China: Afai Southern Inks Design and Construction Contract for 35m Aluminum Ferry

On January 12, 2012, Afai Southern and Liuzhou Yinliu Hotel Management Co., Ltd signed the design and construction contract for one Afai’s 35 m aluminum luxury city-sightseeing ferry, the related departments’ leaders of Guangxi Liuzhou municipal government were present in the signing ceremony.

The ferry adopts the advanced design of Europe, with Loa 35.3m, beam 8.6m, passenger capacity 100 passengers, and will be used for the passenger transportation and city-sightseeing of Liujiang River route.

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, January 17, 2012; Image: afaisouth