China: Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Completes Construction of Its Second Dry Dock

Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry recently completed construction works on its dry-dock No. 2 at Shipbuilding & Shiprepairing Base located in Lingang Economic Zone. With this brand new dry-dock, the company will significantly increase its ship-repairing capabilities .

The new dry-dock No. 2 with its 440m in length, 80m in breadth, 13.3m in depth, can easily undertake repairing and conversion work for vessels under 300.000 DWT such as bulk-carrier, container vessel, ice-breaker vessel, oil tanker, ro-ro passenger, chemical vessel and offshore engineering etc. The dry-dock is equipped with 4 sets of cranes (32t*58m*2sets & 32t*80m*2 sets).

In addition, 2 sets of 800t gantry crane will be will be operational in 2012.

TIANJIN XINGANG SHIPBUILDING HEAVY INDUSTRY CO., LTD. built in 1940, located in Xingang, Tanggu, Tianjin，at the mouth of HAIHE RIVER and BOHAI BAY, is the important base for repairing, conversion, building for vessels, offshore project, large onshore project in northern China. The yard accumulated abundant ship-repairing technology & engineering management, and have repaired vessels from Singapore, Greece, Polish, America, Russia, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong etc. In accordance with the general program of Tianjin Binhai New Area, the shipyard has moved to Lingang Economic Zone. The new shipyard covers an area of 3,500,000 square m and the coastline of 3,900 meters. Also, the shipyard constructed two shipbuilding dry-docks (one 520m ×110m ×13.3m and the other 440m ×80m ×13.3m) and two ship-repairing dry-docks ( one 300,000 DWT, and the other 500,000 DWT)

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, January 3, 2012; Image: shiprepair-xgsy