On April 14, contract for four 4999DWT tankers, signed between SF shipyard and Singapore owner NORR SYSTEMS PTE.LTD, came into force officially. As scheduled, these four tankers will be delivered between June to December in 2012.
The vessel mentioned about is 90m in length overall, 15.8m in moulded breath and 6.5m in design draft.
Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co ., Ltd is a robust large-scale ship-building company. As early as 2006, it was ranked as one of “Jiangsu Top 10 Shipbuilding Enterprises”. It also has been conferred with various honorary titles, such as “Jiangsu Top 100 Privately-owned Enterprises”,“Jiangsu Model Unit”,“Taizhou Top 30 Enterprises”,“Taizhou Top 10 Privately-owned Enterprises”,just to name a few。
The shipyard is on the golden waterway along Yangtze River, bordering first-class open port –Taizhou port on its north, Nantong city on its east, Yangzhou city on its west, and several big cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, suzhou and Wuxi city on its south across the Yangtze River. Dubbed as “Gateway to River and Sea”, it enjoys convenient land and water transportation thanks to its unique geographic location ,with 328 national highway, Beijing-Shanghai expressway, and expressway along Yangtze River passing through its surrounding areas. Established in 1985, Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co., Ltd, includes three factory areas, namely, Kou’an site, Yong’an site and Taixing site. Covering a total area of around 1.5 million square meters and more than 2000m of natural shoreline of Yangtze River, it is a perfect place for shipbuilding.
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Source: SFshipyard, April 25, 2011.