Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company

Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company
Native name
中信造船集團
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
FounderPi-Hsiang Han 韓碧祥[1]
HeadquartersKaohsiung, Taiwan
Key people
Han Pi-hsiang, Chairman[2]
SubsidiariesJade Yachts
Websitehttp://www.jongshyn.com
Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company
Traditional Chinese中信造船集團
Simplified Chinese中信造船集团
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese中信
Floating Drydock Jong Shyn No. 8
Kaohsiung (CG129), 3000-ton patrol vessel built for Coast Guard Administration
Pingtung CG135, 1000-ton patrol vessel built for Coast Guard Administration
Anping-class offshore patrol vessel

Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company (JSSC) is a Taiwanese shipbuilder based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the largest private shipbuilder in Taiwan.[2]

History[edit]

Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1973.[3] By 2009 they had built more than 400 ships.[4] In 2009 JSSC received orders for more than twenty ships between 500-tons and 2,000-tons from the Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan) (CGA).[5] In 2015 JSSC launched two 3,000-ton patrol ships for the CGA, the Yilan (CG 128) and Kaohsiung (CG 129).[6] JSSC is participating in the development of a Taiwanese domestic AUV.[7]

They have delivered Taiwan's first locally designed and built drilling vessel. The Polaris Australis was delivered to Dragon Prince Hydro-Survey Enterprise Co and Dragon Prince in 2017. She has been chartered by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to install underwater power cables for their offshore wind farms.[8]

In 2019 Jong Shyn began the construction on the first of twelve 600-ton catamaran patrol vessels ordered by the Coast Guard Administration. Known as the Anping-class offshore patrol vessel the patrol vessels are based on the 567-ton Tuo Chiang-class corvette.[9] The contract to build the 12 600-ton patrol vessels and 52 35-ton patrol vessels for the CGA was worth NTD 17b (USD ~550m).[10] The first 600-ton patrol vessel and first two 35-ton patrol vessels were launched in December 2019.[11]

In 2023 Jong Shyn won a Taiwanese military contract to build two prototype light frigates, one specialized for anti-air warfare and one specialized for anti-submarine warfare.[12]

Jade Yachts[edit]

Main article: Jade Yachts

Jade Yachts is a JSSC subsidiary founded in 2004 to build steel and aluminum yachts for the domestic and international market.[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shipbuilder expects rise in Taiwan's yacht industry - Taipei Times". 15 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "TAIWAN BUILDS FIRST STEEL HULLED MEGAYACHT". motorship.com. Mercator Media Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Co Ltd". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Shipbuilding industry in Chinese Taipei" (PDF). www.oecd.org. OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6). Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  5. ^ CNA, Staff Writer (30 December 2009). "Coast Guard launches new home-made vessel". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ^ Gady, Franz-Stefan. "2 New Ships: Taiwan's Coast Guard Is Thinking Big". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. ^ Chen Chih-chong and, Kuan-lin Liu. "Taiwan plans to launch its first indigenous AUV within 5 years". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. ^ Li, Natasha (4 June 2019). "Nation's first homegrown drilling vessel unveiled". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  9. ^ Chen Chi-feng and, William Yen. "Construction works for 600-tonne CGA ship starts in Kaohsiung". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  10. ^ Liao, George (18 July 2019). "600-ton patrol ships being built in Kaohsiung for Taiwan coast guard". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  11. ^ Staff Writer. "4 Coast Guard boats launched in Kaohsiung". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. ^ Ming-yan, Jiang; Yeh, Joseph; Huang, Frances. "Jong Shyn awarded light frigate building contracts". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Spirit of Jade Yachts". jade-yachts.com. Jade Yachts. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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