On April 18, Hengli Heavy Industries Group Co., Ltd. delivered a 61,000 dwt bulk carrier, which is the first ship built by Hengli Heavy Industries, more than 40 days ahead of the delivery date set at the beginning of this year.
The bulk carrier has a capacity of 61,000 tons deadweight. Classed by China Classification Society (CCS), the bulk carrier has an overall length of 199.9 meters, a beam of 34 meters, a depth of 16.3 meters and a design draft of 11.85 meters with a design speed of 13.0 knots. It is featured with green environmental protection, low energy consumption, etc. and all performance and efficiency indexes are at a high level. As the first ship built by Hengli Heavy Industries, the bulk carrier was officially opened on January 28, 2023.
Hengli Heavy Industries, formerly known as STX Dalian Shipbuilding Co Ltd, was reportedly the largest foreign-owned shipyard in China. The company was founded in 2006, and declared bankruptcy and liquidation on December 20, 2015. In July 2022, Hengli Heavy Industry Group Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of Hengli Group, acquired STX Dalian Shipbuilding at a price of RMB 2.11 billion (about US$293 million).
In the fourth quarter of 2022, Hengli Group placed an order for four 20,000 DWT bulk carriers with Hengli Heavy Industry, marking the official restart of Hengli Heavy Industry’s shipbuilding business.
At the beginning of 2023, Hengli Heavy Industrial Park was formally operated, and Hengli Shipbuilding (Dalian) Co. Ltd. has gathered more than 30 domestic and foreign well-known experts in design, quality and production to set up a ship design research center. Meanwhile, Hengli Heavy Industry keeps upgrading and remodeling the production line, and focuses on the construction of six major sectors, including shipbuilding, marine engineering, engine, equipment manufacturing, precision casting and green building materials. After full operation, the industrial park will have an annual steel processing capacity of 1 million tons, shipbuilding capacity of 6.3 million deadweight tons, the annual delivery of 40 vessels.
Since its commissioning, Hengli Heavy Industries has not only been committed to soliciting new ship orders to expand its market share, but also formally entered the field of large-scale international container ship construction by cooperating with Samsung Heavy Industries, the South Korean shipbuilding giant, in the construction of 15,000 TEU container ships.