Adora Magic City, China's first domestically made large cruise ship, completed its first trial voyage on Monday, one day ahead of its schedule, according to China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd.During the eight-day trial voyage, which involved 1,217 people, the 135,500-gross-tonnage vessel completed tests...
China's first home-grown large cruise liner Adora Magic City arrived at its dock in Shanghai on Monday after completing the first trial voyage for eight days.The trial voyage concluded with all the tests meeting the designed standards.China's first home-grown large cruise ship Adora Magic City. /CFPStarting from July 17, the trial involved ...
SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, successfully delivered two 7000TEU container vessels named "Pelion" and "X-PRESS CAPELLA" recently. The delivery of these two ships demonstrates SWS ability to overcome difficulties of new shipping products, and improves its product structure for large and medium-sized container vessels, covering the s...
There are so many international friends who participating in the construction of the first Large Cruise Ship built-in-China , are you curious about why they came to Shanghai? How do they communicate with Chinese colleagues at work? How interesting is their life in Shanghai? Today, let's get to know the life in Shanghai of Aldo Pamic, INTER...
On June 6, the first large cruise ship built-in-China "Adora Magic City" has finally been launched in SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, opening the decisive period of dock mooring testing, sea trial, naming and delivery. It is only one step away from winning the "last crown pearls" of the shipbuilding industry, filling the gap of...
On May 18th, the hull painting project of the first large cruise ship built in China, produced by SWS, a subsidiary of CSSC, came to a perfect end! And the name of the first large cruise ship built in China “Adora Magic City” has been unveiled on May 19, “2023 China Tourism Day in Shanghai and the Release Ceremony for the Name of First L...
“Ubuntu Humanity”, a 190K DWT dual fuel bulk carrier built by SWS for Anglo American was delivered successfully on May 18th, which is the 9th vessel SWS delivered in 2023.“Ubuntu Humanity” is the second 190K DWT dual fuel bulk carrier built for Anglo American. This kind of dual fuel vessel is 299.88 meters long, 47.5 meters breadthwis...
On May 5th, the 300K DWT dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC) vessel jointly developed by SWS, Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) and Bureau Veritas (BV), obtained the Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate by BV. The vessel is equipped with 10,000 cubic meters of fuel storage tanks and uses GTT's MARK III membrane cabin technology t...
“Ubuntu Empathy” and “Ubuntu Humanity”, two 190K DWT dual fuel bulk carriers built by SWS for Anglo American were named virtually on May 9th. Meanwhile,“Ubuntu Empathy” was delivered successfully, which is the 8th vessels SWS delivered in 2023.“Ubuntu Empathy” and “Ubuntu Humanity” are the first two 190K DWT dual fuel bulk car...
There are so many international friends who participating in the construction of the first Large Cruise Ship built-in-China, are you curious about why they came to Shanghai? How do they communicate with Chinese colleagues at work? How interesting is their life in Shanghai? Today, let's get to know the life in Shanghai of Luciano Mattioli, the C...
Large cruise liners are regarded as one of the most challenging vessels to build because of their complexity and high standards. And after three years of construction, China's first homegrown cruise liner is scheduled for delivery in 2023. CGTN follows an engineer busy working on its final stage before sailing. To all the workers who have ...
There are so many international friends who participating in the construction of the first Large Cruise Ship built-in-China, are you curious about why they came to Shanghai? How do they communicate with Chinese colleagues at work? How interesting is their life in Shanghai? Today, let's step into the colorful world of Italian Matteo Benci who is...
SWS, the subsidiary of CSSC, delivered one 114k DWT Aframax oil tanker "KAVAFIS" to ENESEL S.A. on April 12. This is also the 50th Aframax oil tanker since SWS delivered first one "PRIMO STEALTH" on April 15, 2005.“KAVAFIS” is a new generation of Aframax oil tanker with notable features such as “green, environmental protec...
On April 5, the fourth generic Fast4ward® Multi Purpose Floater (MPF4) Hull built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS), was delivered to SBM OFFSHORE in Shanghai on schedule.MPF4 adopted SBM OFFSHORE’s proprietary generic hull design following the previous three MPF hulls which were all completed and delivered by SWS. The concept ...
On April 4, the fifth generic Fast4Ward® Multi Purpose Floater (MPF5) Hull awarded to Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.(SWS), started construction on time as per schedule.MPF5 adopted SBM OFFSHORE’s proprietary generic hull design. The basic solution is an FPSO with a storage capacity up to 2.3 million barrels of crude oil. The ge...