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The best idea is to plan an evolutionary process, launch a new aircraft carrier every two to three years, and allow for the ability to incorporate last-minute changes.
I think that's exactly what we can see.
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I think that's exactly what we can see.
Thanks for your post, but according to this, there is indeed a third basin planned ...
via https://www.ships-net.co.jp/●csscが長興島新造船所の工事を開始/
Intrepid
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... but not in 14 days.
Okay, so, I just did some digging.
Here's the website with the best information I could find using Baidu "image search" function (the article dated Janurary 2021):
Translation of the news article:
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"Shanghai, Jan. 4 (Yin Liqin He Baoxin) - On Jan. 4, a groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of China Shipbuilding Changxing Shipbuilding Base, a major construction project listed by the National Development and Reform Commission, was held on Shanghai's Changxing Island.
This is another landmark project to promote the high-quality development of China's shipbuilding and offshore industry, and marks the full launch of the overall relocation project of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Company Limited (Hudong-Zhonghua New Yard), a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Group.
The new Hudong-Zhonghua site is located along the south coast of Changxing Island in Shanghai, with an area of 214.6 hectares and a total investment of RMB 18 billion. The first phase of the project, with a planned investment of RMB 8 billion, will consist of a R&D and design building, a hull joint workshop, a curved section welding workshop, an outfitting module centre, a painting workshop, a #1 indoor dock, a #2 open dock, a harbour pond and an outfitting quay, with a planned construction area of 460,000 square metres and a production capacity of six special vessels per year.
The new yard will organize production in accordance with the modern assembly shipbuilding mode, aiming at the world's advanced lean shipbuilding mode, starting from process optimization, making comprehensive use of advanced production concepts such as precision management, information integration, green manufacturing and intelligent manufacturing, establishing a scientific and efficient production management system, and realizing rational division of ship segments and general sections, streamlined and automated production, palletized management, and the integration of "hull, outfitting and coating". This will enable the rationalization of the division of ship segments and general sections, streamlining and automation of production, palletization of management, integration of "hull outfitting and coating", and large-scale loading of segments in the dock.
Hudong-Zhonghua said that the second phase of the Changxing Shipbuilding Base project will apply 5G+Internet dispatching, robot welding and Internet of Things operation to form a complete intelligent workshop system covering intelligent units, intelligent production lines and sensing systems, to achieve intelligent production process management and control in all aspects, and to build an intelligent and digital shipbuilding enterprise with streamlined personnel, efficient processes, energy saving and environmental protection, excellent quality and global leadership. (End)"
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To sum it up, the illustration above is just the depiction of how the relocated Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard would look like once the relocation work to Changxing Island is completed in late 2023. The shipyards are relocated next to the current Jiangnan Shipyard.
There is no mentioning of any 3rd basin by both Jiangnan and Hudong-Zhonghua, though.
actually it says it here in bald: 建设项目主要包括研发设计楼、船体联合车间、曲面分段装焊车间、舾装件模块中心、涂装车间、1#室内船坞、2#露天船坞、港池、舾装码头等，规划建筑面积46万平方米，形成年建造6艘特种船的生产能力，计划于2023年底建成。
New basin is part of this project.
Going back to Temstar’s post below, I think we all missed out the main title which reads “deepening works”, with the location quoted as the “waters”of the 1200m by 300m basin.
This notice alas isn’t about the third basin regardless whether there is one in the pipeline.
There seems to be some confusion here about different shipyards, ie Jiangnan and Hudong, based on the same island, ie Changxing. So yeah as Rachmaninov said, its about deepening an existing facility, not the new work to be performed for moving Hudong facilities down the road (river?).
Okay, so in order to clear things up:
The new basin to-be-built/built is for Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, not Jiangnan Shipyard.
Jiangnan Shipyard would only deepen the existing 2nd basin, not building a 3rd new basin.
The new basin to-be-built/built is for Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, not Jiangnan Shipyard.
Jiangnan Shipyard would only deepen the existing 2nd basin, not building a 3rd new basin.
Hudong Zhonghua Phase 2 expansion on Changxing are news I already mentioned over a year ago in the Chinese shipbuilding thread. Unless HDZ is going to make the fourth carrier, it has nothing to do with the carrier build. If its going to be warship related, its going to be more 075/076 built there. But the main focus of the expansion lies more in beating the Koreans as the top shipbuilders in the world, pumping out as much mega containers ships and LNG carriers. Aircraft carriers are more like collateral side products of this expansion.