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China Merchants Heavy Industry secures four liftboats

Shanghai: China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) has signed contracts with Tianjin Haiheng Ship Engineering for the construction of four jack-up liftboats.

The liftboats are designed by Singapore Amerin. Construction will start in September this year, and deliveries are scheduled before September 2017.

Tianjin Haiheng is a repeat customer for China Merchants Heavy Industry; it previously ordered four jack-up drilling rigs at the yard. It sold two of the rigs to UMW Oil & Gas in 2014.

Tianjin Haiheng Ship Engineering was established in 2008. It mainly engages in the business of management and leasing of offshore equipment.

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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