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unit capacity pure car and truck carriers
to be built for Ray Car Carriers, with TTS
supplying key components from Europe.
The Ha Long yard, meanwhile, will play a
similar role in supplying ramps for Höegh
Autoliners’ larger series of car carriers.
TTS Ships Equipment sales director, Nils
O Ericsson, said: ‘Our relation to Vinashin
is as supplier of cargo access equipment.
However, as we have also supervision of
fabrication as well as installation of the
equipment onboard, this is by all means
a kind of technology transfer to teach the
Vietnamese how to build and equip a type
of vessel they have never built before.’
Vinashin chief business officer,
Nguyen Quoc Anh, said that Vinashin
had also invited MacGregor to form a
joint venture focused on deck crane and
hatch cover production. The MacGregor-
Vinashin Maritime Equipment JV Co has
obtained a licence from the Haiphong
city administration to build a new plant
in the Vinashin-Shinec Industrial Park,
to produce hatch covers, ro-ro access
equipment, and deck cranes. With 49%
in the venture, MacGregor is committed
to invest $16 million in the first phase
of development, setting up capacity to Ever more complex ships will demand homegrown industries to support economical
deliver around 16,000tonnes of equipment construction.
per year. In the second phase, capacity is
expected to rise to 30,000tonnes.
Critical to homegrown production, November 2007 saw ground acquired by specifically to the Mitsubishi UEC-LA,
needless to say, will also be engine Vinashin from local authorities for what LS, LSII, and LSE engines. Running to
manufacturing. According to Mr Anh: ‘If will become a new, purpose-built joint 2014, the agreement also encompasses the
we paid a deposit now [for a foreign-built venture facility to build engines to MAN marketing and servicing of these engines
engine], we would not be able to get one Diesel design near Haiphong, opposite the in Vietnam. Moreover, Mitsubishi will offer
until 2011. Vinashin has to be independent. Pha Rung yard, in a 400hectare industrial training for Vinashin experts in design
If we do not have localisation at low labour zone. The plant will also be able to cast and assembly so that the shipbuilder can
costs, we will lose our competitiveness.’ propeller blades of up to 10.5m diameter. start assembling the first engines.
In 2006, Pha Rung Shipyard Co and South Last year, meanwhile, Vinashin also In March, Vinashin’s Bach Dang yard
Korea’s STX Shipbuilding Corp formed a signed with Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd to began manufacturing MHI marine
joint venture (respective ownership is 51% manufacture and sell Wärtsilä low-speed engines in the 8400hp to 32,000hp
for Pha Rung and 49% for STX), envisaging marine diesel engines in Vietnam in the range.
the construction of marine diesel engines 48cm to 82cm range, suitable for a wide Low-speed engine production will, for
in Vietnam to MAN Diesel two stroke range of vessels, from Handysize bulk the moment, be concentrated around
designs. With the first engine due delivery carriers to VLCC-size tankers. The first the Haiphong area in the north, but Mr
in 2008-2009, Pha Rung Shipyard Co delivery is scheduled for the beginning Anh said that his expectation was that
deputy general director, Le Manh Truong, of 2010, with production building up production would extend to the central
said that the plant would focus on engines to a targeted annual output of 30 to 40 region around the Dung Quat yard.
of up to 32,000kW output. engines. The shipbuilding group also holds
Mr Anh said that the first objective was In 2005, Vinashin also signed an a licence with Italian company Issotta
to supply engines for ships of Handysize agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Fraschini covering high-speed engines.
and Handymax classes, before taking Industries that will enable the corporation The missing piece appears to medium-
the partnership forward to build engines to produce low-speed diesel engines speed engines, which Mr Anh said
suitable for Panamax and Aframax scale. under licence. The agreement applies Vinashin was ‘considering’. NA
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