“Xin Haixu” Sets Sail for the Construction of “the Belt and Road Initiative”
 

        On April 2, the Sailing Ceremony of world’s leading non-self-propelled cutter suction dredger “New Haixu”, invested by Jiangsu Haihong Construction Engineering Co., Ltd and built by Jiangsu Haixin Shipping Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (Jiangsu Haixin), for the participating of “the Belt and Road Initiative Construction” at Saudi Arabia, was held at the site of Jiangsu Haixin. “New Haixu”s this trip is to take part in the building of artificial island, which shall serve the offshore oil and gas extraction projects of Saudi Aramco Oil Company with operation span of 820 days.

 

        Honorable Guests attended the ceremony were: Mr. Wu Yonghong, Deputy Mayor of Nantong City, Mr. Guo Xiaomin and Mr. Jiang Yongjun, Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Haimen City, Mr. Gu yong, Deputy General Manager and Chief Engineer of China Communications Construction Company Ltd. (CCCc) Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd, Mr. Gu Feng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Mr. Yu Menghong, Deputy Principle of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Mr. Zhang Qingbo, Chief Engineer and Mr. Miao Yuanquan, Deputy General Manager of CCCc National Engineering Research Center of Dredging, Mr. Chen Xinhua, Deputy General Manager of Qidong Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, Mr. Yan Zhongsheng, Deputy Director of CSIC SMDERI, Mr. Wu Yingqiang, Deputy Director of Organization Department of the Party Committee, Mr. Jin Sun, Deputy Principle of Office of Research Management, Ms Zhou Wei, Party Secretary, Mr. Wang Xifang, Deputy Party Secretary and of the School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Mr. He yanping, Principle of Marine Design & Research Institute, Mr. Yang Qi, Principle of Underwater Engineering Institute Co., Ltd of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Mr. Meng Xianhong, Chairman and General Manager, Mr. Chen Wuzhou, Executive Deputy General Manager and Mr. Jiang Guowang, Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Haixin. The ceremony was presided by Mr. Zhang Bibo, Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Haixin.

        On Behalf of Jiangsu Haixin, Chairman Meng Xianhong expressed at the ceremony: the successful newbuilding of “New Haixu” is the achievement of decades’ experience accumulated by Shanghai Jiaotong University, CCCc Group, Jiangsu Haihong and Jiangsu Haixin. The core technology from design till the completeness of construction were fully domestic developed and possesses complete independent intellectual property rights. In the context of the new era, Jiangsu Haixin will continue proceeding with its own advantage to contribute its share to the building of the Belt and Road Initiative.