Feature 1
The building blocks of ship construction
Building homegrown industries capable of supporting shipbuilding will be
critical to Vinashin’s bold vision.
W
here Vietnam’s local shipbuilding
equipment content currently runs
at around 30%, key blocks have
been put in place to foster the advancement of
the nation’s ambitions.
Critical here will be meeting Vinashin’s self-
imposed 2010 target for local content to rise
to 60%, and Vinashin has been cultivating
cooperation with foreign manufacturers to
achieve these bold plans.
Vinashin has long been open to joint
ventures and partnership deals with foreign
investors. As long ago as 1999, Vinashin
formed the partnership with Hyundai Mipo
Dockyard that would result in the Hyundai-
Vinashin Shipyard at the port of Nha Trang,
with the Vietnamese state company holding
30% of equity.
Vinashin has also shown itself willing to
partner other overseas yards. Damen has
signed with Vinashin to develop a joint venture Layout for the cargo handling equipment for Höegh Autoliner’s latest PCTC, with
shipyard in Haiphong, in the north of the fabrication to be carried out in Vietnam.
country, to build vessels of up to 10,000dwt.
Furthermore, the shipbuilder has entered
into an agreement with a team of ex- doubt as to the impact such steps will have. few in number to date. However, the nature
managers from Hyundai Mipo looking to set ‘If we can supply steel plate locally, it will of the orderbook now in place indicates
up a homegrown block production facility. cut costs to 30%-40% of their level today. that this will change.
Vinashin holds 51% of the new Songsan- As well as being cheaper in general, we TTS Vietnam opened for business in
Vinashin Co, which plans to build a new plant will reduce the transportation fees and the Haiphong City at the end of 2006. To date,
to turn out blocks, flat segments, and block storage fees and, after steel cutting, there its role has been to support deliveries of
curves, with capacity of 102,720tonnes per is the huge amount of scrap steel that the TTS-built hatch covers to the Nam Trieu
year, in the Vinashin-Shinec Industrial zone, shipyard can gather and return to the mills. and Pha Rung shipyards, but it has also
Haiphong. At the moment, we import 100% of our now been contracted to supply both hatch
Now, however, after the nation’s steel from China, so if there are even small covers and deck cranes to the Ha Long
accession to the World Trade Organization delays it can lead to big difficulties for us. yard.
in early 2007, foreign investors have been After domestic mills come into operation, According to TTS Vietnam, a 20,000dwt
piling into Vietnam, and a key area for our voice will be more effective.’ capacity bulk carrier under construction
investment has been the fundamentals of From the ship’s equipment point of view, for Vinaships at the Pha Rung yard will
shipbuilding. Aalborg Industries, of Denmark, has proved feature TTS hatch covers fabricated by
South Korea’s Posco, Malaysia’s Lion the trail-blazer. In 2005, Aalborg formed a the shipbuilder. Again the second of two
Group, and India’s Essar all have joint joint venture with Vinashin to manufacture 700TEU capacity containerships under
venture plans to build steel mills in Vietnam, boilers in Vietnam. By March 2006, it had construction at Nasico for owner MPC will
while Vinashin said a 350,000tonne per year opened a new factory in Haiphong, with feature 12 hatch covers fabricated by the
capacity hot-roll steel mill was scheduled capacity to build between 70 and 80 boilers yard under a TTS licence. Nasico staff are
for development near Haiphong by next per year, and lots of room for expansion. due to be dispatched to China for training
year to serve surrounding shipyards in For the moment, the majority of boilers purposes.
Vietnam’s northern building enclave. built by the new facility are exported, Furthermore, Nasico is preparing to
Ha Long Shipbuilding Co general because Vietnamese-built vessels of the size play a fabricating role in the supply of TTS
director, Nguyen Duc Than, was in no suitable for Aalborg’s production have been stern and side ramps for the four 4900
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