Dayang Shipbuilding delivers 200th ship

The 200 vessels delivered by Dayang, which is one of the construction bases of the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, all have been for international clients. They include 142 bulk carriers, 44 OSVs, 10 container vessels and four LPG vessels, representing a total deadweight of 8.923 million tonnes.

“Starting from the first 53,500 DWT bulk carrier, the serialisation of our products and processes has enabled Dayang Shipyard to develop fast,” said Simon Liang, chairman and CEO, Sinopacific.

“Among the many vessels that Dayang Shipyard has delivered, our own brand products with our in-house design account for as much as 53%, most of which are environmentally-friendly and energy-saving vessels. This milestone highlights the strength and ensuing productivity brought by Sinopacific’s strategy and technology driven policy,” he added.

The latest vessel built was a GPA696 IMR vessel – the seventh in the series constructed by Sinopacific. The first GPA696 was delivered by Sinopacific Zhejiang Shipyard in 2011, which became the first Chinese shipyard to construct an OSV with such a sophisticated design.

Recently, Sinopacific has secured OSV orders from major European and American shipowners from countries such as Norway, and the company’ sin-house design OSV under the ‘SP’ brand has received its first orders from Russia, Mexico and Singapore.