One of three 47,500T bulk carrier (Hull No. CIS47500/B-01 ) for Ningbo Marine Co., Ltd. was launched smoothly in 80,000 tonner slipway at Sanjiangying shipbuilding base by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., which is another innovative hull form following 46,000T oil tankers and 57,300T bulk carriers developed by Jiangsu Company, Worldmaritimenews reports. The captioned 47,500T bulk carrier was scheduled to be delivered by November this year.
China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd was constructed based on the standard of being the leading company in the domestic country and the first-class shipbuilding enterprise in the world. The shipbuilding base was founded and started operation on April 28, 2007, planned to finish all the constructions and put into full operation in 2010 with annual production capacity of 3.5 million DWT. Presently the company’s orderbook has over 60 ships and the production planning has been arranged till 2012. There are more than 10 ships which have been delivered and classified by ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, GL, LR and other major classification societies.