On August 7, Hengli Heavy Industries Group hosted the “Hengli Green Marine Propulsion Development Conference” at the Hengli (Dalian Changxing Island) Industrial Park.
At the conference, Hengli Heavy Industries stated that this year marks the third anniversary of its establishment. With the completion and commissioning of the “Future Factory” at the beginning of 2025, Hengli Heavy Industries’ production efficiency has continued to improve, and its production capacity has been continuously released, gradually forming a gratifying trend of batch construction and rhythmic delivery of various types of “container ships, bulk carriers and oil tankers”.
During this period, the first 306,000 DWT very large crude carrier (VLCC) independently designed and built by Hengli Heavy Industries was successfully delivered. The first 181,000 DWT bulk carrier was successfully launched, becoming the first bulk carrier of this tonnage to be built and launched on a slipway in China. This vessel is also currently the largest tonnage vessel that can be built on a slipway worldwide.
To date, Hengli Heavy Industries has started construction on more than 70 vessels, with orders scheduled through 2029. Upon reaching full production capacity, Hengli Heavy Industries will process 2.3 million tons of steel plates annually, becoming the world’s largest and most comprehensive shipbuilding base.
In Hengli’s “Future Factory”, two world-class docks with a single length of 860 meters have been put into operation one after another; cutting-edge technologies such as automatic welding robots and dynamic automatic printing of steel plates are applied on a large scale. The intelligent production line has realized automated pipeline operations including cutting, welding, grinding, sorting and warehousing. “Large-scale processes” such as the enlargement of segments and grand blocks have been fully implemented.
The Hengli engine sector is also attracting widespread attention within the industry. It is understood that in September last year, the first engine independently produced by Hengli Heavy Industries was successfully delivered, achieving a major breakthrough in independent production in the field of marine power and breaking the bottleneck of “ships waiting for engines, engines waiting for shafts” in the shipbuilding industry.
Last month, the second phase of Hengli Engine’s production facility was fully operational, with the first domestically produced LPG dual-fuel 6G60 engine set to be delivered. The concurrently produced methane dual-fuel 8G95 engine fills a gap in China’s capabilities in this sector.
After reaching full production capacity, Hengli will be able to produce 180 engines per year, becoming China’s largest single marine engine manufacturer, covering G95 and below engines, and achieving full coverage of four types of low-carbon and zero-carbon dual-fuel engines: LNG, LPG, methanol, and ammonia.