From Shanghai to the sea
The Chinese's dream of a cruise has set sail
Who would have thought
It is 323.6 meters long and 37.2 meters wide
A behemoth with a gross tonnage of 135,500 tons
It started with a two-container drawing
Xinhua Interview launched the "Chief Engineer of a Great Power" series
Take you closer to the first domestic large cruise ship
Chen Gang, chief designer of "Aida · Modu".
Listen to him
The story of bringing drawings to life
Rewind to 2014
Chen Gang and his team have gone through many twists and turns
Drawings of two containers weighing two tons were bought
The dream of a seemingly large cruise ship is one step closer
But in the face of more than 10 thousand pages of drawings, how to break through?
There is only one answer: "digital intelligence" upgrade!
Eight years of scientific research, five years of design and construction
June 6, 2023
The bright Dunhuang flying ribbon is wrapped around the white hull
The "Aida · Modu" is finally officially undocked
Chen Gang said he remembers the date vividly
Because it wasn't until this day that the hanging heart finally let go
Why
China must have its own domestic cruise ships?
"Heavy weapons" have their own big things!
The design and construction of large cruise ships has been for a long time
Monopolized by a handful of European shipyards
With January 1, 2024
"Aida · Modu" was officially put into commercial operation
Knocked on the door of the world cruise market for China
So that the mainland has gathered the "three jewels in the crown" of the shipbuilding industry
It marks the realization of the full-spectrum construction capacity of the mainland shipbuilding industry
Chen Gang also said that the impact of the cruise economic chain should not be underestimated
The pure construction supply chain scale of a large cruise ship
It can reach two or three billion yuan
From "good" to "better"
More than 70% of the world's orders have been won by China
For more than 40 years,
China's shipbuilding industry is a small-tonnage bulk carrier
It continues to be abundant to various ship types
According to the latest data released in July
In the first half of 2024, among the 18 major ship types in the world
China has 14 types of ship types, and the number of new orders is the highest in the world
More than seventy percent of the world's orders were won by China.
Chen Gang believes that
China's shipbuilding design should continue to march towards high-end ship types
Adhere to the "large-scale, high-end, intelligent and green" development of ships
in order to stay ahead of the curve in the brutal competition
The total tonnage of the exciting is over 140,000 tons
The construction of the second domestic large cruise ship has entered an accelerated period
It is expected to be undocked at the end of March 2026
Chen Gang said, from "good" to "better"
Chinese shipbuilders will shoulder their responsibilities
Continue to improve the international competitiveness of China's shipbuilding
Continue to strive for the realization of the dream of a shipbuilding power
Source: Xinhua News Agency