Recently, Anhui Port and Shipping Land-Sea Equipment and South Korea’s Megaline held a signing ceremony in Hefei for a project to build a 25,000 DWT heavy-lift cargo ship.
According to public records, Anhui Port and Shipping Land-Sea Equipment was established on February 27, 2025. The company specializes in ship design, construction, and technology integration, and is committed to building a high-end, green, and smart shipbuilding base in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
On the day after the company’s establishment (February 28, 2025), construction began on the Anhui Port & Shipping Land-Sea Equipment Zongyang Shipyard project. On May 22, the company signed a contract with Singapore’s Weili Group for the construction of four 12,000-ton deck cargo ships, marking the first international order for the Zongyang Shipyard. On June 25, the Zongyang Shipyard officially commenced operations, with self-propelled deck barges and LNG multi-purpose vessels breaking ground on the same day.
As a key smart shipbuilding base developed by Anhui Port and Shipping Group, the Zongyang Shipyard project has a total investment of RMB 670 million. It took only four months from groundbreaking to production, and the facility primarily engages in shipbuilding, repair, and dismantling. According to the plan, the shipyard will focus on the R&D of new energy vessels, high-end equipment manufacturing, and port logistics coordination. It will prioritize breakthroughs in the R&D and production of clean energy equipment, such as electric and hydrogen-fueled vessels, with the goal of establishing a demonstration base for smart shipbuilding in the Yangtze River Basin.
In early 2026, the Zongyang Shipyard received an order for two livestock carriers from New Zealand-based 44 South Shipping, marking the shipyard’s first international order of this type. As a rare specialty vessel with high technical barriers, the design and construction of livestock carriers involve numerous advanced technical requirements, including cargo hold environmental control, biosafety for long-distance maritime transport, and specialized loading and unloading systems. According to data from the Longship Order Database, domestic shipyards have not announced any livestock carrier orders for many years.