Busy Last Week for Ouhua Shipbuilding, China

Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, a leading shipbuilding enterprise in Zhejiang province, announced that on November 14, the company successfully held a  keel laying ceremony for the MPV31-NB638 constructed for China Navigation.

The keel laying was held in No.1 dock and was witnessed by Volodymyl (representative of the ship owner), Guan Weiqi, Ma Liang, surveyor from LR and fabrication teams from Ouhua.

The company also announced that on the morning of November 16, MPV31-NB 643 constructed for China Navigation was successfully started in No. 5 workshop of Fabrication Dept. NB 643 is the seventh of eight vessels of MPV31 series.

The ship owner, surveyor representative and employees from Commerce Dept. and Fabrication Dept. all participated in the steel cutting ceremony.

Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co, established Oct. 2004, occupies 1,400,000 ㎡ with more than 2000 m of coast lines, it has two drydocks of 100,000 ton capacity and one drydock with 30,000 ton capacity which gives the company more than 1,000,000 dwt of production capacity per year. The company has developed high value added and high technology vessels like 1200 TEU, 1000 TEU, 1500 TEU, 1700 TEU, 4800 TEU, 5300 TEU, MPV 3.000 DWT, MPV 31.000 DWT, heavy lift 16.800 DWT, bulk carrier 37.000 DWT and 82.000 DWT.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, November 23, 2012