessels, semi-submersibles etc. Up to now, Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has received orders for a total of 176 vessels, with hand-held orders of more than 5 million tons of deadweight tonnage, valued at more than RMB 20 billion. Its brand ship 63,500DWT series bulk carriers has been delivered 55 units and 52 units are hand-held, with a leading amount of hand-held orders in China.