Shipbuilding industry in Jingjiang City, under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, has tided over the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic to realize new growth.

Among the progress, Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding has recently delivered a 156,500 DWT crude oil tanker and two 64,900 DWT bulk carriers and also completed a 325,000 DWT ore carrier.  Another shipbuilder, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, has also delivered its first 12,690 TEU container ship, and received new orders for two ships.

Data from the Ship Office of the Jingjiang Bureau of Industry and Information Technology showed, in the first six months, the city’s shipbuilders build ships with an accumulated 4.392 million DWT, accounting for 46.7 percent of the total in Jiangsu and 25 percent in China. The new ship orders involved a total 2.176 million DWT, accounting for 51.6 percent in Jiangsu and 17.4 percent nationally.

The order backlog reached 13.843 million DWT in Jingjiang, 45.6 percent in Jiangsu and 18.1 percent  in the country.

Ship manufacturing is the pillar industry in Jingjiang. Since mid-February, the city has organized extensive campaigns to fight against the pandemic, promote business recovery, improve  people’s livelihood, and ensure the market stability. Task forces visited shipbuilders and related companies to help address practical problems. The two top ship makers, Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, boosted the pandemic response and resumption of work, ensured the timely manufacturing and delivery of ships, optimized resources allocation to develop the market, and  make all-out efforts to achieve success.

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