In the first half of this year, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), made continuous efforts in the areas of business undertaking, lean production and management enhancement, delivering 13 ships and marine products, completing 50% of the annual plan; signing and entering into force of 24 ships and marine products, over completing the annual undertaking tasks, and the production plan has already been scheduled for the year of 2028; and the operating income has increased by 58% year-on-year.
DSIC actively planned line schedule adjustment and production speed-up to improve resource utilization rate, and planned to increase production by 23 vessels compared with the line schedule at the end of 2023, with significant improvement in economic benefits of inserted vessel orders.The order structure developed towards medium-high-end and batch, with medium-high-end ships accounting for 93% and batch products accounting for 97%, of which 14 new VLCCs were signed, accounting for 27% of the global number of new VLCCs, and the market share of the main built ships was further improved.
DSIC focused on key projects, improved the quality and efficiency of the development of its main business and highlighted value creation, with the initial formation of the batch construction mode at its Dalian base, the continuous improvement of the production efficiency at its Shanhaiguan base and the continuous compression of the key cycle of major vessels at its Tianjin base.
Focusing on low-carbon and zero-carbon emission ships, DSIC carries out low-carbon and zero-carbon development and design focusing on the application of low-carbon and zero-carbon fuels of methanol and liquid ammonia. Meanwhile, DSIC also carries out design work for 14 new products, of which 4 new products are designed for production in parallel.