On March 18, Jin Hanlin, chairman of China Shipbuilding Industry Group, came to China Shipping again, of course, this time Jin Hanlin came to China Shipping, in addition to wanting to see the progress of Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Base, but also to inspect Wudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., the purpose of course to understand one of the most important projects of China Shipbuilding Industry Group, LNG ship construction.
This time Jin Hanlin also brought the group's experts, Shen Huan is one of them, as the deputy director of the Technology Innovation Center of the Engineering Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Group, he is now becoming more and more famous.
The LNG ship project of Wudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. is one of the most important civilian ship types of China Shipbuilding Industry Group.
Because LNG carriers are known as one of the two pearls in the crown of the shipbuilding industry, one pearl is a large luxury cruise ship, and the other pearl is an LNG ship.
The LNG ship of Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard is a huge breakthrough in China's shipbuilding industry in the three-high ship type, and it can be said that it is a milestone breakthrough.
The construction of the first ship started on December 15 last year, and it has been three months now, and it is not only Jin Hanlin, the helmsman of the China Shipbuilding Industry Group, who is very concerned, but also Shen Huan and other experts.
As early as 1997, Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard began to conduct research on LNG carriers, and on this basis, in 2002, it won the bid for the Yuedong LNG ship transportation project in one fell swoop, becoming the first shipyard in China to undertake the construction of LNG carriers.
It can be said that the first LNG ship of Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard does not know how many Chinese shipbuilders are affected.
Because LNG carriers are internationally recognized as a high-tech, high-value-added ship type, China's shipbuilding industry finally has such an opportunity at this time to achieve a breakthrough in the construction of high-end ship types, of course, this is also a big test of the design and construction level of China's shipbuilding industry.
You must know that in order to build LNG ships, not only the technical strength of Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard is working hard, but also the engineering research institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Group and other units are fully supporting, especially the technology innovation center, after all, LNG ships are under construction, and a large number of new processes and technologies must be applied.
According to the construction plan, the hull of the LNG ship will be docked in June this year, and the dock period is only 180 days, so it can be said that the construction period is very tight.
After Jin Hanlin came to Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, he went straight to the sectional workshop, and in the curved sectional workshop, Zhao Yongjie, general manager of Wudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., seriously introduced the construction of the first LNG ship to Jin Hanlin.
When he heard Zhao Yongjie's introduction that the work was progressing smoothly, Jin Hanlin said to the people who accompanied him: "Comrades, today everyone is fortunate to come to our Wudong-Zhonghua and see the construction of the first LNG ship in China's shipbuilding industry. ” "It should be clear to everyone what the construction of this first LNG ship means?
It means that China's shipbuilding industry has begun to truly enter the field of high-tech shipbuilding.
Some people may say that in addition to LNG and large luxury cruise ships, such as luxury ro-ro passenger ships and large container ships, these are not counted?
I don't think so.
Jin Hanlin said in a deep voice.
"Compared with LNG carriers, the design and construction of those ship types are relatively small!
LNG ship concentrates the world's most advanced shipbuilding technology today, and only a few European countries, foot basin countries and stick countries can build at present, but we have now broken through, although our LNG ship has also introduced some foreign technology and patents, but its significance for us is that it is the first LNG ship we built.
When Jin Hanlin said this, he couldn't help but be a little excited.
In Shen Huan's mind, he couldn't help but think of the situation of Chinese-made LNG ships sailing in several oceans of the world, especially after the completion of the Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Base, Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard also began to build more LNG ships there.
By the time of the fourth generation of LNG carriers, Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard has built three generations, a total of 15 LNG ships with independent intellectual property rights.
The fourth-generation LNG ship has brought the construction of China's LNG ship into the stage of China's intelligent manufacturing.
Because the fourth-generation LNG ship of Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard is not only the world's largest LNG carrier, but also the most technologically advanced LNG carrier.
Jin Hanlin continued: "Our Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, relying on the efforts of the whole factory, has become the first person to eat the crab of LNG shipbuilding, which is really a boost to our Chinese shipbuilders!"
In the future, we will continue to comprehensively digest and absorb the technology of LNG carriers, and improve our design level and construction level, so as to gain a competitive advantage in the international LNG ship market.
In this regard, all units of China Shipbuilding Industry Group should also fully support Wudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, take technological innovation as a turning point, and strive to achieve comprehensive independent intellectual property rights!
” Everyone present listened carefully to the words of the helmsman from China Shipbuilding Industry Group and thought.
Jin Hanlin suddenly looked at Shen Huan and said with a smile: "Comrade Shen Huan, as the youngest expert in our technology innovation center, you can talk about your feelings!"
” At this moment, no one thought that Jin Hanlin would directly name him, Shen Huan was also stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted, as a reborn, he really has a lot of advanced insights that can be shared with the leaders and experts present.
Shen Huan also boldly spoke: "Leaders, I will dare to say my views, I think that with the development of China's economy, and the concept of green and sustainable development is becoming more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the promotion of China's environmental protection policy will definitely make major changes in China's energy structure." ” Hearing Shen Huan's prediction, the leaders and experts present couldn't help but be surprised that Shen Huan was so young that he could have such a vision.
Shen Huan continued: "Natural gas is a clean and efficient energy source, and the world's natural gas resources are also quite abundant.
It is likely that in the future, the use of natural gas will exceed that of coal and oil. ” "Especially in our country, the demand for energy will be more and more large, in the primary energy consumption structure, the proportion of natural gas will continue to increase, and the degree of dependence on foreign countries will be higher and higher, in this case, our country's LNG imports will be very high, and may even become the world's largest LNG importer in the future."
"Therefore, I believe that our LNG ships will have a very large market in the future, because a large number of LNG imports are inseparable from LNG ships, and if our LNG ships are overly dependent on foreign countries, this will cause huge hidden dangers to our energy security!"
"As a big country, energy security is too important, and if a foreign shipowner or shipyard gets stuck in our neck for some reason, it will be really dangerous.
So we must have the ability to build LNG carriers ourselves!
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