Guangzhou Longxue shipbuilding Co., Ltd., (GLS) was incorporated on May 25, 2006 and subsequently developed into a joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), Bao Steel Group Corporation and China Shipping (Group) Company, is the core enterprise of the CSSC Longxue Shipbuilding base (one among the three massive shipbuilding bases in China) and also the largest modernized shipbuilding company in South China. With its manufacturing factory located on Longxue Island in Nansha District of Guangzhou, which is only 70km or so from Guangzhou city center and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, GLS boasts a very favorable geographic advantage. The shipyard, which is equipped with two large dry-docks, four 600 tons gantry cranes, four berths and adopts advanced equipment such as FCB production line, covers an area of 2.53 million square meters and achieve an annual shipbuilding capacity of up to 3.5 million dwt.
GLS started the building of its first ship (308,000 dwt VLCC) in H1, 2008 and delivered it in Q4 of 2009 and so far has delivered total tonnage in excess of 1.3m DWT and this is of great significance in promoting the industrial upgrading in Guangdong area and escalating the layout of Chinese shipbuilding industry as well as in making China a major and powerful shipbuilding country.
The portfolio of GLS consists of a wide range of merchant ships including large bulk carriers (including VLOC, Panamax bulk carrier, Kamsarmax bulk carrier) , large crude/product oil tankers(including VLCC, Suezmax , Aframax and so on), large containerships, and high-tech ships such as LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
Bearing the wish of listing among the global leading shipbuilders, taking the mission of providing first-class ships for major international shipowners and becoming an ideal partner for both the ship operator and the shipowner, and withholding the standard and requirement of faithfulness, safety, environmental protection as well as quality and efficiency in our management of shipbuilding, CSSC Guangzhou Longxue Company is striving to build itself into a superior shipbuilding enterprise with compact organization, efficient management, optimized process flow, advanced equipment, loyal employees and good economic returns.