On June 24th in 2021, the naming and delivery ceremony of the 307000-tonne crude carrier was held in Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company.
The present guests include member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Shipbuilding Industry and Trade Co., Ltd., Cai Zhuyi, Chairman of China Shipbuilding and Shipping Brokerage Co., Ltd., Feng Xiongya, Managing Director of China Shipbuilding Brokerage Co., Ltd., Zhao Shiqing, Executive Chairman of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd., and Ms. Zhao Helili, Chairman of Wah Kwong ModernAgriculture Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shangding Catering Management Co., Ltd., Zhou Jianfeng, Managing Director ofWah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd., etc.
At the naming ceremony, the new ship was named after godmother Ms. Zhao Helili and cut the cable and witnessed by Mr. Zhao Shiqing, Mr. Cai Zhuyi, and Mr. Deng Changlian. Later, Mr. Zhao Shiqing accompanied Ms. Zhao Helili and other leaders on board the ship.
At the ship delivery and signing ceremony, representatives of China Shipbuilding Brokerage, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry co.ltd., and China Shipbuilding Trading Co.ltd. signed the ship delivery certificate. Zhao Shiqing, Executive Chairman of Wah Kwong, and Deng Changlian, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Shipbuilding Group, delivered speeches respectively.
Mr. Zhao said, "The cooperation with Dalian Shipbuilding Group has been 30 years since 1991.Within 3 decades of cooperation between Wah Kwong Maritime and Dalian Shipbuilding Group, it has flourished. From a personal perspective, Dalian has given me a deeper memory."
Mr. Deng Changlian introduced the development history of Dalian Shipbuilding Group and the design and construction technology of CSHunan Venture, and looked forward to longer-term cooperation between the three parties in the future.
CS Hunan Venture has a total length of 333 meters, a molded breadth of 60 meters, and a load capacity of 300,000 tons. It is an energy-saving and environmentally-friendly VLCC product tailor-made for China Shipbuilding Brokerageand Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd. Compared with the previous generation of products, this ship is significantly optimized and improved in terms of ship design and construction technology. It is the latest VLCC product developed by Dalian Shipbuilding industry, and its comprehensive performance indicators have reached the world's first-class level.