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VOLUME
82
25 October 2012
Monthly
Mission Statement To be a world leader in ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore marine engineering, we maintain trusting relationships with our
customers, employers, and partners, yielding best returns for shareholders, society and environment. Depending on our talented engineers working alongside
with an efficient project management team and a highly skilled workforce, we could guarantee to deliver the projects we undertake timely and professionally.
Petrobras high level executives
visit COSCO Dalian Shipyard
SEA INSTALLER
delivery ceremony
From October 1 to 4, the vice presidents of Brazilian oil major
Petrobras, Mr. Formigli and Mr. Figueiredo, paid a visit to COSCO Dalian
Shipyard. They visited the construction site of the two FPSOs, Cidade
De Mangaratiba MV24 and Papa Terra P-63, which are being converted
in COSCO Dalian Shipyard and were given a progress report of the two
projects. Mr. Formigli and Mr. Figueiredo recognized the sterling work
being carried out by COSCO Dalian Shipyard and expressed their sincere
gratitude to all the cooperative partners for their hard work.
On October 3, COSCO Shipyard and EEF entered into a contract
for the construction of 4 FPSO living quarters and the P75 hull repair
and conversion project. The signing ceremony was held at the COSCO
Shipyard Group Headquarters. The Petrobras vice presidents, Mr.
Formigli and Mr. Figueiredo, the EEP president, Mr. Fernando Barbosa,
the Kawasaki vice president, Mr. Kambayashi, the COSCO Shipyard
Group general manager, Mr. Wang Yuhang, the COSCO Shipyard Group
deputy general managers, Mr. Lu Shimin and Mr. Yan Chengxiang, and
others attended the ceremony.
In the evening of October 3, the COSCO Shipyard Group held a
“cooperation, development and friendship” themed grand banquet. High
level executives of a number of companies, including Petrobras, Modec,
BWO, QUIP and EEP, were invited. Mr. Wang Yuhang and Mr. Formigli
delivered impassioned speeches. Mr. Wang Yuhang spoke on behalf of
the COSCO Shipyard Group and expressed sincere gratitude to Petrobras
and all cooperative partners for their consistent support and trust in the
COSCO Shipyard Group, and promised to continue to provide the best
service possible to Petrobras and all cooperative partners.
O n O c t o b e r 1 9 , t h e 3 r d
generation wind turbine installation
jack up, N370, being built by
COSCO Nantong Shipyard, was
successfully delivered to its Danish
owner A2SEA as part of the Dong
Energy Power A/S.
The vessel was held sea trials
on Sept. 25, and went through
a s e r i e s o f i m p o r t a n t t e s t s
including the navigation system
and propulsion system tests, DP2
dynamic positioning system test
and FMEA test.
I n a d d i t i o n t o N 3 7 0 ,
COSCO Nantong Shipyard has
independently designed, built and
delivered another two secondgeneration
ultra-large offshore
turbine installation jack up.
The ultra-large offshore turbine
installation jack up has been
included in the 2012 National Key
New Project Plan. Another jack up
is now under construction in the
yard.
Interview with Mr. Murat Bakkal, the Site Manager of N341
“ W i t h i t s f a c i l i t i e s a n d
technology constantly being
updated, COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard keeps improving itself.
Your kind and good service really
impresses me.” Mr. Murat Bakkal
said in a recent interview.
Mr. Murat Bakka, a strong,
agreeable and responsible man,
is from the Turkish company ER
Shipping. As the Site Manager, he
works hard, applies strict standards
and has focused on technology
optimization since N191, the
first project between COSCO
Guangdong and ER.
As ER’s preferred partner in
China, COSCO Guangdong has
cooperated with ER in the ship
repair business since 1995. ER
signed 2 new-building contracts
with COSCO Guangdong Shipyard
for 57,000DWT bulk carriers in
August, 2007; additional orders
for two 57,0000DWT bulk carriers
in May 2010 and one 35,300DWT
Bulk Carrier in September 2011
were received at a time when
the shipping market was quite
depressed. So far, three vessels
have been delivered and have
been trading / sailing satisfactorily.
Currently, the remaining two
projects are under construction in
the yard.
The site team Mr. Murat leads
is cautious and conscientious. He
always works overtime for the
necessary items and only sleeps
4 to 5 hours a day. With work
experience with Class Societies
ABS and DNV, Mr. Murat possesses
a well-rounded professional
knowledge. “When I was a kid,
my father told me people should
do what they favor and enjoy the
process. Now, I like my job and
gain lots of fun from it”, he said in
explaining his hard work ethic and
also expressed his satisfaction with
COSCO Guangdong’s performance.
Mr. Wu Xingwu, who always
exerts his utmost effort in resolving
problems, and Mr. Li Rong, a
gentleman with excellent vision
and keen intellect, are the two
men that impress Mr. Murat the
most in the Shipyard. He recalls
the land here used to be covered
by banana trees and praises its
development, step by step into a
modern Shipyard. “You are kind
and always try your best to satisfy
the client, especially providing us
with such a good office”, Mr. Murat
speaks highly of the Shipyard’s
business services and thinks they
are the best in China.
As a witness to the shipyard’s
development, Mr. Murat also
thinks the shipyard still has some
room for improvement in areas
such as raising awareness of
safety production, strengthening
professional skill, increasing
communication and improving
the feedback system and quality
control.
Ta l k i n g a b o u t t h e g r i m
economic situation and depressed
market which has made the
shipyard feel great pressure, Mr.
Murat said it was a global industry
problem, “during the downturn, the
shipyard should pay more attention
to provide diversified services and
gain more returning customers and
strive to reduce costs and increase
efficiency further so as to prepare
for an improvement in the climate”.

2
Newbuilding
Shallow water pipe lay
barge naming ceremony
Delivery ceremony of N341 for ER
In the morning of September
29, the 57000DWT bulk carrier
N341, built by COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard for Turkish shipping
company ER, was successfully
named and delivered. She is the
27th bulk carrier to have been built
at the Dongguan site of COSCO
Guangdong Shipyard. The party
secretary of the city of Dongguan,
Mr. Xu Jianhua, the municipal
committee member of Dongguan,
Mr. Wang Jianyang, the vice mayor
of Dongguan, Mr. Wu Daowen,
the Commerce deputy of the
Consulate of Turkey in Guangzhou,
Mr. Hasan Kose, the chairman of
the board of ER, Mr. Cihan Ergenc,
the party secretary of COSCO
Shipyard Group, Mr. Ma Zhihong,
the vice president of Class NK, Mr.
S.Kakubari and others attended the
ceremony.
Mr. Ma Zhihong spoke on
behalf of the G.M. of COSCO
Shipyard Group, Mr. Wang Yuhang,
expressing sincere gratitude to
ER, the Consulate of Turkey in
Guangzhou, the government
of the city of Dongguan, the
government of Mayong Town,
Class NK and others for their trust,
understanding and support in the
development of COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard’s ship building business,
hoping that COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard will keep up the good
work, carry out subsequent ship
Two 57,000DWT bulk carriers
named in COSCO Guangdong
repair and new-building projects
from ER with quality and make a
contribution to the safe, scientific
and sustainable development of
the COSCO Shipyard Group and the
economic and social development
of Mayong Town.
ER and COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard have a 17-year history of
cooperation and have witnessed
each other’s growth over the
years. Since COSCO Guangdong
Shipyard entered the shipbuilding
field five years ago, it has already
undertaken the new-building of 5
vessels from ER, three of which,
including N341, have already been
put into operation, while the other
two are still under construction.
On September 28, a naming
ceremony was held for the
shallow water pipe lay barge,
converted by COSCO Nantong
Shipyard for the Dutch owner
Van Oord. The ceremony saw the
presence of executives of Van
Oord and representatives from
ABS classification society, as well
as executives of the Commercial
Headquarters of COSCO Shipyard
Group and COSCO Nantong
Shipyard.
At the ceremony, the general
manager of COSCO Nantong
Shipyard, Mr. Ni Tao, and the
chief executive officer of Van
Oord, Mr. Pieter, gave speeches.
The Godmother, Mrs. Annemarie
Albersen, named the pipelaying
vessel ‘STINGRAY’. In his speech,
Mr. Pieter spoke highly of the
quality and efficiency of the
conversion work accomplished
by COSCO Nantong Shipyard. He
hoped that the STINGRAY project
will serve as a good beginning
for the partnership between Van
Oord and COSCO Shipyard and
that the two sides will further
strengthen their cooperation in
marine products to their mutual
benefit.
STINGRAY is 120 meters
in length and 40 meters in
width and is classified by ABS.
Originally it was a simple pipelay
crane barge. The conversion
involved the installation of the
pipelayer, the construction of the
living quarters and hull structure
engineering. The vessel is
capable of installing and replacing
pipelines in shallow waters at
the depth of up to 100 meters.
The maximum diameter of the
pipelines is 60 inches. The main
crane has a lifting capacity of
500 tons. The living quarters can
accommodate up to 300 people.
On Sep. 27, the two 57,000DWT
bulk carriers, being built by
COSCO Guangdong Shipyard
for SEA TRADERS were named
simultaneously. The company’s onsite
construction team, Mr. Liuying,
the representatives from Optima
Shipbrokers, and on-site surveyor
from BV as well as staff from the
yard, all together 70 members cowitnessed
the moment.
COSCO Guangdong Shipyard
has successfully delivered eight
vessels for SEA TRADERS during
her past five years’ cooperation
with COSCO Guangdong Shipyard.
Delivery of
two dumb barges
On September 18th, two
dumb barges, built for the Dutch
company DOCKWISE, were
delivered by COSCO Zhoushan
shipyard. The lady sponsor
Ms. Yin named the vessels FSP
101 and FSP 102 respectively.
Mr. Zeng Sheng, the G.M. of
DOCKWISE China Area, Mr.
Henk van Staalduinen, the LR
representative, and the G.M. of
the yard, Mr. Dong Yezong, cowitnessed
the delivery ceremony.
The project is the yard’s
first application of an Offshore
Management System and is also
the first contract for delivery of
vessels to the DOCKWISE.
N385 Launching Ceremony
On September 30, COSCO
Zhoushan Shipyard held a
launching ceremony for the 3rd
57000DWT bulk carrier N385,
being built for the OCEANSTAR
Company. Representatives
from the ship-owner and class
society GL, as well as the
deputy G.M. of the yard, cowitnessed
the moment.
N346
launching
On September 19, COSCO
G u a n g d o n g S h i p ya rd h e l d a
l a u n c h i n g c e remony for t h e
57000DWT bulk carrier being built
for the Greek company DYNACOM.
Leaders from the ship owner, class
society and construction team cowitnessed
the important moment.

Offshore 3
The 6th COSCO Group
DV contest lowers its curtain
On September 27, the closing
and awards ceremony of the 6th
COSCO Group DV contest was
held in Dalian. The chairman of
the board and party secretary
of the COSCO Group, Mr. Wei
Jiafu, deputy secretary of SASAC
Mass Work Bureau, Mr. Zhang
Xianghong, vice chairman of the
Chinese Seamen's Union, Mr. Yao
Jiuqiang, and the President of the
COSCO Group's trade unions, Mr.
Fu Xiangyang, as well as many
others, attended the ceremony.
As one of the traditional
cultural activities of the COSCO
G r o u p , t h e 6 t h D V c o n t e s t
encourages the employees to
use their video camera to record
the people and events around
them, to capture those precious
moments in their life and work
from their own point of view and
to allow the efforts of the ordinary
workers to be seen, thus creating
an atmosphere where hard work is
valued and respected. This reflects
the corporate culture of the COSCO
Group.
The employees of the COSCO
Group actively participated in the
contest. A total of 91 projects were
submitted. After several selection
rounds, 15 of them made it to the
final.
The outstanding culture of
cooperation of the COSCO Group
encourages its 130,000 employees
to work together to pursue the
same goal, to live together like
a family and to strive as one to
conquer all difficulty. That is why
we believe that the COSCO Group
will win the combat with the
global financial crisis and remain
invincible in the international
shipping market. Victory belongs to
the COSCO people.
Notable Honors
COSCO Shipyard Group -
“2012 TnPM Special
Contribution Award”.
The Dalian Developer Project-
“Youth Civilization 2011” award
in Liaoning Province.
COSCO Nantong Shipyard -
“2011 National Ankang Cup
Enterprise”.
The QC team of COSCO Guangdong -
“National Excellence QC Team”.
Matson delegation visiting
COSCO Nantong Shipyard
FPSO P-62 piping system installation completion
On October 8, the installation
of the piping system on FPSO
P-62, undertaken by COSCO Dalian
Shipyard, reached completion.
Representatives of CCI and COSCO
Dalian Shipyard co-witnessed the
moment. The CCI representative,
Mr. Leonardo, spoke highly of the
implementation, progress and
quality control of the project.
F P S O P - 6 2 i s t h e f i r s t
independent subcontract project
undertaken by COSCO Dalian
Shipyard. The project was officially
launched in March 2012 and
involved the installation of a total
of 11,000 pipelines (weighing
1 600 tons) made of different
materials, including carbon steel
pipes, MARILOY pipes, stainless
pipelaying vessel
N448 keel laying
steel pipes, copper-nickel alloy
pipes, duplex stainless steel pipes
and super duplex stainless steel
pipes.
COSCO Nantong Shipyard is
currently dry-docking the Matson
container vessel “MAHIMAHI”
which arrived at August 6th.
“MAHIMAHI” is a very special
project for the shipyard because
it is the 30th Matson vessel to be
dry-docked at COSCO Shipyard
Group and also is the 28th
Matson vessel to be dry-docked
at the COSCO Nantong Shipyard.
On September 12th, to celebrate
this important milestone, Mr. Ni
Tao, the G.M. of COSCO Nantong
Shipyard, hosted a special
reception to welcome Mr. Walter
Dods, Matson’s Chairman of the
Board, d Mr. Matt Cox, Matson’s
President& CEO, and Mr. Dave
Hopper, Matson’s Senior Vice
President. Mr. Ni Tao expressed
his sincere appreciation for the
strong supporting and excellent
c o o p e ra t i o n from M ATSON
during the past 11 years and is
looking forward to maintaining
a strong relationship in the
future. Mr. Matt Cox approbated
also appreciated that so many
important Matson vessels have
been successful repaired and
modified in the yard with high
quality services, which have
maintained Matson’s fleet of
containerships in top operating
condition. Both executives
expressed that COSCO Nantong
Shipyard and Matson should
maintain and strengthen this
cooperation for more mutual
benefit in the future.
Mr. Scott Hauck, Matson’s
Engineering Manager made a
presentation to the group that
highlighted the various projects
over the past 11 years and the
scope of work being completed
on “MAHIMAHI”. Mr. Dan Moylan-
Matson port engineer and Capt.
Ted Bernhard of “Mahimahi”,
Mr. Xing Chendong, Deputy
G.M of COSCO Shipyard Group
Commercial HQS and Mr. C.F.
Wang, deputy G.M. of COSCO
Nantong Shipyard also attended
the ceremony.
On September 28, 2012, the
keel laying ceremony for pipelaying
vessel N448, designed and built by
COSCO Nantong Shipyard for TL
Offshore, was held in grand style.
Mr. Darry, the project president of
TL Offshore, Mr. Ni Tao, the general
manager of COSCO Nantong, Mr.
Zhu Zhihong, the party secretary of
COSCO Nantong, and the project
team co-witnessed the moment.
P i p e l a y i n g v e s s e l N 4 4 8
is another advanced marine
engineering vessel delivered by
COSCO Shipyard, following the
delivery of modified pipelaying
vessel Caesar. N448 fully complies
with the relevant requirements of
ABS (OSV-2012), SPS and IMO
(Safe return to port) and can
support sea rescue operations
to the greatest degree. With a
maximum operating water depth of
1500m, the vessel is also capable
of working in shallow water at a
depth of 200m with a 10-point
mooring system. N448 is equipped
with a DP3 dynamic positioning
system and has a lifting capacity of
1300 tons.

4
Ship Repair & Conversion
Heavy lift vessel repaired in
COSCO Nantong
PANTANAL from Harren &
Partner Ship Management GmbH
& Co KG, which is a multipurpose
heavy lift vessel, arrived at COSCO
Nantong Shipyard on August 10th.
COSCO Nantong has cooperated
many times with this German
company in the past several years
and the two sides still have some
projects under negotiation.
The main scope of work for
this vessel was to replace the hoist
wire for 2 deck cranes as supplied
by the owner. Since the vessel is a
heavy lift vessel, the dimension of
wire is very big and a much more
difficult task than replacement on a
normal bulk carrier.
The yard organized experienced
workers to check the work onboard
upon her arrival and to prepare a
working plan. After acceptance by
the owner, the construction team
started the work immediately in
order to ensure that the vessel
could sail as early as possible.
Finally, the vessel sailed on
time, to the satisfaction of the
owner. In addition, all the tests had
been properly done and approved
“Ginga Merlin” repaired in
COSCO Lianyungang
“Ginga Merlin”, managed by
Unix Line Pte Ltd, is the fourth
vessel repaired this year by COSCO
Lianyungang Shipyard. She is also
the eighteenth vessel repaired by
the yard since 2009.
Unix Line is one of the core
clients of COSCO Lianyungang.
A good relationship has been
established between the two sides
given the yard’s strength in shiprepair.
Since Unix Line’s first vessel
“Ginga Falcon” was repaired in
the yard in February, 2009, the
performance of the yard has
by the site engineer from the
crane maker. Mr. Jens Pohl, the
site superintendent, expressed his
deeply impressed them. On Sep.
1,the Managing Director of Unix
Line, Mr. Koji Yamada, and Ship
Management Dept. Director, Mr.
Advind Raja, visited the shipyard
and, since then, decided to have
two or more vessels repaired in the
closing months of this year.
For Ginga Merlin, the repair
work mainly involved painting and
machinery work, including hull
blasting, painting and other work.
The yard has always been focused
on the technology, quality, schedule
and time. The shipyard and ship
appreciation and his expectation
for further cooperation with COSCO
Nantong shipyard.
owner’s combined efforts ensured
the vessel could sail smoothly and
on time.
S i t e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t M r.
Sasikumar was very satisfied
with the vessel’s repair and fully
pleased with the yard’s service and
both sides’ tacit cooperation. He
said that the project has further
strengthened their inclination to
cooperate with the yard. He also
said they expect to be back for
the repair of their next vessel in
November 2012.
The First Choice for Owner
——the Emergency repair of "Cove Island"
"Cove Island" is a container
vessel belonging to MTM Ship
management. COSCO Shanghai
Shipyard finished a routine repair
of the vessel in July 2012 and
she sailed in good condition.
B o t h t h e o w n e r a n d c r e w
were satisfied with the repair.
Unfortunately, 2 months later, in
the middle of September, Cove
Island had a collision in the
Taiwan Strait. In this accident,
the bulbous bow area was
damaged seriously.
After the incident, the owner
immediately informed COSCO
Shanghai of the accident and the
condition of the vessel and asked
for an emergency repair space
in Shanghai because of the good
impression the shipyard had
made during the last repair. The
yard accepted the repair project
immediately and organized
the technicians to assess the
damage condition and prepare
a draft repair scheme to send to
owner for reference. At the same
time, "Cove Island" left Taiwan
and had birthed in Shanghai by
Sep 18 for her second visit to the
yard in 2012.
T h e ya r d i n s p e c t e d t h e
actual damage on the ship and
discovered that almost all the
damage was located in way of
the double curvature bulbous
bow area. This meant that it was
very difficult to fabricate and
fit the repair inserts, especially
within the six days the owner
had allowed for the repair.
The yard arranged 2 shifts of
technicians to work day and
night to monitor the repair
and ensure a 100% seamless
connection during fitting. All
the workers involved were very
experienced, each one having
more than 10 years experience
in the ship repair industry. At the
beginning the project progressed
well with 90% of the damaged
area removed within the first
day, which gave the project team
a false sense of the simplicity of
the task. However, the team soon
realized that the project was far
from the simple one it seemed
to be: due to limited working
space the team could not carry
out weld preparation and weld
concurrently. It was a difficult
choice, but finally the yard
decided to organize all the labor
to carry out the weld preparation
and grinding work first. This
arrangement assured the quality
of the work but meant that there
was only a limited time left for
the welding and completion of
the repair.
Through the joint effort of the
staff the repair of the bulbous
bow steel work was successfully
accomplished within 6 days.
After the ship had left the yard,
the owner's superintendent told
the project team, "you impressed
us again with your hard work
and good quality. It's really a
pleasure to cooperate with you
and we will come back".
Excellent service, high quality
——An interview with the “GMT ASTRO” representative
“GMT ASTRO”, which came
from Korea and is owned by
DORIKO LIMITED, was repaired
in COSCO Guangdong shipyard.
This is the first time DORIKO
LIMITED and COSCO Guangdong
S h i p y a r d C o ., L t d . h a v e
cooperated on a project. The
shipyard paid a lot of attention to
“GMT ASTRO” during its routine
docking repair.
Upon c ompletion of t he
repair work on “GMT ASTRO”,
the representative of the vessel,
J.W. Jeong, did an interview
for the yard, talking about the
cooperative experiences between
the two sides.
W h e n a s k e d a b o u t h i s
impression of our shipyard, Mr.
J.W. Jeong said, “compared
with other shipyards I have
worked with, COSCO Guangdong
shipyard made a deep impression
on me with its quality control and
workshop management. All the
repair materials and equipment
are arranged very tidily in the
workshop, and the working area
is cleaned every day before the
workers leave.”
He said: “During the two
weeks I worked here, your
shipyard’s service has been very
careful, especially the transport”.
He thought highly of the business
service of the yard and summed
it up in one phrase; “Like coming
back home”.
At the end of the interview,
Mr. J.W. Jeong said, “If my
company has ships to repair,
I would like them to consider
COSCO Guangdong Shipyard,
because I would like to come
back home.”