On May 29, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, completed four major production nodes in a single day - two 7000TEU container ships started construction smoothly, one 7000TEU container ship was undocked perfectly, and one 114,000-ton Afra The type product tanker was successfully delivered.
So far, Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has delivered a total of 10 ships/1.898 million deadweight tons in 2023, completing 53% and 74% of the company's annual delivery plan respectively, including seven 190,000-ton dual-fuel bulk carriers and one "general-purpose" Offshore floating production storage vessel (FPSO) and two 114,000-ton Afra product oil tankers; operating and undertaking orders for 23 new ships/2,099,500 deadweight tons, exceeding the original annual operating tasks, with a completion rate as high as 188%. Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding delivered more than half of the ships and received business orders that far exceeded the annual target. It delivered a brilliant "interim" answer sheet in advance of "profound production and construction, and strong market operation resilience". Fruitful results have been achieved in operations, R&D and design, and construction of key products, laying a solid foundation for the full completion of the 2023 production and operation goals and tasks.
Go all out to promote cost reduction and efficiency increase R&D design to become a strong engine
2023 is the first year that Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. ushered in the transformation and development of three types of products - cruise ships, civilian ships, and offshore engineering. The operating policy of cruise ships as the main body, and improving the profitability of private marine engineering, focusing on the management theme of "integrated development, innovation and breakthrough", in order to effectively improve the project management and enterprise management level of different main construction products and different production areas, the company has formulated more than 80 Project key management work runs through all aspects of enterprise production and operation, and strengthens process management to form a promotion model of "regular tracking and key reporting" to help improve management level.
It is understood that around the three major areas of procurement cost governance, production cost compression, and non-rigid cost reduction, focus on design optimization and cost reduction, material consumption/logistics management improvement, internal and external cost control, production labor cost control, external special fee reduction, With six major measures to reduce management costs, Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding established more than 200 cost engineering promotion projects at the beginning of the year. As of the end of May, the company has completed nearly 50% of the annual cost reduction target, and is going all out to promote cost reduction and efficiency increase.
"Adapting to needs, planning in advance, and leading the market" have always been the three magic weapons for the R&D and design of Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. Under the current international situation, green energy conservation, low-carbon environmental protection has become the consensus of the development of the shipping industry.
According to the introduction of Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, as early as 2012, the company began to study the international shipping market trends and relevant rules and regulations in depth. Possess independent R&D and design capabilities for dual-fuel powered ships.
R&D and design, as a powerful engine for the breakthrough development of the company's market operation, have won orders and obtained opportunities for Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding in the segmented market fields of various main ship types. At present, the company's orders for Aframax tankers and 7000TEU container ships are far ahead in their respective segments, demonstrating the strong appeal and influence of the "SWS Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding" corporate brand in the international shipbuilding market.
The large cruise ship is sprinting with all its strength, and the overall progress of the project has reached more than 90%
A large cruise ship is a giant system project of the integration and intensification of modern industry and modern city construction, representing a country's equipment construction capability and comprehensive technological level. After more than three years of meticulous craftsmanship, China's first large-scale cruise ship has successively overcome a series of technical problems such as hull weight control, vibration and noise reduction, and safe return to port design, forming a series of scientific and technological achievements, filling many domestic technological problems blank.
It is understood that since the second half of 2022, after three rounds of "struggle for 120 days" themed tackling activities, and the full implementation of the "two-shift cruise ship system", at present, the overall progress of China's first large-scale cruise ship project has reached more than 90%, and it has fully entered The "decisive battle period" for completion and delivery. It is expected to usher in the key node of undocking in early June, and this giant white ship carrying the Chinese "dream of shipbuilding" is about to set sail.
Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding's "interim" answer sheet has been successfully handed over. Facing the new journey in the second half of the year, Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding stated that it will promote the "running speed" of civilian ships, the "steady pace" of offshore engineering, and the "improvement of efficiency" of cruise ships, so as to fully and satisfactorily complete the delivery task of China's first large-scale cruise ship.
