On April 15th, SWS signed and delivered the 210k dwt Newcastle bulk carrier "DE MAY”, which is built for Foremost Group. This is the 500th vessel delivered by SWS so far since the first delivery on June 22nd, 2003. So far, the total completion has added up to 89.68 million dwt, with an annual average of 27.8 ships / 4.982 million dwt, ranking first in China and top in the world, demonstrating the core strength of SWS.
The delivery ceremony of "DE MAY" was officially held at 1:58 PM of the same day at SWS. Pan Yizhou, president of Shanghai Branch of Foremost Group, Vice President Paul Karam and business development manager Li Zengyi of ABS Great China Region, Zheng Minsheng, deputy general manager of Asia Pacific Department of CSTC, Wang Qi, secretary of the Party committee and chairman of SWS, Chen Gang, deputy secretary of the Party committee and president, Chen Qiong and Zhang Qipeng, top executive leaders of SWS, and others attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Zhang Song, assistant president of SWS.
Pan Yizhou, Zheng Minsheng and Zhang Qipeng signed the delivery protocols on behalf of Foremost Group, CSTC and SWS respectively. All guests present witnessed the signing.
"DE MAY" is a Newcastle bulk carrier tailored for Foremost Group. It is independently developed, designed and built by SWS. Its overall length is 299.88 meters, molded width is 50 meters, molded depth is 25.2 meters, and design draft is 16.1 meters, satisfying the latest maritime regulations and various environmental protection requirements, and its comprehensive performance is first-class.
Foremost Group is an international shipping company founded by Dr. James Chao in 1964. As a leader in the global bulk dry cargo shipping industry, Foremost Group enjoys a good reputation in the industry and is famous all over the world for its decades of excellent service, professional operation and always adhering to high standards of professional ethics. SWS has rich connections with Foremost Group. Since the first cooperation in 2002, both sides have signed multiple new construction contracts for 24 ships in succession, and established a good partnership and efficient interaction mechanism.
Epitome of high-quality development of China's shipbuilding industry
Under the guidance of CSSC's high-quality development strategy, SWS constantly renews the development record of China's shipbuilding industry with data. A number of the world's first and China's first ship types were born. The three major indicators of annual completion, annual order book and annual hand-held orders have ranked the world's leading position in terms of DWT for consecutive years, and have successfully ranked among the list of "world's advanced ship enterprises".
——the first shipbuilding enterprise with an annual total shipbuilding completion exceeding 8 million dwt in China, and also the only one so far. From the completion and delivery of 3 ships / 500K DWT in 2003, 8 ships / 1.394 million DWT in 2004 to 44 ships / 8.245 million DWT in 2011, SWS has only spent just 9 years, opening a new chapter in the development history of China's shipbuilding industry, and growing to be an important player that cannot be ignored in the world shipbuilding pattern, which has amazed the industry.
——the first Chinese shipbuilding enterprise to build the 300k dwt offshore floating production and storage offloading (FPSO). In 2005, SWS won the design, procurement and construction contract of 2 million barrels of 300k dwt FPSO "Hai Yang Shi You 117" in the fierce international competition, broke the monopoly of foreign counterparts, entered the mainstream FPSO market in the world, and won a place for Chinese enterprises in the field of international offshore engineering.
——the world's first shipbuilding enterprise to build very large crude oil carriers that meet the. In 2008, SWS completed and delivered the 319K DWT VLCC "Hua Shan". The VLCC is the first supertanker built in the world which fully meets the latest edition of(CSR) formulated by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), which has brought a benchmarking leading role to the industry, set off a climax of orders, and was rated as "2008 world-famous ship type" by the international well-known classification society.
——the first Chinese shipbuilding enterprise to successfully build the world's sixth generation 3000m deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig. On December 2nd, 2011, the world's sixth generation deep-water semi-submersible drilling rig "Hai Yang Shi You 981" with the reputation of "Pearl of the South China Sea" designed and built by SWS, was listed in the key projects of the national medium and long-term scientific and technological development plan, the key projects of the national "863" high-tech development plan and the national major scientific and technological projects, and won the special prize of the national scientific and technological progress, completed her drilling system test and various joint commissioning tasks before drilling operation and was put into use successfully. This is another major milestone project completed in the field of offshore oil equipment in China after the successful construction of the 300k dwt offshore floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) "Hai Yang Shi You 117". This is not only a historic step in the development of China's offshore oil industry, but also a historic leap from shallow water to deep water.
——the first Chinese shipbuilding enterprise to successfully build very large container vessels. In 2015, relying on her keen sense of micro changes in the market and strong design and construction capability, SWS navigated the needs of customers in advance, and built three 18000TEU very large container vessels for world famous shipping company CMA CGM. It was the first time that China has built the world’s largest container ship. In January 2018, SWS delivered the first 20000TEU very large container vessel “COSCO SHIPPING TAURUS”, which is a pioneer for Chinese shipbuilding enterprises to fully enter the very large container ship market.
——the world's first shipbuilding enterprise to build very large ore carriers (VLOC). In November 2018, the world's first 400k dwt smart VLOC "Pacific Vision" was named and delivered by SWS for China Merchants Energy Transportation Co., Ltd. This is a milestone event in the development of China's intelligent ship, marking that China's intelligent ship has entered a new era of 1.0.
——the world's first shipbuilding enterprise to successfully build the hull of the world's proprietary Fast4Ward® "generic" FPSO. In December 2019, together with SBM, the world's largest FPSO operator, SWS completed and delivered the world's first proprietary 2.3 million barrels of "generic" FPSO. In August 2020, the world's first generic FPSO hull with self-propelled capability was delivered. This ship type has not only become a popular ship type in the field of international offshore engineering equipment, but also profoundly changed the traditional pattern of FPSO design and construction in the world, and laid a foundation for SWS to build a generic FPSO construction hub in the world.
——the first Chinese shipbuilding enterprise to undertake the construction of large cruise ships. On October 18, 2019, China's first large cruise ship officially started steel cutting at SWS, fully entering the substantive construction stage. On November 10, 2020, it was transferred to the dock for continuous erection, realizing another milestone, marking that CSSC has achieved a major leap from detailed design and production design to real ship general assembly and erection in the field of large cruise ships, and also marking another solid step in the journey of China's shipbuilding industry to pick the "last pearl in the crown".
——the world's first shipbuilding enterprise to develop, design and build more than 300 Capesize bulk carriers. The Capesize bulk carrier is the core product of SWS, and it is also a world-famous brand. After more than 20 years of dedicated research and development and upgrading, its technical performance indicators have always remained a global leader. At present, there are three series of fourteen generations of products, including 175,000 DWT, 176,000 DWT, 177,000 DWT and 180,000 DWT of standard Capesize bulk carriers, 206,000 DWT, 208,000 DWT, 210,000 DWT of Newcastle bulk carriers, 186,000 DWT and 187,000 DWT of Western Australia shallow draft bulk carriers, as well as the newly developed dual fuel ships.
SWS has undertaken nearly 300 Capesize bulk carrier series orders, completed and delivered 265 of them by now, accounting for about 16% of the global Capesize bulk carrier market share and ranking first in the world. It has become a global market leader, technology leader and price setter in this field, as well as a bellwether for pricing in the international shipbuilding market. SWS’s Capesize bulk carrier is also the “first brand of Chinese ship export” with the most construction and market share. It has won the bronze award of the Fifth Shanghai International Industrial Expo, A-level of Shanghai High-tech Achievement Transformation Project, the first prize of scientific and technological progress of CSSC, the second prize of scientific and technological progress of Shanghai, the excellent product award of the 6th China International High Tech Fair, etc. It was also rated as the ”individual champion product of manufacturing industry” , “Shanghai Famous Brand Product” and “Ten Famous Ships in China” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and regarded as a successful paradigm of transformation from made-in-China to innovated-in-China by the industry.
Under the guidance of the high-quality development strategy outline of CSSC, SWS fully implemented the new development strategy of "leading by the cruise ship, balancing development of merchant vessels and offshore products", explored and realized the coordinated development of merchant vessels, offshore products and cruise ships with different management characteristics in the enterprise through reforming management mode, and improved the corporate governance ability; SWS strove to promote the market-oriented innovation of internal operation and management mode and improved the vitality of enterprise operation by accelerating the market-oriented reform; SWS improved the comprehensive strength of the enterprise by actively exploring the lean production mode; SWS continuously improved the level of informatization, digitization and intelligence, improved the operation efficiency of the enterprise, and comprehensively shaped the new development advantages by accelerating the integration of new generation information technology and advanced manufacturing technology.
As lines of an ancient poem which read, “Forging ahead like a gigantic ship breaking through strong winds and heavy waves, I'll set my towering sail to cross the sea which raves.” The birth of the 500th ship is not only a milestone but also a new starting point. The year of 2021 is the opening year of the 14th-Five-Year plan and a key year to consolidate the strategic pattern of "leading by the cruise ship, balancing development of merchant vessels and offshore products". SWS will focus on the management theme of "coordination and innovation", take digitization, networking and intelligence as the lighthouse, practically improve the level of fine management, continue to firmly follow the intensive development path driven by innovation and natural growth, constantly take bold step in promoting the strategy of "leading by the cruise ship, balancing development of merchant vessels and offshore products" and completing the construction task of China's first large cruise ship on time, pick the "last pearl in the crown" of shipbuilding industry, and add a splendid chapter to the history and create new brilliance of China's shipbuilding industry.
