On August 28th, the delivery and acceptance ceremony of the second 308,000 DWT Crude oil tanker built by DSIC for CMES was held in Dalian. The VLCC is named as “New Vision” by state-of-the-artdesign and excellent shipbuilding techniques, echoing the “Hai Liao” revolt against Kuomintang on the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

History Snap:

On September 19, 1949, “Hai Liao” ship eventually arrived at the port of Dalian of “Liberated Zone” after being had broken through the sea siege for eight days and nine nights. In the end, the Five-Star red flag was raised for the first time. This revolt caused a heat discussion at home and abroad and even Mao Zedong, Chairman of CPC, expressed his praise via telegram as well as the pattern of the ship printed on the right side of the front RMB.

Smart crude oil tanker

“New Vision” can exchange and share data among ships with the help of intelligent communications network between ships and shores. Furthermore, it conducted the actual ship test in open waters via the ship collision avoidance technology, which laid a solid foundation for preventing ship collision in the long run.

The delivery of the intelligent crude carrier is not only an echo of the event in China’s history, but also a positive practice of national shipping capability and the maritime power done by China Merchants Group since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.