China: 35m Ferry HAIJU Completes Sea Trials

On March 29th, the first 35m aluminum alloy fast ferry named “HAIJU”, co-designed and built by Afai Southern for HAITONG SHIPPING CO., LTD.ZHUHAI S.E.Z., left shipyard’s mooring quay for its first sea trial.

Before the trial, the engineering and technology managing staffs, as well as workers from workshop and subcontractors worked overtime, with joint efforts, conducted the commissioning and self-inspection work for all vessel’s system and manage to solve several technical difficulties, creating good conditions for the early trials.

At 17:30, “HAIJU” finished the sea trial smoothly. The result showed that all the test data met the design requirements.

Afai Southern Shipyard Ltd, founded in 1992, located at the western side of Panyu Bridge of South China Expressway at Guangzhou, China, and the south bank of Pearl River main channel, is the largest-scale and the most advanced manufacturer of jumbo aluminum alloy ships at present in China and Southeast Asia. The shipyard, on the basis of the introduced production technology of high-tech wave piercing type of High Speed Aluminum Alloy Catamaran Ferry from Australia, can manufacture high speed aluminum alloy vessels and provide services for the customers worldwide with her innovatory technical management and consummate construction techniques.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, April 5, 2012; Image: afaisouth