CSC Jinling Shipyard is a Chinese

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to befor ...

firm founded in 1952, and a subsidiary of the state owned China Merchants Industry, based in

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Province. The yard reached preliminary agreement to build the ''

Titanic II ''Titanic II'' is a planned passenger ocean liner intended to be a functional modern-day replica of the ''Olympic''-class . The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000, while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross r ...

'', a replica of the original ''Titanic'', the plan of which is now apparently ‘almost done with production’ - although no real evidence of such production actually exists. Nanjing Jinling Shipyard's Nanjing () and

Yizheng Yizheng () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China, with a population of about 600,000 (2007). It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Chuzhou (Anhui) to the north, Nan ...

() yards spread along of shoreline and build cargo ships, floating docks, submarines, etc. Exports started in 1996, since when Jinling has exported about 200 vessels to over 20, or 30 countries. Over 900 staff are employed, including over 300 senior and medium-grade engineers. There are

dry docks A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

of 100,000 DWT and 200,000 DWT, 8 50,000 DWT

slipways A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small ...

, 3

fitting-out Fitting out, or outfitting, is the process in shipbuilding that follows the float-out/launching of a vessel and precedes sea trials. It is the period when all the remaining construction of the ship is completed and readied for delivery to her o ...

piers and 9 heavy lifting cranes with capacities of 500, 300 and 150 tons. Annual production can be up to 1,900,000 DWT.

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