China: Afai Southern Shipyard Hands Over 35m Catamaran HAI JU

In the afternoon, April 23th, the “HAI JU”co-designed and built by Afai Southern for HAITONG SHIPPING CO.,LTD.ZHUHAI S.E.Z., was successfully delivered at the quay of ZHUHAI Jiuzhou Port.

The 35m aluminum alloy Catamaran Fast Ferry is another new ship type contracted and developed independently by Afai Southern, with the passenger capacity of 198 persons, and adopts propeller propulsion. “HAI JU” is the first one of this ship type, and its speed etc. main technical indexes fully meet or even exceed the design requirements. The shipowner was very satisfied with the overall performance of this vessel.

Afai Southern Shipyard Ltd, founded in 1992, located at the western side of Panyu Bridge of South China Expressway at Guangzhou, China, 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 26, 2012; Image: afaisouth