To develop the shipping industry in the Republic of China positively, the ROC government follows the policy that Chinese ships should be built and repaired by Chinese shipbuilding companies and Chinese cargoes should be transported by Chinese ships. The China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSC) is playing an important role in fulfilling that policy. It opened a new era in shipbuilding history when a new tanker the CSC built was christened and launched on June 3. The tanker, the "Burmah Endeavour," with 445,000 dead weight tons, is the largest vessel (Ultra Large Crude-oil Carrier--ULCC) the CSC has ever built and the third largest ship in the world. It cost US$75 million.
The construction of the Kaohsiung yard of the China Shipbuilding Corporation was started in January 1974. When eighty percent of the project was completed in October 1975, the CSC began to build tankers. As of now, the shipyard has received orders for building sixteen vessels and repairing more than eighty ships of various sizes. The cost of constructing the shipyard reached NT$8,400,000,000 (US$221,052,630). The shipyard, one of the newest in the world, is equipped with ultra-modern machinery and facilities and has an annual capability of l,500,000 DWT for shipbuilding and 2,500,000 gross tons for ship repairs. Its dry dock, the second largest in the world, is 950 meters long, 92 meters wide and 14 meters in average depth. It is capable of handling oil tankers up to 1,000,000 DWT. Since its operations began, the CSC has maintained a good record both in shipbuilding and in repairing.
At the launching ceremony
Noted guests on hand for the occasion
Spectators fascinated by the enormous dry dock
The stern of the world's third largest ship
The installation of the main engine
Construction of a new vessel
The propeller of the Ultra Large Crude-oil Carrier
Water flows into the dry dock for the launching
Building an Ultra Large Crude-oil Carrier
Top side of the huge tanker
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