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2NewbuildingOn April 1st, COSCO GuangdongShipyard held a naming ceremonyfor the 3rd 57,000 DWT bulkcarrier, N221, being built for theIndian owner APJ Company. Thegodmother, Mrs. Shirin Paul,named the vessel “SHIRIN”. About200 people attended the namingceremony, among whom were Mrs.Shirin Paul, the Honorary Chairmanof APJ shipping company, Mr. KaranPaul, the Chairman of APJ shippingcompany, Mr. S.S. Mahapatra, theChief Executive of APJ shippingcompany, Mr. Alan Sharp, the G.Mof LR Class in the South ChinaArea, on-site representatives andMr. Xiao Zijian, the Assistant G.M.of Commercial HQ, leaders ofthe shipyard and staff from shipN298 deliveredO n M a r c h 2 8 t h , C O S C ODalian Shipyard delivered the57,000 DWT bulk carrier N298to the Greek owner CommonProgress. Mr. Gao Yongqiang,the deputy G.M. of the yard, Mr.Savvas Filippoglou, the on-sitesupervision manager of CommonProgress and other work teammembers co-witnessed the57,000DWT BULK CARRIERN221 naming ceremonybuilding system.At the naming ceremony, Mr.Huan Yueshi, the Deputy G.M.of COSCO Guangdong Shipyard,expressed his honest appreciationsigning ceremony.T h e v e s s e l i s t h e s i x t h57,000 DWT bulk carrier for thecompany. Mr. Savvas Filippoglouexpressed his appreciation forthe hard work the shipyard hadput in to complete the vesselon time and fully affirmed theproject’s quality control and thepost delivery service provided.for the APJ Company’s support Shipyard for completion of 21 shipand said the shipyard will make construction projects and highlyits best effort to complete the praised the high constructionremaining work. Mr. Karan Paul quality and professional team thecongratulated COSCO Guangdong yard provided.N341 launched successfullyOn April 5th, the 3rd 57,000 efforts to control and strengthenDW bulk carrier, N341, being the launching process andbuilt for the Turkish company conducted air tightness testingER Group, was towed onto the on the vessel.floating dock “Cuihuashan”in T h e ya r d h a s b u i l t t w oCOSCO Guangdong Shipyard, vessels for ER Group,The othersmoothly achieving “whole two57,000 dwt and two 35,000ship”launching. Before the dwt bulk carriers are now underlaunch, the yard made their best construction and on schedule.Cattle ship steelcutting in COSCOGuangdongOn April 4th, COSCO GuangdongShipyard held a steel cuttingceremony for the first cattle ship,being built for Australian owner,Vroon B.V. It is the first time forCOSCO Guangdong Shipyardto undertake building such aspecialised type ship. Now thepreparation work for the ship seriesis proceeding smoothly.Dumb barge steelcutting ceremonyOn April 13th, two dumb barges,being built for the Dutch company,Dockwise Shipping B.V., kicked offconstruction in COSCO ZhoushanS h i p ya rd. M r. A N DY T I M M S,the ship owner representative,representatives from LR class andMr. Cao Hua, the Party Secretaryof COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard,attended the cutting ceremony.The dumb barge measures 60meters in length, 40 meters in widthand 6 meters in depth. Dockwiseis an oil & gas service companyproviding logistical managementof large and heavy structures.Key services are Heavy MarineTransport, Offshore Transport &Installation and Onshore IndustrialProjects. It is the first time thecompany has cooperated withCOSCO Zhoushan Shipyard.82,00DWT BULK CARRIERSteel cuttingceremony forN413 / N414N201 launchingN365 keel layingO n A p r i l 1 7 t h , C O S C OZ h o u s h a n S h i p ya rd h e l d alaunching ceremony for N201,t h e f i r s t 5 7, 0 0 0 D W T b u l kcarrier, being built for U-MingMarine Transport Corporation.Representatives from the shipowner and DNV attended theceremony.It is reported that the secondvessel, N201, is now underconstruction and on schedule.On April 4th, COSCO Guangdong57,000DWT bulk carrier, beingShipyard held a keel built for HARBOR SHIPPINGlaying ceremony for N365, the Company.N195 / N196 launchingO n A p r i l 1 4 t h , C O S C OZ h o u s h a n S h i p ya rd h e l d alaunching ceremony for N195a n d N 1 9 6 , t h e t h i r d a n dfourth vessels in the series of57,000DWT bulk carriers beingbuilt for Leros Management S.A.Company.The other two ships in theseries of the same ship type builtby COSCO Zhoushan Shipyardfor the company have completedsea trials and the final remainingwork is now being carried out.On April 2nd, the steel cuttingceremony for two 82,000 dwt bulkcarriers (N413 and N414), beingbuilt for Korean owner Daelim,took place in COSCO ZhoushanShipyard. These are the first82,000 DWT bulk carriers to bebuilt by the yard. Mr. T.S.GWEON,representative of the owner,representatives of KR class societyand Mr. Zhao Fuqiang, the DeputyG.M. of COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard,attended the ceremony.Combining KPS, PSPC andTime Quota Management asa whole, the project enrichedthe company’s product line andrepresent key modern practices inthe implementation of modern shipnew-building.

Offshore 3DDD starting testsOn April 19th, The Dalian Develop Drillship successfullycompleted starting tests for its No. 1 generator set atCOSCO Dalian Shipyard. This marks the project enteringinto its equipment commissioning stage.FSO “Geudondong” LQ shift onboardSeadrill T-17 keel layingMT Geudondong is a tankerto-FSOconversion project forthe Indonesian owner, PertaminaShipping. The main conversionjobs are the addition of the newliving quarter module, helideckfabrication and E/R conversion.From 10th to 14th of March, theyard finished the shifting of thenew living quarters and helideckfrom a barge onboard the FSOsuccessfully and according toschedule. They weigh about440 tonnes and 155 tonnesrespectively and the capacity ofthe living quarters is 150 persons.Following the installation of theliving quarters onboard, the yardare now continuing with thepainting, piping, ceiling, floor,and furniture etc. Also, variousmechanical equipment items arenow being installed according tothe schedule. The yard are nowplanning the commissioning andtesting for all systems during thenext phase of work.N370 successfully launched and dockedCOSCO Nantong Shipyardrecently achieved huge successwith the keel laying of the SeadrillT-17 drilling tender, the third tenderbarge built by the yard for Seadrill.The precision control teamin Hull department optimizedt h e i r c u t t i n g p r o g r a m a n dimproved ship precision control byanalyzing procedure compensationand margins, calculating theappropriate erection bias, closuredifference, assembly allowance,assembly gap and other datato complete the “whole ship nomargin” keel laying.On March 23rd, the windturbine installation vessel, beingdesigned and built for the Danishowner A2SEA by COSCO NantongShipyard, was successfully launched.The vessel measures 132.34min length, 39m in depth and isable to operate in 45m of water.Equipped with a DPII systemand a special VOITH thruster,the vessel has outstandingmaneuverability in shallow waters.After launching, the number 3retractable propeller was installedon “Yutong 8” barge.On April 8th, the vessel wassuccessfully docked at the QidongOffshore Base ready for the yardto complete the erection of thefour legs, 800T crane installationand system commissioning andother projects.OFFSHORE PROJECTS ON PROGRESS150M SSBDDDOCTABUOYGM4000T-15 DRILLING TENDER BARGERT-16 DRILLING TENDER BARGERT-17 DRILLING TENDER BARGERSEA INSTALLEROCTABUOY TOPSIDE MODULELETOURNEAU WORKHORSE 1LETOURNEAU WORKHORSE 2SEVAN 650 3#SEVAN 650 4#

4Ship Repair & ConversionGreat Yard, Great WorkThe bulk carrier Mokupahu/HSTC 1, owned by the MatsonNavigation Company, enteredCOSCO NANTONG Shipyardfor her sixth special survey onFebruary 4th, 2012. This isthe 5th repair on this vesselin Nantong since 2001. After50 days full-speed work,the work was completedin accordance with theschedule.Mr. Michael O’Callaghan,the superintendent, whohas attended to the vesselfor more than 20 years,was very delighted withthe result. “Normally our shippingdepartment would push us forre-delivery of the vessel. But ithas never happened in Nantong.I have known your safety,quality, planning and schedulemanagement practices morethan 10 years. This cooperationproves the validity of our decisiona g a i n .A l l c r e w s a n d a t t e n d i n gsupervisors feel the same as meabout this. You will receive goodwords from all of them. Greatyard. Great Work. I will comeback after 2 years. You will getmore and more contracts fromMatson.”Loyal Client, Unix LineBeing COSCO LianyungangShipyard’ alliance partner for shiprepairs,Unix Line Pte Ltd, based inSingapore as Tokyo Marine Co Ltd’sin-house ship manager, manages 53chemical tankers and has awarded17 vessels for docking & repairs atCOSCO Lianyungang Shipyard from2008 to 2012. Unix Line is extremelysatisfied with the yard’s cooperationin achieving high performance inquality, safety management andadherence to schedule.Recently the yard has deliveredthree Unix Line Chemical Tankers.MT Ginga Tiger sailed in Februaryfollowing the successful renewal ofa large amount of engine room &deck piping, steel plate renewal atmore than 100 locations, six ballasttanks cleaned, over 3,000 metersof electric cable renewed in theaccommodation & engine roomand a docking survey carried outwithin 10 days. Unix Line thankedthe yard for its great effort to haveaccomplished all the mentioned workin such a limited working period.The other two chemical tankers, MTPine Galaxy and MT Ginga Panther,accomplished successful docking &repairs in March 2012.Both the vessels’ attendingsuperintendents praised the efficientorganization and high quality ofthe yard. The Technical DeputyGeneral Manager Mr. Kim, sincerelyexpressed his wholehearted wish toexclusively award all their vesselsscheduled for docking in China tothe yard.Low Sulfur Fuels & Ballast WaterTreatment System provided inCOSCO ShipyardIn connection with new stop service for ship owners,rules of Use of Low Sulfur Fuels we intended to cooperateand Ballast Water Treatment with renowned internationalSystem issued by IMO and corporations. A free designIACS, our COSCO Shipyard s e r v i c e a n d a l l p r e v i o u sGroup Shanghai Commercial preparations are available forHeadquarter has established a your fleet, so that ship ownersproject team to provide simple can complete upgrading of theand efficient Turn-Key Solutions two systems without havingto all the ship owners such to worry about the technique,as technical design, product equipment, construction andselection and design approval. class approval before the twoAiming to provide a one-conversions become effective."MSC Claudia" successfully completedMSC Management Company’s to arrive at the floating dockcontainer ship, "MSC Claudia", i m m e d i a t e l y, d e s p i t e t h esailed from Nantong COSCO fact that it was evening. TheShipyard recently.whole repair team arrived atThe repair work carried out the floating dock immediatelyon the 292m vessel included after the vessel undocked innormal docking work, nearly heavy rain. We checked the hull1 0 0 t o n n e s o f s t e e l p l a t e condition carefully, discussedrenewal, cargo hold painting and and confirmed the percentagesseveral items of mechanical and of hull sand blasting with theelectrical work.owner’s superintendent so asIn order to control the to ensure the utmost accuracyprogress of repair at each step, in controlling the dock period.our project team carefully Finally, the vessel departedp l a n n e d a n d c o n t i n u o u s l y on time as a result of ourimproved the repair plan, with the conscientious effort.most reasonable and optimized T h e o w n e r i s s a t i s f i e dproduction management. In with the ship repair and hasorder to discuss the hull sand determined that their next shipblasting and dock control as repair work will be in June andpromptly as possible, the project has already decided it will becommercial manager persuaded carried out by COSCO NANTONGthe owner’s superintendent Shipyard.Elongation conversion of“Stjerneborg”An elongation conversion ofthe Nordana A/S of Denmark andB.Navi Ship Management Srl ofItaly jointly owned RoRo & GeneralCargo Vessel MV “Stjerneborg”ex. “Medcoa Leome” has beensuccessfully accomplished at COSCOLianyungang Shipyard.The vessel’s original particularswere: Loa 147.7m / Beam 25.8mand the final particulars afterconversion are now: Loa 174.3 /Beam 25.8m. The new body sectioninserted was 26.6m in length and1000 tonnes in weight. The projectalso involved six new car deck panelsbeing newly fabricated and installedinto the garage. The yard has alsocompletely overhauled two sets ofreconditioned Liebherr deck cranes,newly fabricated and installed twocrane columns and jib supports.Following insertion of the new bodysection, the associated work involvedsome 4000 metres of variouspipes, 1000 metres of electrical& automatic cable, outfitting, andthe reconnection, installation andrectification of instruments andequipment.During this conversion,extensive repair work includes 170tonnes of steel renewal and chippingand coating of all ballast tanks.After the conversion, thetechnical data associated with thevessel’s whole system testing, inclinetest and sea trials fully met thestandards of RINA Class and theowners’requirements.