From October 21 to 22, two 2500DWT refueling ships which were customized and exported by NORINCO Vehicle for Algeria National Oil Company, slid into the Yangtze River at the No.1 Slipway of Dayang Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd. and completed the launching successfully. Mr. Liu Qingrong, Deputy General Manager of our Company, Fan Kerui, General Manager of the Ship Department of BV Classification Society, and Xiang Guofei, Deputy General Manager of Dayang Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd., attended the launching ceremony.
NORINCO Vehicle and Dayang Offshore Equipment have won the bid for this Project as a consortium. Since the contract came into force in August 2019, the Project withstood the outbreak of COVID-19, continuous rainstorm, high temperature and intense summer for days, and other adverse conditions, overcame the difficulties such as the temporary shutdown caused by COVID-19, the shortage of some materials, and the delay in delivery of some main equipment exported from foreign countries; While laying stress on production and tackling challenges, our Company controlled COVID-19 pandemic, made careful arrangement and scientific decision, strengthened communication with the customer, and did our best to ensure the quality and progress of ship building. The customer is very satisfied with the progress of the project and the conditions of launching, and sent a letter of congratulations, showing respect to the work done by NORINCO Vehicle for guaranteeing the quality during construction and the performance of the contract on schedule, and feeling full confidence in achieving the trial run milestone by the end of December.
The smooth progress of the project has further enhanced the professional marketing service capability of NORINCO Vehicle in the field of offshore equipment, which is of great significance for promoting the transformation and upgrading of our Company and laying a solid foundation for high-quality development.