Waigaoqiao to cut steel on China's first semisub

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS) is a member of China CSSC Holdings Ltd., a publicity listed company in Shanghai. SWS covers a total area of 2.1 million square meters with a water frontage of 1,500 meters. The annual production of the company is over 3 million dwt. Relying on the advanced facilities and highly efficient production flow system, as well as the state-of-the-art design software TRIBON and the fully integrated CIMS production system, SWS has successfully developed five ship production lines: the Capesize bulk carrier series, the Aframax product/crude oil tanker series, VLCC series, the large FPSO series and the 3,000 meters deepwater semi-submersible drilling platform series.