A collaborative agreement on the utilization of reclaimed water was inked between China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd and Shanghai Chengtou Group Corp on Tuesday, which is the eastern cosmopolitan's first large-scale water recycling project in industrial enterprises, according to the Shanghai-based ship...
SWS has been awarded Approval in Principle from CCS, for 300,000DWT ammonia duel fuel VLCC with cyber resilience measures on July 3rd,2024。The ship is developed and demonstrated in compliance with the cyber security notation (P(SL2)) issued by CCS, as well as the Unified Requirement (UR) E26 “Cyber resilience of ships” issued by IACS. C...
On June 21, 2024, the fifth generic Fast4Ward® Multi Purpose Floater No.5 (MPF5) built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) for SBM Offshore, was launched as per schedule.With the joint efforts from all parties and leveraging experience gained from the previous fou...
On June 6th, the 7,000 TEU container ship"TS DUBAI" was successfully named. It is the fourth ship in the series of six 7,000 TEU container ships built by SWS for T.S. LINES, once again setting a new construction record.The "TS DUBAI" completed weighing on the 32nd and conducted its sea trial on the 40th day after launching, sett...
On May 29th, SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC in collaboration with CSTC, officially signed a contract with Singapore's X-Press Feeders group for the construction of four methanol-ready 11,000 TEU container ships. On the same day, SWS also named and delivered the "X-PRESS PYXIS," the final ship in the series of twelve 7,000 TEU container shi...
On May 29th, the "X-PRESS PYXIS", the final ship in the series of 7000 TEU container vessels built by SWS, in collaboration with China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd., for Singapore’s X-PRESS, was named and delivered. Since the delivery of the first 7000 TEU container vessel on June 21, 2023, SWS has continuously delivered 21 vessels of ...
On May 7th, 7,000 TEU container vessel “ONE REINFORCEMENT”, which was built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC for Seaspan Corporation, has been named and delivered. On the same day, SWS also commenced construction on three vessels. 8600 CEU PCTC H1602 The steel-cutting ceremony for the 8600 CEU PCTC H1602, built for CMB Financial Leasing, ...
The fourth 7000TEU container vessel built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, for Seaspanulc, “ONE RECOMMENDATION”, has been successfully named and delivered. As the second new vessel of this series constructed by SWS for Seaspan, “ONE RECOMMENDATION” was delivered 128 days ahead of schedule. It has a total length of 272 meters, a molded breadth ...
On April 12th, the No. 2 dry dock of SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC marked the arrival of the 100th docking milestone. On Friday, SWS launched a 7000TEU container vessel, which was the seventh of that type to have been built for Seaspan. A total of 110 vessels have been launched at SWS’s No 2 dry dock so far, including seven FPSOs, eight jack-up ...
On April 20th, 2024, keel laying ceremony for the second domestically built large cruise ship H1509 was held in the No. 2 dry dock of SWS, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC). SWS has achieved its milestone since this cruise vessel marks its establishment of mass production design and construction capabilities. It si...
On January 29th,a 7000TEU container vessel, "ONE RECOGNITION", which was built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, in collaboration with CSTD for Seaspan Corporation, has been named and delivered. The next day(January 30th),a 190K DWT dual-fuel LNG bulk carrier "Ubuntu Sincerity" was named and delivered to Singapore's Angl...
The Second Shipbuilding & Offshore Forum on Fusion of Financial and Industrial Capital (SOFIC) and 2023 SWS Forum was successfully held on November 16th. The forum, themed "Cruise Ship Makes Life Better," took place on China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, “Adora Magic City”. Over 150 listed companies' secretar...
"X-PRESS PISCES", a 7000TEU container vessel built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, for X-PRESS FEEDERS GROUP, was successfully delivered on November 17th. Following the completion of its annual completion and delivery targets ahead of schedule on November 6th, SWS continues to set new records for the year, having completed and delivered 23 ...
In early November 2023, China's shipbuilding industry marked a new milestone: the delivery of the first domestically-built large cruise ship. And if this year's Double 11 Shopping Festival is anything to go by, the vessel is set to be a commercial success: a live-streaming session to sell cruise tickets yielded surprising result.(If the v...
On November 4th, a CSSC's subsidiary, SWS, together with CCTD and its subsidiary, Adora Cruises, officially signed delivery documents. China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, “Adora Magic City”, was named and delivered, and the operation preparations were fully launched. This marked the successful completion of the naming and ...