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Newbuilding
Shallow water pipe lay
barge naming ceremony
Delivery ceremony of N341 for ER
In the morning of September
29, the 57000DWT bulk carrier
N341, built by COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard for Turkish shipping
company ER, was successfully
named and delivered. She is the
27th bulk carrier to have been built
at the Dongguan site of COSCO
Guangdong Shipyard. The party
secretary of the city of Dongguan,
Mr. Xu Jianhua, the municipal
committee member of Dongguan,
Mr. Wang Jianyang, the vice mayor
of Dongguan, Mr. Wu Daowen,
the Commerce deputy of the
Consulate of Turkey in Guangzhou,
Mr. Hasan Kose, the chairman of
the board of ER, Mr. Cihan Ergenc,
the party secretary of COSCO
Shipyard Group, Mr. Ma Zhihong,
the vice president of Class NK, Mr.
S.Kakubari and others attended the
ceremony.
Mr. Ma Zhihong spoke on
behalf of the G.M. of COSCO
Shipyard Group, Mr. Wang Yuhang,
expressing sincere gratitude to
ER, the Consulate of Turkey in
Guangzhou, the government
of the city of Dongguan, the
government of Mayong Town,
Class NK and others for their trust,
understanding and support in the
development of COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard’s ship building business,
hoping that COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard will keep up the good
work, carry out subsequent ship
Two 57,000DWT bulk carriers
named in COSCO Guangdong
repair and new-building projects
from ER with quality and make a
contribution to the safe, scientific
and sustainable development of
the COSCO Shipyard Group and the
economic and social development
of Mayong Town.
ER and COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard have a 17-year history of
cooperation and have witnessed
each other’s growth over the
years. Since COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard entered the shipbuilding
field five years ago, it has already
undertaken the new-building of 5
vessels from ER, three of which,
including N341, have already been
put into operation, while the other
two are still under construction.
On September 28, a naming
ceremony was held for the
shallow water pipe lay barge,
converted by COSCO Nantong
Shipyard for the Dutch owner
Van Oord. The ceremony saw the
presence of executives of Van
Oord and representatives from
ABS classification society, as well
as executives of the Commercial
Headquarters of COSCO Shipyard
Group and COSCO Nantong
Shipyard.
At the ceremony, the general
manager of COSCO Nantong
Shipyard, Mr. Ni Tao, and the
chief executive officer of Van
Oord, Mr. Pieter, gave speeches.
The Godmother, Mrs. Annemarie
Albersen, named the pipelaying
vessel ‘STINGRAY’. In his speech,
Mr. Pieter spoke highly of the
quality and efficiency of the
conversion work accomplished
by COSCO Nantong Shipyard. He
hoped that the STINGRAY project
will serve as a good beginning
for the partnership between Van
Oord and COSCO Shipyard and
that the two sides will further
strengthen their cooperation in
marine products to their mutual
benefit.
STINGRAY is 120 meters
in length and 40 meters in
width and is classified by ABS.
Originally it was a simple pipelay
crane barge. The conversion
involved the installation of the
pipelayer, the construction of the
living quarters and hull structure
engineering. The vessel is
capable of installing and replacing
pipelines in shallow waters at
the depth of up to 100 meters.
The maximum diameter of the
pipelines is 60 inches. The main
crane has a lifting capacity of
500 tons. The living quarters can
accommodate up to 300 people.
On Sep. 27, the two 57,000DWT
bulk carriers, being built by
COSCO Guangdong Shipyard
for SEA TRADERS were named
simultaneously. The company’s onsite
construction team, Mr. Liuying,
the representatives from Optima
Shipbrokers, and on-site surveyor
from BV as well as staff from the
yard, all together 70 members cowitnessed
the moment.
COSCO Guangdong Shipyard
has successfully delivered eight
vessels for SEA TRADERS during
her past five years’ cooperation
with COSCO Guangdong Shipyard.
Delivery of
two dumb barges
On September 18th, two
dumb barges, built for the Dutch
company DOCKWISE, were
delivered by COSCO Zhoushan
shipyard. The lady sponsor
Ms. Yin named the vessels FSP
101 and FSP 102 respectively.
Mr. Zeng Sheng, the G.M. of
DOCKWISE China Area, Mr.
Henk van Staalduinen, the LR
representative, and the G.M. of
the yard, Mr. Dong Yezong, cowitnessed
the delivery ceremony.
The project is the yard’s
first application of an Offshore
Management System and is also
the first contract for delivery of
vessels to the DOCKWISE.
N385 Launching Ceremony
On September 30, COSCO
Zhoushan Shipyard held a
launching ceremony for the 3rd
57000DWT bulk carrier N385,
being built for the OCEANSTAR
Company. Representatives
from the ship-owner and class
society GL, as well as the
deputy G.M. of the yard, cowitnessed
the moment.
N346
launching
On September 19, COSCO
G u a n g d o n g S h i p ya rd h e l d a
l a u n c h i n g c e remony for t h e
57000DWT bulk carrier being built
for the Greek company DYNACOM.
Leaders from the ship owner, class
society and construction team cowitnessed
the important moment.