Zhenjiang Shipyard Co. Ltd. successfully installed the main beam of a new 700t gantry crane, July 31st.
Boasting a 90m-long track gauge, the crane has a hook height of 60m and a lifting capacity of 700t. It has also become one of the important facilities in Zhenjiang’s third development step and is listed as a special programme of Jiangsu strategic newly-developed industry.
Despite the downturn in the shipbuilding market, the company made this investment decision hopping it will bring more orders, accelerate the transformation of its product structure, accumulate more resources for future development and pursuit a long-term advancement.
It will surly strengthen Zhenjiang’s lifting capacity for ocean engineering vessels and improve the erection level of the 50,000-tonne slipway, thus further propelling the development momentum towards a modern shipbuilding enterprise and raise the overall shipbuilding level of the shipyard.
[mappress] Press Release, August 2, 2013