China: CIC Lixin Shipyard Achieves Its Production Peak in March

During the March, CIC Lixin Shipyard met its production peak. The shipyard successfully arranged docking plans, organized production energetically, and ensured that all vessels could sail from the yard on time.

Up to March 23th “CS Pudong” Dock has already repaired six vessels, they were “Qi Meng Shan”,”Belaia”,”Bao jiang 101”,” Sam Dragon”,”Ning An 9” & ”Lian Hua Feng”. The average docking time was 3.78 days (90.83 hours).

Also M/V Mar Adriana arrived at CIC Lixin Shipyard in the middle of March, 2012 and began her special survey that lasted for two weeks. With LOA 144 metres and molded breadth 23 metres, the vessel is a chemical tanker. This time the main work scope was the inspection of about 12 sets of cargo pumps, P/P treatment for cargo holds, general dry docking repair and etc.

The Shipyard also completed the repair works for vessel “Blue Lotus”. Replacing cargo hold frame brackets with the partial transverse bulkhead, some machinery and electrical works etc.

The Shipyard’s Dock repair cycle is ranked among the best in the international business sector.

CIC Lixin Shipyard, located in the Shanghai gold waterway along the Huangpu River, owns three branches. They are located in Pudong’s Sanlin, Donggou and Gaoqiao districts, equipped with “CS Huangshan” floating dock with 13,000t lifting capacity; ”CS Huashan” floating dock with 9,000t lifting capacity, ” CS Pudong” floating dock with 22,000t lifting capacity. The shipyard can repair 18 vessels of Handymax and Panamax types at the same time, which can give more options to the ship owners.

For decades, Lixin shipyard has been repairing and converting large cargo ships, oil tankers, passenger ships, refer carrier, harbor launch as well as variety of multi-purpose vessels for foreign and local shipping companies. In addition to routine repairing work, the general average repair, hatch cover manufacturing, the repair of propellers, boilers, turbocharger, crankshaft, and stern shaft seal bonding process are also the specialties of Lixin Shipyard.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, April 16, 2012; Image: csgcic