Damen Yichang Shipyard was founded in 1998 by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and Yichang Shipyard. The yard specialises in building combi-freighter cargo vessels from 8,000 to 15,000 dwt – working with Damen’s proven designs to guarantee quality, reliability and fast delivery times. On an annual basis, the yard consumes some 50,000 tonnes of steel – typically building between nine and twelve vessels a year for the export market. Located on the Yangtze River, Damen Yichang Shipyard is equipped with nine berths and a large transfer slipway. The yard has extensive on-site steel and piping facilities, as well as blasting and painting shops. In 2010, the yard’s facilities were improved with the addition of new piping, electrical and machine workshops, and a new warehouse. Like all of Damen’s yards and partners, Yichang works with renowned marine equipment suppliers and co-makers for the supply and installation of key onboard systems.more

Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd., located at the eastern side of Xinguang Bridge of Guangzhou, China, and the south bank of the Pearl River main channel, founded in 1992 and assets-reorganized in 2004, is the largest scale supplier to professionally design and build high performance aluminum alloy ships. There are a number of excellent professionals in the company for designing and manufacturing aluminium alloy ships including 1 senior engineer of professor-class, 5 senior engineers, over 40 professionals of middle and junior level, 180 skilled workers of middle and high level, totally over 300 staff, average age 29 years old. “Pragmatic and Efficient, Enterprising and Discipline” are the corporate spirit of Afai Soputhern; “Cultivate the top-rate talent, construct the top-rate shipyard, build the top-rate ship, set up top rate brand” are the corporate development tenet; “Human-oriented; Harmoniously developing” are the team conception of Afai Southern culture. The company sets up and operates GB/T19001-2008 Quality Management System, GB/T28001-2011 Occupational Health and Safety Managements System and GB/T24001-2004 Environment Management System, carrys out the standardization management of Clean Production and Safe Production, warrants the product quality, worships the corporation harmony, implements the social responsibility. The main business of the company is reserching, designing and building the high performance aluminium alloy ships, is at leading position in the domestic market of aluminium alloy fast ferries, public vessels and professional rescue vessels.more