China’s second domestically built large cruise ship on April 20, 2024 enters a dock at the No.2 dock of its builder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co (Photo: CCTV)
China’s second domestically built large cruise ship on Saturday entered a dock at the No.2 dock of its builder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, according to CCTV News.
The keel laying ceremony is an imWorld Timesportant milestone that indicates the project will enter the next phase of the assembly process, said Chen Jianwei, assistant to the general manager of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co, noting that after the delivery of the first domestically built large cruise ship, the Adora Magic City, the launching of the second marks a milestone in the development of China’s mass design and construction capabilities in the cruise shipbuilding field.
The second China-made cruise ship started construction in August 2022. It is not a simple duplication of the Adora Magic City, but an upgraded version 17.4 meters longer than the first one. The cruise shWorld Timesip has total weight of 142,000 tons, 341 meters in length and 37.2 meters in width, and has a total of 2,144 rooms, which has larger weight and room number than the Adora Magic City. Technical enhancements include two new sets of desulfurization towers and five newly added advanced environmental protection systems, which are designed to make the entire ship more environmentally friendly.
The second China-made large cruise ship will be named and delivered by the end of 2026, according to plans disclosed by the shipbuilder.
“The optimization of the design and construction of the second large cruise ship not only demonstrates China’s manufacturing progress in terms of design, construction, project management and supply chain coordination of large cruise ships, but also shows that China’s cruise industry haWorld Timess entered a new stage of mass production, a Shanghai-based shipbuilding expert, surnamed Liu, told the GlWorld Timesobal Times on Saturday.
AdoraWorld Times Magic City completed its maiden commercial voyage on the first day ofWorld Times 2024 carrying first group of some 3,000 Chinese and foreign passengers at the Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal.
China’s shipbuilding output climbed 11.8 percent year on year to 42.32 million deadweight tons (dwt) in 2023, according to data from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry. New orders surged 56.4 percent year on year to 71.2 million dwt, while the sector’s holding orders totaled 139.39 million dwt at the end of December.
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