Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited, founded in 1989, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Industry Holdings Co., Ltd.; Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Ltd. focuses on ship repair, has technological knowledge in steel work, coating and painting, machinery maintenance, oil tanks' conversion and offshore repairs and conversions. Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Ltd. with its rich experience and high-quality team work has successfully completed repair of all sorts of vessels and rigs at home and abroad. Yiu Lian Dockyards has been highly praised and trusted by its customers, as well as awarded by the Government for many times. With the development of marine industry, in 2004 the Group invested RMB 2.4billion in upgrading Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Ltd. overall on a Mazhou Island that has been put into production in 2007. Covering a total area of 700,000m2 in the Pearl River delta, the company operates along the coastline of 3,400m berths plus two VLCC dry docks with capacities of 300,000 dwt and over 300,000 dwt respectively and two original floating docks which can handle vessels of 70,000 dwt and 30,000 dwt respectively.more

Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited(GSI) was found in 1993, is the first listed shipbuilding company in China. It is a mainstay subsidiary under the large state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation(CSSC). Its rich tradition can be traced back to 1914, Guangzhou Shipyard, the predecessor company of GSI, was founded in 1954. As the largest base for construction of navy support vessels in South China and a national high tech enterprise with National Technical Center and import and export autonomy, GSI has achieved an annual shipbuilding capacity of 3.5m dwt, and its portfolio of designs cover diverse types of vessels under 400,000dwt in compliance with the rules and regulations of major classification societies worldwide, it has acquired the core technology in a wide range of vessels including MR, AFRA, VLCC, VLOC, high tech and value added ships like Semi Submersible Heavy Lift Vessel(SSHLV), Ro-Ro Passenger, Polar Class Deck Carrier, navy support vessel and specialized vessels. With the closing down of its Liwan factory in downtown, GSI’s main shipbuilding activities moved to Nansha factory, which located in Longxue Island where is Nansha Free Trade Zone neighboring Hong Kong and Macau, covering an area of 2.53m square meters, equipped with two 300,000 dwt dry docks, four 600 ton gantry cranes, one 900 ton gantry crane ,five VLCC berths, and two 50,000 dwt shipbuilding slipwaysmore