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Mitsubishi Heavy gets municipal permission for new yard

Mitsubishi Heavy gets municipal permission for new yard

Tokyo: This March the Shimonoseki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will construct a new yard for high-speed aluminum boats. The yard will be ready by October, the Kaiji Press reported. Currently MHI builds aluminum ships of between 50-300 grt. The new yard will allow it to build vessels larger than 400 grt.  [22/01/07]