Tianjin Marine Equipment Manufacturing Expands Deep-Sea Industrial Capacity

Xinhua News Agency reported that Tianjin experienced solid expansion across its equipment manufacturing sector in the first three quarters, with value-added output in the marine equipment segment growing 37.2 percent year on year, while the municipality equipment manufacturing sector overall rose 9.2 percent. In the Lingang area of the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, CSSC Tianjin Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. delivered a methanol dual-fuel 15000TEU container ship, the CMA CGM Lorenzo, 16 days ahead of contract schedule on October 15, representing its 5th delivered vessel of that type during the year. At Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore Tianjin, order books have production scheduled through 2030, with overseas orders accounting for more than 85 percent and green-fuel vessels making up most delivered ships. Intelligent welding robots deployed there have boosted capacity more than 3 times compared with traditional production methods. In Bohai Bay Liaodong Bay, Deepinfar Ocean Technology Co., Ltd. deployed its newly introduced Otter tethered underwater robot to clean power station trash racks, and the vehicle earlier conducted underwater exploration during caisson bed construction for the Pinglu Canal to assist engineering assessment and operational maintenance.