On April 7, Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bestway Marine & Energy Technology, and China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group signed a contract to build a 156-meter dynamically positioned piling driving vessel.
The vessel was funded by China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group, designed by Shanghai Jiahao Marine Engineering Research and Design and built by Dajin Heavy Industry. The vessel is a marine engineering equipment specially designed for the Salvador Cross-Sea Bridge project in Brazil. It is also China’s first piling vessel with a dynamic positioning system and three world-class performance indicators.
Its pile frame height reaches 156 meters (the highest in the world), the operating water depth exceeds 70 meters (the deepest in the industry), and the piling positioning accuracy reaches the centimeter level (coordinated control through dual-frequency RTK GPS and Beidou dual-mode positioning system), setting a new height in China’s piling vessel technology.
As a core business segment for the strategic development of Bestway Marine & Energy Technology, Dajin Heavy Industry has accumulated rich experience by successfully delivering several offshore platforms based on the digital virtual shipbuilding platform. This is a renewed cooperation between the two parties, based on the good foundation of the previous cooperation in which a 1300-ton revolving derrick barge will be delivered soon.
This piling driving vessel will become another landmark achievement in China’s offshore engineering equipment manufacturing field, providing strong support for offshore wind power and bridge construction.