China’s Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding has reportedly secured an order for the construction of seven 27,000 dwt multipurpose cargo vessels from a domestic shipowner with delivery scheduled for 2011. Ship prices were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
The shipbuilder also won a ropax ferry order from Guangdong Zhanjiang Shipping Group for delivery in 2010. The ferry will accommodate 45 vehicles and 900 passengers.<\/p>\n
Taizhou Kouan is a private sector shipbuilder located in Taizhou city, Jiangsu province, and specialises in building handysize bulkers and feeder boxships with three 10,000 to 50,000 dwt building berths.<\/p>\n
It started construction of its second factory Taizhou Catic Shipbuilding Heavy Industry in 2007 and completed phase-1 construction, involving building a 100,000 dwt size dock, in November last year. The yard plans to build 57,000-dwt and 92,500-dwt bulkers at the new facility which delivered its first newbuilding, a 57,000-dwt bulker, in July this year to Germany’s Ahrenkiel Group.<\/p>\n
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