On December 2, Wuhu Shipyard unveiled five new ship designs at Marintec China Shanghai and signed five cross-scenario cooperation agreements on-site. The event showcased its dual-drive strategy of “anchoring high-end conventional ships + breaking new ground with new energy vessels”, highlighting the core enabling value of Chinese shipbuilders in the transformation of the shipping industry.
Five new ships making their global debut: Technological breakthroughs directly addressing the pain points of industry transformation.
Wuhu Shipyard stated that the five ship types released this time are not simply product iterations, but rather technological breakthroughs that precisely align with global shipping emission reduction requirements and specific scenario needs, building a green and intelligent product matrix covering multiple fields.
High-End Chemical Tanker
The Anhui Haizhi Equipment Research Institute, a subsidiary of Wuhu Shipyard, has simultaneously launched three advanced chemical tankes—26,000 DWT, 13,000DWT, and 7,000DWT—comprehensively addressing core market demands from regional trade to intercontinental transportation. This series of vessels is equipped with three core features: a dual-fuel (LNG/methanol reserved) propulsion system, Class 1A ice-zone navigation capability and duplex stainless steel cargo holds. This optimal configuration solves the safety and environmental protection challenges of hazardous materials transportation, reduces long-term operating costs, and becomes the best solution for chemical transportation that integrates “safety, environmental protection, and economy.”
During the release period, Bureau Veritas awarded certification to Wuhu Shipyard’s independently developed 26,000 DWT and 13,000 DWT chemical tankers. This milestone signifies that Wuhu Shipyard’s high-end chemical tanker design capabilities have officially joined the ranks of the world’s first-class, breaking the technological monopoly held by European and American enterprises in this field.
PACK Battery Swap Container Ship
“Fugu Blue O2”, a fully electric container ship, is reshaping the energy-supplement ecosystem for inland waterway shipping. Developed by Tri Water New Energy Technology under Wuhu Shipyard, this standardized electric ship boasts cutting-edge performance with 5-minute battery PACK swapping and 160-kilometer cruising range. Hailed as a “high-speed train on water”, it directly addresses the industry bottlenecks of slow energy replenishment and limited endurance plaguing traditional electric ships.
The ship design incorporates innovative applications of batteries, electric motors, electronic control systems, intelligent driving assistance, and an integrated ship-shore dispatch platform. Combined with H36 high-strength steel, it achieves weight reduction and increased payload capacity, perfectly meeting the product portfolio demands of the inland river container market.
Fully Electric Smart Official Vessel
This 30-meter-class pure electric intelligent official vessel is a multi-functional platform designed for scenarios such as smart law enforcement and emergency rescue. It deeply integrates “green power” and “intelligent collaboration,” possessing integrated land, water, and air operation capabilities. An integrated drone take-off and landing platform enables wide-area patrols, a panoramic intelligent control console enhances operational precision, and a self-developed comprehensive intelligent management system ensures real-time synchronization of mission data. Its flexible and adaptable internal space allows for quick switching between meeting, command, and patrol modes. This not only responds to the upgrading requirements of official equipment for green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt but also sets a national benchmark for the “green + intelligent” transformation of inland waterway official vessels.
Five Agreements Signed: Collaborative Efforts to Build a Green Shipping System Across All Waterways
Wuhu Shipyard and its subsidiary Tri Water New Energy Technology signed cooperation agreements with Anhui Wanbang Shipping, Shanghai Yujiang Shipping, Shenzhen Weiqiao Green Motion Shipping, Shenzhen CaicaiBao Logistics & Transportation Services Co., Ltd., and People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC). These agreements cover five core areas including coastal shipping, the main route of the Yangtze River, river-sea combined transport, the Pearl River Basin, and full-chain risk protection, further advancing the strategic layout of in-depth collaboration across the manufacturing, operation, scenario, platform, and financial sectors.
Signed a contract with Anhui Wanbang Shipping for the construction of two 1,700 TEU container ships. Focusing on the essential transportation needs of domestic coastal shipping routes, the optimized ship design enhances loading efficiency and fuel economy, thereby helping to reduce costs and improve efficiency in coastal logistics channels.
Collaboration with Shanghai Yujiang Shipping for four 408-TEU pure LNG-powered container ships. This initiative precisely aligns with the Yangtze River trunk line’s green shipping policy requirements, providing clean power solutions for inland river liner services and advancing emission reduction in the Yangtze River Economic Belt’s shipping sector.
Signed a contract with Shenzhen Weiqiao Green Motion Shipping for the construction of 10 new energy bulk carriers with a deadweight tonnage of 9,800 tons. The vessels innovatively adopt a dual-drive system combining lithium batteries and fuel oil, equipped with a containerized, replaceable power supply system. This enables “zero emissions” during near-shore voyages and “low emissions” during long-distance voyages, making it a landmark project for the green transformation of river-sea combined transport.
Signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Caicai Bao Logistics Transportation Service Co., Ltd. for “5 million tons/year of bulk cargo transportation between the Xijiang and Pearl River.” Focusing on bulk cargo transportation needs between the Xijiang and Pearl River, the agreement aims to establish green shipping routes through an innovative “Internet + Trucks + Vessels + Storage + Shipping” model, thereby enhancing the green logistics network across the South China River Basin.
Wuhu Shipyard and Tri Water New Energy Technology have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with PICC Wuhu Branch to safeguard commercial operations. This initiative will enhance maritime safety assurance capabilities, support the implementation of national strategies for strengthening transportation and maritime power, and promote high-quality development in the shipping and marine insurance industries.
The implementation of the five signed agreements has basically achieved full water area coverage ranging from coastal waters to inland rivers and from the Yangtze River to the Pearl River. Moreover, it has improved the risk protection system through financial and insurance empowerment, fully demonstrating the market’s high recognition of Wuhu Shipyard’s green and intelligent technology solutions and ecosystem building capabilities, and successfully establishing a new industrial cooperation ecosystem featuring scenario customization, technology output, operational coordination, platform empowerment and risk protection.