Zhoushan Longshan Shipyard Co., Ltd.

Zhoushan Longshan Shipyard repairs and converts ships at Longshan Sha'ao on Liuheng Island, in the Putuo district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. It dates from 8 November 1975 and covers 250,000 square metres. It was restructured as a joint-stock private company on 25 June 2002 under its present name, and the Zhejiang provincial government granted approval to repair foreign-flag vessels on 25 August 1999. The registered Chinese name includes the character for city, which the trading name drops. Two dry docks work about 200 metres apart. Dock 1 is the Panamax dock, completed on 2 May 1998, with a 32 tonne gantry crane of 48 metres span and a maximum docking draught of 6.5 metres. Dock 2 is the Capesize dock, in service since May 2009, with tower cranes of 50 tonnes at 70 metres and 60 tonnes at 60 metres and a maximum docking draught of 8.5 metres. Either dock is pumped dry in about three hours. Four repair berths are served by 50 tonne shore cranes with reaches of 70 to 98 metres. Marine plant includes two tugs of 4,000 horsepower and a 45 tonne floating crane of 50 metres reach, and 32 cherry pickers and lorry cranes of 50, 25 and 16 tonnes work the site. Workshops cover hull work, engine machinery, machining, piping and electrical work, with a large CNC flame cutting machine, plate presses and shears in the hull shop, lathes, milling machines and planers in the machine shop, and an ultrasonic cleaning system in the machinery shop. Around 2016 the company reported repairing or converting some 180 vessels a year, among them bulk carriers, general cargo ships, container ships, tankers and pure car and truck carriers, with a workforce of more than 600 plus over a thousand subcontracted workers. The yard's work is recognised by CCS, Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas, ClassNK and DNV. It was certified to ISO 9002 in December 2000 and holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certificates and a ship repair enterprise qualification evaluation certificate issued by CCS. It also holds a qualification to dismantle bulk carriers, container ships, tankers and car carriers, although its own account of what it does covers repair and conversion only.