Hong Kong's Go-Ahead Shipbuilding secures its first foreign order for a bulk carrier

2013-11-29 09:00

On November 18, Huangpu Shipbuilding made a breakthrough in its merchant ship operations, officially signing a contract with India's KC MARITIME LTD for the construction of four 64,000 DWT bulk carriers. According to Huangpu Shipbuilding's website, this marks the company's bulk carriers truly venturing abroad for the first time, which will accumulate experience for its future expansion into overseas markets.

This time, through the introduction of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (Hong Kong) Shipping Leasing Co., Ltd., Huangpu Shipbuilding successfully achieved its first cooperation with KC MARITIME LTD. After completion, the four 64,000 DWT bulk carriers will be delivered to four single-ship companies under KC MARITIME LTD (MAY

A NAVIGATION LIMITED, RANI NAVIGATION LIMITED, GOPI SHIPPING LIMITED, NOOR SHIPPING LIMITED.

This type of 64,000 DWT bulk carrier is an optimized and improved version based on Huangpu Shipbuilding's previously built 57,000 DWT bulk carriers. Its dimensions are: length 199.90 meters, width 32.26 meters, depth 18.50 meters, design draft 11.3 meters, speed 14.4 knots, and endurance 18,000 nautical miles, and is classified by LR. It features environmental friendliness, energy efficiency, fuel saving, large deadweight, and good seaworthiness. It is an economical Supramax vessel type, with its main performance and parameters superior to similar vessels on the market.