VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

China builds first polar research ship

8 years ago

China is set to bolster its presence in the Antarctic research community using a sophisticated polar support vessel laid down at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai and embodying Finnish design and engineering technology. David Tinsley reports.

Chinese shipbuilding will have a new technological reference point with the polar icebreaker Xue Long 2

China is set to bolster its presence in the Antarctic research community using a sophisticated polar support vessel laid down at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai and embodying Finnish design and engineering technology. David Tinsley reports.