Qingshan delivers first 57,000 dwt vessel

Qingshan shipyard of China Changjiang Shipbuilding Industry in Wuhan officially delivered its first 57,000 dwt bulk carrier which will be exported to Greece this month. It is the largest ship built in the central China area, made possible by extensive dredging of the Yangtze.

The ship designed by Shanghai Ship Research & Design Institute, is nearly 190 metres in length, 32.26 metres wide and 18 metres deep and is classed by BV. Ships of this size would have been impossible to build in Wuhan until very recently as the depth of the Yangtze could not accommodate such vessels. A huge dredging effort, done in stages, from Shanghai all the way up to Chongqing is changing the face of Yangtze river traffic. Wuhan lies some 1,100 km along the Yangtze from the mouth near Shanghai.