Construction Begins on China’s Largest Container Ship

China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., on April 28th, began construction on the 10,000TEU container ship whose ship owner is China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. (CSCL).

The vessel, classed by GL and CCS, will be the largest and the most advanced 10,000TEU container ship which was built in China.

The construction represents one of the most important measures to speed up transforming and upgrading the industrial manufacturing sector of China Shipping. Building of the first-class China Shipping Jiangsu shipbuilding base heralds a new era and is a realization of the dream of “constructing the centennial China Shipping, creating a world first-class enterprise”.

The ceremony was presided over by Mr. Wang Yiling, the Executive Director of CICJS. General Manager of China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. (CIC) Ye Xiaojian, who delivered a welcoming address. Chairman of the board of Hudong-Zhong Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd (HSG) Gu Tiquan, Deputy General Manager of CSCL Feng Xingguo，First Deputy Mayor of Yangzhou City Ding Chun, Vice President of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Nan Daqing, as well as Vice President of China Shipping Group (CSG) Ding Nong delivered speeches.

Vice President of CSG Ding Nong, together with First Deputy Mayor Ding Chun, Vice President of CSSC Nan Daqing, started the construction of the 10,000TEU container ship.

General Manager of Scientific & Technological Information Department of CSG Li Yiwen, Deputy General Manager of CIC Li Zhengjian, Deputy General Manager of HSG Huang Yiping, as well as relevant leaders of GL, CCS, CSCL, CIC, China Shipping International Trading Co., Ltd., HSG attended the ceremony. Leaders of Jiangdu District Yangzhou City were also invited to attend the ceremony in addition to 300 employees of CICJS.

Delivery of the vessel is planned for the second half of 2014.

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Press Release, April 29, 2013