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Another protest at Dayang Shipbuilding as Sinopacific ceo resigns

Nearly a thousand workers of Dayang Shipbuilding, an affiliate shipyard of Sinopacific Shipbuilding, protested in front of the shipyard yesterday over salary arrears.

It is the third worker protest of Dayang Shipbuilding in the past year.

A representative of the local government said Dayang Shipbuilding has already agreed to bring in new investor, SUMEC Group, a machinery manufacturer in Jiangsu under the government’s coordination, and the shipyard will confirm the dates for salary payment as soon as possible.

Dayang Shipbuilding currently plans to lay off 600 employees. Its parent Sinopacific is also facing financial difficulties; it is getting rid of its entire Shanghai operations in order to cut costs.

Sources at Sinopacific Shipbuilding told Splash that Jiang Qiang, ceo of Sinopacific Shipbuilding, has handed in his resignation letter.

Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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