At the beginning of the new year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China announced the 2025 Green Manufacturing List. Four shipbuilders under COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry were recognized as “National Green Manufacturers. This brings the total number of such shipbuilders under COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry to six, marking a new milestone in the company’s green and low-carbon transformation of its manufacturing operations.
Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co, Ltd. (NACKS): Full-Process Green Management with Precision Carbon Reduction
- NACKS has established a full-process VOCs control system featuring “source substitution – process control – end-of-pipe treatment”, prioritizing the promotion of water-based coatings, with a stable purification efficiency of over 98%.
- NACKS has built distributed photovoltaic systems and an intelligent energy-carbon management platform, realizing precise energy management and control.
- Measures such as unified sorting and reuse of steel surplus materials and water recycling have been effectively implemented at NACKS, with core environmental indicators ranking among the top 5% in the domestic industry.
COSCO SHIPPING Shipyard (Nantong) Co., Ltd. Achieves Breakthrough in Cutting-Edge Technology, Leads as Energy Efficiency Benchmark
- COSCO SHIPPING Shipyard (Nantong) has built the first Class‑1 energy‑efficiency compressed air station in China’s shipbuilding industry, saving more than one million kWh of electricity annually.
- The ultra-high-pressure water rust removal equipment independently developed by COSCO SHIPPING Shipyard (Nantong) has been fully applied, achieving a rust removal grade of Sa2.5 and eliminating dust pollution at the source.
- COSCO SHIPPING Shipyard (Nantong) has achieved a steel utilization rate of over 95%, a solid waste utilization rate of 100%, and a wastewater reuse rate of 95%. It has been selected as one of the first batch of “Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Pilot Enterprises” in Jiangsu Province.
Guangdong COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry Establishes Innovative Governance Model to Create Garden-Style Factory
- Guangdong COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has pioneered the large vessel unorganized VOCs control technology in the industry, awarded as an Outstanding ESG Practice Case in China’s shipbuilding sector, and has been rated as a Grade A Enterprise in VOCs Control in Guangdong Province for three consecutive years.
- Guangdong COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has built distributed photovoltaic systems, an intelligent air compressor station and an energy consumption monitoring platform, and has completely phased out high-energy-consuming equipment.
- Guangdong COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has achieved industry-leading steel utilization rate and 100% solid waste utilization rate, and has built a highly efficient and intensive “garden-style” factory.
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) Implements Digital Empowerment for Carbon Reduction, Leading the Way in Green Demonstration
- Both air compressor stations of COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) have obtained national Class 1 energy efficiency certification, with energy consumption metrics continuously optimized.
- COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) has established a digital energy and carbon management center, enabling real-time energy monitoring and early intervention alerts, reducing energy waste by approximately 15%.
- COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) has signed China’s first “Ship Repair Carbon Footprint Verification Cooperation Agreement,” setting an example for green and low-carbon development in the industry.