Recently, a tender result for the construction project of a 7,600 m³ liquefied gas carrier has been announced: China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Nanjing Shipyard Co., Ltd. has won the bid successfully. The purchaser of the project is Nanjing Tanker Corporation (NJTC).
According to its official website, NJTC is a specialized tanker shipping company under the China Merchants Group. It serves as a key pillar enterprise within the Changhang Group, focusing on river-sea intermodal transport. Established in 1993 and listed on the A-share market in 1997, the company is headquartered in Nanjing. It currently operates a fleet of 74 vessels with a total carrying capacity of 2.81 million deadweight tons, boasting an annual transport capacity exceeding 44 million tons.
NJTC’s shipping operations including the following sectors: Crude Oil Transport—operating a fleet of 23 vessels, comprising two Panamax tankers and 21 crude oil tankers ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 DWT, a scale that ranks second domestically in the domestic crude oil trade; Product Oil Transport—operating 36 MR tankers, currently constituting the largest MR product oil fleet in the Far East region; Chemical Transport—operating 12 vessels, with a fleet capacity ranking among the top three domestically; and Gas Transport—operating three ethylene carriers, a specialized fleet unique within the domestic market.
According to statistics, NJTC’s most recent order for a gas carrier was placed in September 2025, when it commissioned China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Yangzhou Dingheng Shipyard to build a 9,500 m³ ethylene carrier.
China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Nanjing Shipyard—the successful bidder for the project to construct a 7,600 m³ liquefied gas carrier—was formerly known as Nanjing Dongze Shipbuilding. In December 2025, Nanjing Dongze Shipbuilding completed its restructuring investment and set sail once again under the brand-new identity of China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Nanjing Shipyard. This milestone marks the completion of the shipyard’s restructuring and integration, signifying its official and comprehensive integration into the China Merchants Shipbuilding system under its new corporate identity.
Records indicate that the China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Nanjing Shipyard enjoys a prime location, situated adjacent to Longtan Port and along the southern bank of the Yangtze River’s main channel. The facility covers an area of approximately 300,000 square meters and utilizes a 1,000-meter stretch of shoreline featuring ample water depth at its piers, while its anchorage area offers expansive waters.
The shipyard is equipped with two 50,000-ton class wide-body slipways, each served by a 200-ton and a 150-ton gantry crane. It features a dedicated deep-water basin and houses a comprehensive array of construction workshops—including facilities for steel processing, block fabrication, and painting—alongside various supporting buildings and infrastructure, thereby fully meeting the construction requirements for its core vessel types. Furthermore, the site of the China Merchants Shipbuilding Nanjing Shipyard has not yet been fully utilized, leaving ample room for future expansion and development.