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Shipyard and Navy base from afar

Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.(BSHIC), the former Bohai Shipyard, is ashipyardin China. It is a subsidiary ofChina Shipbuilding Industry Corporation(CSIC), and is located at theHuludaoPort, in southwesternLiaoning Province,China, on the northern coast of theBohai Sea.[1]The company was founded in 1954, and constructed vessels for the Chinese market, expanding in the 1990s to international markets after obtainingISO 9000certification.[1]It was briefly part of the Liaoning Shipbuilding Group in the late 1990s before the formations of CSIC.[1]

Bohai Shipyard has produced both civilian and military vessels.[1]It has been particularly instrumental in China's nuclear powered submarine program, constructing theType 091,theType 092,theType 093,and theType 094.[2][3]This shipyard also build 4 large bulk carrier, part ofValemax,delivered to Berge Bulk between 2011 - 2013.

In late 2016, Bohai completed a new 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) covered shipbuilding facility, leading defense industry analysts to speculate that it could be used to increase the submarine production.[4]It will be able to accommodate the construction of four submarines at once.[5]

References

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  1. ^abcd"Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd [BSHIC]".GlobalSecurity.org.Retrieved12 April2017.
  2. ^"Submarine Shipbuilding".GlobalSecurity.org.Retrieved12 April2017.
  3. ^Bussert, James; Elleman, Bruce (2011).People's Liberation Army Navy: Combat System Technology, 1949-2010.Naval Institute Press.ISBN978-1591140801.
  4. ^"New Chinese shipbuilding facility may be used for nuclear submarine production, say reports".IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. 7 September 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 13 April 2017.Retrieved12 April2017.
  5. ^"China is Building the World's Largest Submarine Factory".24 April 2017.
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