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...
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 ...
On November 6th and November 8th, the first and second ships of a series of 7000TEU container vessels, "ONE READINESS" and "ONE REASSURANCE", built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, in collaboration with CSTD for Seaspan Corporation, have been successfully named and delivered. So far, SWS has exceeded its annual completion and deliv...
" X-PRESS PHOENIX", a 7000TEU container vessel built by SWS for Singaporean shipowner X-PRESS Feeders was named and delivered on September 28th. This is the 4th container vessel delivered by SWS in September and the 9th 7000TEU container vessel delivered within 100 days since the first vessel was delivered at the end of June.It has a tota...
On September 22nd, a 7,000 TEU container vessel "X-PRESS CENTAURUS" built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, in collaboration with CSTD for Singaporean shipowner X-PRESS, was named and delivered. With this, SWS has completed the construction and delivery of a total of 8 7,000 TEU container vessels in just 3 months since delivering the first sh...
On September 7th and 8th, SWS consecutively delivered two 7,000 TEU container vessels built for Singaporean shipowner X-PRESS. They are the sixth vessel " X-PRESS CASSIOPEIA" and the seventh vessel " EA CHARA" in the series of 7,000 TEU container vessels built for X-PRESS.X-PRESS CASSIOPEIAThe vessel "X-PRESS CASSIOPEIA&quo...
On the afternoon of September 12th, the highly anticipated "Adora Magic City" was skillfully berthed at Dock No. 4 of SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, under the towage of multiple tugs. CSSC solemnly announced that after a six-day, five-night journey covering 1630 nautical miles, all validation projects for the final sea trial voyage of China...
"X-PRESS CARINA", the fifth vessel of a series of 7000TEU container vessels built by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, in collaboration with CSTC for Singaporean shipowner Sea Consortium, was successfully delivered on August 21st. Under the fine production arrangement and comprehensive management of SWS, the vessel's integrity during launchi...
On August 20th, three main merchant vessels——7,000 TEU container vessels, 114K DWT Aframax oil tanker and 190K DWT dual-fuel Capesize bulk carrier, constructed by SWS achieved a new record by completing four major production milestones simultaneously in the same dock. This accomplishment signifies a breakthrough in the “mass production” new...