In English (3.67 MB) - Finnlines
In English (3.67 MB) - Finnlines
In English (3.67 MB) - Finnlines
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Mongolia<br />
Yangtze river<br />
Beijing<br />
Yellow<br />
Sea<br />
Himalayas<br />
China<br />
Nanjing<br />
Shanghai<br />
East<br />
China<br />
Sea<br />
<strong>In</strong>dia<br />
Burma<br />
Vietnam<br />
Hong<br />
Kong<br />
Taiwan<br />
South China Sea<br />
A ship springs to life<br />
on the mighty Yangtze<br />
Building an oceangoing ship is a complex task, requiring skilled design, meticulous<br />
planning, and the man-hours of a small army of craftsmen over many months.<br />
As the ship nears completion, it is also, increasingly,<br />
an emotional undertaking and<br />
that was certainly the case for the officers<br />
and crew of the <strong>Finnlines</strong> newbuilding<br />
Finnbreeze as the vessel took shape at a yard<br />
in China’s Jiangsu province.<br />
Meticulous testing prior to sea trials<br />
As its chief engineer, Emanuel Sparring, reports,<br />
this is now an immense industrial area<br />
through which passes the mighty Yangtze<br />
River, its banks teeming with shipyards and<br />
terminals.<br />
Sparring had travelled from the lush provinces<br />
of southern China to join the ship as it<br />
prepared for its sea trials. It had just been<br />
moved from its birthplace in the Nanjing<br />
shipyard to another facility down-river for a<br />
final coat of paint.<br />
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