On October 11, a fire broke out in the engine room of a vessel undergoing sea trials. There were no casualties, and response operations are currently underway.
According to a previous announcement, the vessel “Long Shun Qiang” is an engineering vessel built by the Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Zhengyu Shipbuilding Heavy Industry. The vessel has an overall length of 72.0 meters, a beam of 20.0 meters, and a depth of 7.2 meters; its forward draft is 4.2 meters and its aft draft is 4.0 meters. It has a gross tonnage of 3,225 and a net tonnage of 1,161, with a main engine power of 3,600 kW and a maximum height above the waterline of 25 meters; its MMSI number is 412416710.
Public information shows that Jiangsu Zhengyu Shipbuilding Heavy Industry was formerly Nanjing Dongjia Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. It was established in February 2002 with a registered capital of US$6.4 million. It is a joint venture shipyard. Beijing Dongzhouxiang Shipbuilding Equipment Co., Ltd. and Hong Kong Dongsheng Shipping Co., Ltd. hold 51.0938% and 48.9063% of the shares respectively.
Jiangsu Zhengyu Shipbuilding Heavy Industry undertakes the repair, design, and manufacturing of general vessels under 35,000 DWT, as well as steel structure fabrication. The company possesses the capability to build various types of vessels up to the 20,000 DWT class, with a product portfolio that includes liquid cargo carriers, engineering vessels, and offshore engineering vessels.
Jiangsu Zhengyu Shipbuilding Heavy Industry was originally located along the Yangtze River shoreline in Pukou, Nanjing; following a 2019 shoreline remediation project that necessitated the dismantling of its existing slipways, the company subsequently leased a site in Jiangdu, Yangzhou, to organize production and established a Yangzhou branch to conduct shipbuilding operations.