Overview
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry combines the formerly separate Chinese state-owned yards COSCO Dalian, COSCO Nantong, COSCO Zhoushan, and COSCO Qidong under a single management. The group builds container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, and a growing offshore book including jack-up rigs and FPSOs.
Key facts
- Multiple yards (Dalian, Nantong, Zhoushan, Qidong)
- Part of COSCO Shipping group
- State-owned Chinese yard
- Container, bulk, tanker + offshore
- Major new-build for COSCO fleet
Why it matters to seafarers
COSCO Shipping HI builds for COSCO's own fleet plus external customers; Chinese-flag officers and many foreign-flag engineers on COSCO-time-chartered tonnage will work on these hulls.
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Classification societies: ccs