Wuhu Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Wuhu City China • Cherry Automobile Co Ltd
Under Group of:
Wuhu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. was established in 1925 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. and acquired by Cherry Automobile Co., Ltd and renamed Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding Co., Ltd in 2008, before adopting its current name. Situated alongside the Yangtze River, it lies approximately 120 km from Nanjing.
The shipyard specialises in shipbuilding and repair services for smaller vessels, with a maximum building capacity of 30,000 DWT. Its main products include 18,000 DWT and 24,000 DWT multi-purpose vessels (MPVs). A new facility at the Sanshan yard began operations in 2010, and the shipyard launched its first 82,000 DWT bulk carrier in 2011. The yard has also secured access to two dry docks at the former Rongsheng Shipyard, supporting ambitions to construct larger vessels including Newcastlemax bulk carriers and VLCCs.
Wuhu Shipyard’s Weihai Base is located in Weihai City. The company reopened the shipbuilding facilities at this site in 2023 and now focuses on the construction of PCTCs, MR and LR1 tankers, Kamsarmax and Ultramax bulk carriers, and chemical tankers.
The facility covers an area of approximately 820,000 square metres. It includes two building slipway berths, each measuring 400m by 36m, as well as a dry dock measuring 325m by 41.5m.
The yard also operates a floating dock measuring 220 by 37 metres, capable of accommodating vessels of up to 100,000 DWT, and an outfitting quay with a total length of 1,800 metres. The base has an annual shipbuilding capacity of
approximately 1 million DWT.
Independent shipyard insight, future-ready newbuild guidance and expert advisory support to help you make confident new construction decisions from planning to delivery.
New construction decisions shape the performance, compliance and commercial value of a vessel for decades. Lloyd’s Register helps owners, operators, charterers and project teams make those decisions with greater clarity, combining trusted classification expertise with practical newbuild advisory support.
Through LR’s New Construction Guide, clients can access independent shipyard intelligence across North Asia, including China, Korea and Japan. The guide helps compare shipyard capabilities, facilities, track record, vessel specialisms and future-fuel readiness, supporting smarter shipyard selection and earlier project planning.
Beyond the guide, LR provides advisory support across the full newbuild lifecycle. From technical specification development and design review to regulatory impact assessments, alternative fuel studies, energy efficiency, carbon capture readiness, site support and operational preparation, LR helps clients reduce uncertainty before it becomes a cost, a delay, or a risk.
With global technical authority, local shipyard knowledge and deep maritime expertise, Lloyd’s Register supports future-ready vessels from the earliest concept through to construction and delivery, helping clients build with confidence in an increasingly complex market.
Summary
2008-2012
4x 18,000 DWT MPV for Safmarine
2010-2014
7x 82,500 DWT Bulk Carrier for FOSCO (SDARI new design);
1+2x 82,000 DWT Bulk Carrier for Reederei Bertling
1x 82,500 DWT Bulk Carrier for FOSCO (SDARI new design)
2027
(6+6)x 38,000 DWT SUS Chemical Tankers for Stolt
2028-2029
8x 28,000 DWT MPVs for Spliethoff
2021-2022
3x 7,000 DWT Ro-Ro LNG Fuelled
4x 5,800 DWT MPVs LNG Fuelled
2021-2022
2x 22,500 DWT Chemical Tankers LNG Fuelled
2023
2x 24,000 DWT Asphalt Carriers LNG Fuelled
2023
3,900 DWT General Cargo LNG Fuelled
12,000 DWT Asphalt Carrier LNG Fuelled
10,000-40,000 DWT Handysize
82,000 DWT Kamsarmax
Newcastlemax
300 TEU
4,700 - 30,000 DWT
28,000 DWT
VLCC
PSV
Summary of tabbed selection to inform user.
|
Type
|
Size
|
Capacity
|
|---|---|---|
| Slipway | 240m x 40m | 80,000 DWT |
| Slipway | 240m x 40m | 80,000 DWT |
| Piping(S / S) workshop | 2,430m² | |
| Piping(Carbon steel) workshop | 6,880m² | |
| No.1 Fabrication Platform | 327m x 132m | |
| 43m x 40m | N/A | N/A |
| No.2 Prefabrication Platform | 327m x 132m | N/A |
| 43m x 40m | N/A | N/A |
| Outfitting Quay | 740m x 20m | |
| Indoor hull workshop | 297m x 36m x 4m | |
| Section Fabrication workshop | 310m x 36m x 2m | 22,320m² |
| Gantry | Slipway No.1 | 1x 450T |
| Gantry | Slipway No.2 | 2x 450T |
| Gantry | Slipway No.1 | |
| Gantry | Slipway No.2 | 2x 120T |
| Blasting Workshop | ||
| Painting Workshop |
Wuhu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
No.1 E’xi Road, Sanshan Economic Development District, Wuhu City 241081, Anhui Province, China
Tel: +86 553 3935 388 (Business department)
Fax: +86 553 3858 243 (Business department)
Email: xinlianship@163.com / biz@wuhu.com.cn
Web: www.wuhu.com.cn
Shipyards
Wuhu Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Wuhu City China • Cherry Automobile Co Ltd
Under Group of:
Wuhu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. was established in 1925 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. and acquired by Cherry Automobile Co., Ltd and renamed Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding Co., Ltd in 2008, before adopting its current name. Situated alongside the Yangtze River, it lies approximately 120 km from Nanjing.
The shipyard specialises in shipbuilding and repair services for smaller vessels, with a maximum building capacity of 30,000 DWT. Its main products include 18,000 DWT and 24,000 DWT multi-purpose vessels (MPVs). A new facility at the Sanshan yard began operations in 2010, and the shipyard launched its first 82,000 DWT bulk carrier in 2011. The yard has also secured access to two dry docks at the former Rongsheng Shipyard, supporting ambitions to construct larger vessels including Newcastlemax bulk carriers and VLCCs.
Wuhu Shipyard’s Weihai Base is located in Weihai City. The company reopened the shipbuilding facilities at this site in 2023 and now focuses on the construction of PCTCs, MR and LR1 tankers, Kamsarmax and Ultramax bulk carriers, and chemical tankers.
The facility covers an area of approximately 820,000 square metres. It includes two building slipway berths, each measuring 400m by 36m, as well as a dry dock measuring 325m by 41.5m.
The yard also operates a floating dock measuring 220 by 37 metres, capable of accommodating vessels of up to 100,000 DWT, and an outfitting quay with a total length of 1,800 metres. The base has an annual shipbuilding capacity of
approximately 1 million DWT.
Independent shipyard insight, future-ready newbuild guidance and expert advisory support to help you make confident new construction decisions from planning to delivery.
New construction decisions shape the performance, compliance and commercial value of a vessel for decades. Lloyd’s Register helps owners, operators, charterers and project teams make those decisions with greater clarity, combining trusted classification expertise with practical newbuild advisory support.
Through LR’s New Construction Guide, clients can access independent shipyard intelligence across North Asia, including China, Korea and Japan. The guide helps compare shipyard capabilities, facilities, track record, vessel specialisms and future-fuel readiness, supporting smarter shipyard selection and earlier project planning.
Beyond the guide, LR provides advisory support across the full newbuild lifecycle. From technical specification development and design review to regulatory impact assessments, alternative fuel studies, energy efficiency, carbon capture readiness, site support and operational preparation, LR helps clients reduce uncertainty before it becomes a cost, a delay, or a risk.
With global technical authority, local shipyard knowledge and deep maritime expertise, Lloyd’s Register supports future-ready vessels from the earliest concept through to construction and delivery, helping clients build with confidence in an increasingly complex market.
Summary
2008-2012
4x 18,000 DWT MPV for Safmarine
2010-2014
7x 82,500 DWT Bulk Carrier for FOSCO (SDARI new design);
1+2x 82,000 DWT Bulk Carrier for Reederei Bertling
1x 82,500 DWT Bulk Carrier for FOSCO (SDARI new design)
2027
(6+6)x 38,000 DWT SUS Chemical Tankers for Stolt
2028-2029
8x 28,000 DWT MPVs for Spliethoff
2021-2022
3x 7,000 DWT Ro-Ro LNG Fuelled
4x 5,800 DWT MPVs LNG Fuelled
2021-2022
2x 22,500 DWT Chemical Tankers LNG Fuelled
2023
2x 24,000 DWT Asphalt Carriers LNG Fuelled
2023
3,900 DWT General Cargo LNG Fuelled
12,000 DWT Asphalt Carrier LNG Fuelled
10,000-40,000 DWT Handysize
82,000 DWT Kamsarmax
Newcastlemax
300 TEU
4,700 - 30,000 DWT
28,000 DWT
VLCC
PSV
Summary of tabbed selection to inform user.
|
Type
|
Size
|
Capacity
|
|---|---|---|
| Slipway | 240m x 40m | 80,000 DWT |
| Slipway | 240m x 40m | 80,000 DWT |
| Piping(S / S) workshop | 2,430m² | |
| Piping(Carbon steel) workshop | 6,880m² | |
| No.1 Fabrication Platform | 327m x 132m | |
| 43m x 40m | N/A | N/A |
| No.2 Prefabrication Platform | 327m x 132m | N/A |
| 43m x 40m | N/A | N/A |
| Outfitting Quay | 740m x 20m | |
| Indoor hull workshop | 297m x 36m x 4m | |
| Section Fabrication workshop | 310m x 36m x 2m | 22,320m² |
| Gantry | Slipway No.1 | 1x 450T |
| Gantry | Slipway No.2 | 2x 450T |
| Gantry | Slipway No.1 | |
| Gantry | Slipway No.2 | 2x 120T |
| Blasting Workshop | ||
| Painting Workshop |
Wuhu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
No.1 E’xi Road, Sanshan Economic Development District, Wuhu City 241081, Anhui Province, China
Tel: +86 553 3935 388 (Business department)
Fax: +86 553 3858 243 (Business department)
Email: xinlianship@163.com / biz@wuhu.com.cn
Web: www.wuhu.com.cn
