On December 7, the No. 4 ship (H1793A) built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, for QatarEnergy’s historic LNG fleet expansion program successfully completed the “two-in-one” sea trial and returned safely.
The H1793A ship is the first LNG carrier constructed by the Third Assembly Department of Hudong-Zhonghua.
The department attaches great importance to it, carefully plans every production node, applies lean management tools, implements the real-name system for outfitting pallet installation, ensures the installation integrity at the dock stage, and continuously improves the rhythmic construction; on the other hand, it strengthens learning and exchanges with the Second General Assembly Department which has rich construction experience, and organizes technical backbones to take the initiative to go to the Second Department to learn the entire process from installation, commissioning, to sea trials, etc.
At present, the Third Assembly Department of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has devoted all its efforts to resolving sea trial opinions and is making a full sprint towards the ship delivery target.