CSSC to build worlds largest marine equipment base

The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) plans to turn its subsidiary, the Jiangnan Heavy Industry (JHIC), into the biggest specialized marine equipment and ship fitting supply base in China in the next five years. As the leading manufacturers of steel structures, LPG tanks and integrated mechanical engineering projects in China, JHIC has expanded its operation to marine-related equipment such as steering systems, LPG tanks, hatch covers and ship?s cabins. JHIC’s new workshop on Changxing Island is expected to start production soon, helping increase the company’s production of propeller shafts and steering system by more than 100% to reach 70-80 units annually.

JHIC’s new joint venture based in Nantong city in east China is expected to have an annual output of 40,000 sets of hatch cover by 2009. It also plans to build a ship accommodation superstructure production base in two phases to form annual production capacity of 100 units.