Yidu ship building base begins operation
2025-05-04 19:05:39
By Chen Si.
The land section of the Yidu Green Intelligent Ship Industrial Park was officially delivered and put into operation on April 30.
With a total investment of about 1.79 billion yuan (US$245.6 million), the project covers both land and water sections spanning around 580 mu (38.6 hectares), equivalent to the size of about 53 football pitches. The water section is expected to be completed by June 30.
The land section of the Yidu Green Intelligent Ship Industrial Park was officially delivered and put into operation on April 30.
With a total investment of about 1.79 billion yuan (US$245.6 million), the project covers both land and water sections spanning around 580 mu (38.6 hectares), equivalent to the size of about 53 football pitches. The water section is expected to be completed by June 30.
Aerial view of the Yidu Green Intelligent Ship Industrial Park.The typical ship types to be built here include direct river and sea freighters, inland river bulk carriers, dual-purpose liquefied natural gas distribution ships, and dual-purpose ordinary distribution ships. The park also includes new energy ships, such as lithium-powered unmanned boats.
The industrial park is built along the Yangtze River. To protect the embankment, the shipyard had a chute-based launch design. The new ship will go up first and then slide down through the chutes to enter the river without damaging the riverbank.
Aerial view of the Yidu Green Intelligent Ship Industrial Park.
The park is designed to foster a modern ship industry chain integrating R&D, manufacturing and support facilities. At full capacity, it is expected to produce 14 ships annually with a total output of 80,000 tons.
Li Yang and Wang Sunshan contributed to this story.
