Asia's first cylindrical floating production, storage and offloading facility, designed and built by China, finished hull construction on Thursday, a breakthrough in the nation's deepwater, ultra-large offshore oil and gas equipment development, said industry experts.
行业专家表示，由中国设计和建造的亚洲首个圆柱形浮式生产、储存和卸载设施于周四完成了船体建造，这是中国深水、超大型海上油气设备开发的一个突破。
When the vessel is sailing, the air compression system on board injects compressed air into the bottom of the vessel, forming a layer of air at the bottom, reducing direct contact between seawater and the hull, which can greatly reduce the resistance of seawater.
当船只航行时，船上的空气压缩系统将压缩空气注入船底，在船底形成一层空气，减少海水与船体的直接接触，可以大大降低海水的阻力。
A ship's draft is the vertical distance between the water line and the bottom of the hull.
船的吃水深度是指水线和船体底部之间的垂直距离。
Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said: "Huaneng is a success story of China's internationalisation strategy, especially in the sector of energy.
英国赫尔大学国际商法教授Christopher Bovis表示：“华能是中国国际化战略的成功案例，尤其是在能源领域。
The new ships are equipped with bigger membrane LNG fuel tank inside the hull, which is expected to provide strong support to long-haul container transportation.
It measures 30.4 meters from hull to top, with a maximum capacity of 400,000 tons.
Renhe Commercial attempted to purchase Hull FC last year, but eventually withdrew the offer.
Cutting-edge technologies, sustainable solutions move to forefront over conventional goodsEarly last month, work began on closing the hull of an offshore wind turbine installation vessel at a shipyard owned by a company in Yantai, Shandong province.
Chris Bovis, a professor of International Business at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, echoed this sentiment, saying: "The long-term prospects for the Chinese economy have not changed.
Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said, "The significance of the meeting between the Chinese vice-premier and the US treasury secretary is not to be underestimated.
"Christopher Bovis, international business law professor at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said "The world leaders face a massive challenge in 2023.
CNOOC has overcome several challenges, including integrated hull designs and compact modular space design layouts during the process, the company said.
Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said the Chinese government has highlighted the foundations of international cooperation by enhancing global trade partnerships, which are based on free trade and market access.
Chris Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull, said, "China has shown best practice to the world in the effort to eliminate the pandemic.
The total design weight of the first domestic cruise ship was 135,500 metric tons, with a hull weight of approximately 65,000 tons.
The State-owned shipbuilder also delivered the hull and living quarters of the Bacalhau — the world's first M350 floating, production, storage and offloading vessel — to its client Equinor ASA, a Norwegian energy company, in May in Dalian, marking a breakthrough for the Chinese shipbuilding industry.
Haiyang Shiyou 122, Asia's first cylindrical floating production, storage and offloading facility, designed and built by China, finished hull construction on Aug 17 in Qingdao, Shandong province, a breakthrough in the nation's deepwater, ultra-large offshore oil and gas equipment development, according to China National Offshore Oil Corp.
The hull and living quarters of the Bacalhau — the world's first M350 floating, production, storage and offloading vessel — were delivered on Friday at the Changxingdao shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning province, marking a breakthrough for the Chinese shipbuilding industry.
The M350 FPSO features a hull about 350 meters long.
"According to Pan, this is the seventh newly built FPSO delivered by the company, and its first collaboration on an FPSO hull with Equinor and Modec.
CNOOC has overcome several challenges, including integrated hull design and compact modular space design layout, during the process, the company said.
At the floating stage, the 323.6-meter-long and 37.2-meter-wide cruise ship's elimination of remaining stress in the hull structure will help technicians collect data as they measure and verify the vessel to ensure its structural safety and stability.
China's first homegrown cruise ship saw the completion of its hull structure in Shanghai on Monday, marking the 135,500-gross-ton Vista-class vessel's entering the second-half production phase and a technological breakthrough for the country's cruise shipbuilding sector, experts said.
A ceremony to celebrate the cruise ship's hull structure completion was held on Monday morning at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd, where the ship is being built.
"After completing the ship's hull, we are fully entering into the phase of equipment installation, adjustment and interior decor.
China's first homegrown cruise ship completed its hull structure in Shanghai on Monday, marking the 135,500-metric-ton Vista-class vessel entry into the second half production phase, experts said.
A ceremony to celebrate the completion of the cruise ship's hull structure was held on Monday morning at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, a unit of the world's largest shipbuilder the China State Shipbuilding Corp. Two years after its steel sheet cutting ceremony, the vessel has finished more than 45 percent of its total construction workload.
Since cutting its first steel sheet on Oct 18, 2019, the Vista-class vessel held its coin ceremony and started hull erection and is projected to enter its most critical phase in construction in the fourth quarter of this year.
"(By then) the hull structure of the cruise ship will be completed.
The jet hull loss rate for 100 consecutive months was zero, and China has gained significant progress in on-time flight performance," he said.
"We have so much at stake," said Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull.
Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said: "BYD represents a strategic entry by China into a sector which will dominate the production process of private and commercial vehicles.
Since its steel sheet cutting ceremony more than two years ago, 60,000 pieces of drawings have been transformed into 675 sections and 74 major sections before the cruise ship finally took shape as the 323.6-meter-long, 37.2-meter-wide hull structure in October.
At the stage of floating, the ship can release and eliminate the remaining stress in the hull structure.