On November 14, Zhejiang Energy Group Co., Ltd. released the “Announcement of Winning Candidates for Ningbo Ocean Shipping’s New Construction of Four 64,000 DWT Bulk Carriers”.
According to the public notice, Jiangsu Haitong Offshore Engineering Equipment Co.,Ltd.(JSHT) with RMB 1.07 billion offer ranked first among the winning candidates, to win this four 64,000 DWT bulk carriers.
According to previous reports, On October 9, Ningbo Ocean Shipping released the Announcement on the Newbuilding of Four 64,000 DWT Bulk Carriers. The announcement disclosed that Ningbo Ocean Shipping proposed to build up to 4 new 64,000 DWT bulk carriers including two options for vessels of the same type. And the total investment of the project is expected to be not more than RMB 1.165 billion ( about US$ 165 million).
The first vessel is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2027, with the subsequent vessel deliveries to be subject to the specifics of the vessel construction contracts to be signed. The project will focus on international bulk cargo transportation as well as domestic coastal transportation.
According to the official website, JSHT is located in the first class open ports, the provincial key shipbuilding park—Rugao port. With a total land area of 500,000 m2, has 660m outfitting quay. JSHT promotes modern shipbuilding model, has one dry dock of 400m*50m; with one 1,100ton and one 300ton gantry crane; 10,000ton outfitting quay with two 4075 cranes; has pretreatment workshop, steel-cutting workshop, block workshop, piping workshop and painting workshop etc., the total production workshop area is 100,000 m2, with other 1000 sets advanced equipment.