China: CIC Jiangsu Shipyard Starts Sea Trials for 57.000 DWT Bulk Carrier

At 15:36 pm on Nov. 28th 2011, the fourth 57.000 DWT bulk carrier (Hull No. CIS 57000/B-10) for Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. was smoothly sailing out from No. 3 quay for its sea trials.

All these bulk carriers are scheduled to be completed and delivered before the end of April, 2012.

The contract for these four (4) 57,000 DWT bulk carriers was signed between China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.and Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd on July 9th, 2010.

The building of the four vessels smoothly started at China Shipping Jiangsu Shipbuilding Base on July 10th.

Key Particulars:

length overall 199.99m,

length between perpendiculars 192.00m,

molded breadth 32.26m,

molded depth 18.00m

China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary company of China Shipping (Group) Company. Company’s main business consists of five parts – ship repair, shipbuilding, offshore engineering, yacht manufacture, and river and coastal shipping. After years of development, CIC has owned total dock capacity of about 850,000DWT, including one dock of 300,000DWT, one dock of 200,000DWT, four docks ranging from 40,000 to 80,000DWT, and four docks up to 40,000DWT for ship repair, as well as two graving docks of 1,000,000DWT, one graving dock of 80,000DWT and one slipway of 70,000DWT for shipbuilding. Presently, CIC has about 4,500 registered employees and 20,000 sub-contractor’s workers, holds one team of management and special technique elite adaptable for the modern development of ship repair and shipbuilding.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, December 6, 2011; Image: csgcic