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Shanghai Shipyard bags order for two multipurpose survey vessels

Shanghai Shipyard bags order for two multipurpose survey vessels
Shanghai Shipyard has clinched orders to build two multipurpose survey vessels for two local geological survey centres.

Qingdao Marine Geological Survey and Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey have each ordered one of the specialised vessels from Shanghai Shipyard, subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC).

Financial details and the delivery dates of the newbuildings were not disclosed.

CSSC said the orders were won after “intense competition” with more than 10 compatriot shipyards.