Chapter 801 LNG ship construction begins
Yangcheng Shipyard.
Liu Tao hung up the satellite phone and shook his head slightly.
He didn't have to buy HSBC himself, and it was not unacceptable for Hong Kong businessmen such as Henry Fok to enter HSBC.
But he had a bottom line, that is, HSBC could no longer have the right to print Hong Kong dollars.
Currency printing must be controlled by himself.
HSBC was not touched before because it was not the right time, and it could not be forced too much, lest it jump over the wall.
Now it is different, the time is ripe.
As for HSBC making this choice, it was quite unexpected by Liu Tao.
His original idea was that the British would ask for a higher price, or simply compete in the market.
Since the British made this choice, Liu Tao no longer paid attention. After he dealt with the affairs of Hong Kong, he went to Yangcheng Shipyard.
This time, Yangcheng Shipyard is going to start construction of China's first LNG ship!
This is a milestone in China's shipbuilding history. Many mainstream media in China were invited to the groundbreaking ceremony.
LNG ships are civilian ships, not warships, and need to be kept confidential.
As the "crown jewel" of the world's shipbuilding industry, the construction of China's first LNG ship at Yangcheng Shipyard is of great significance.
Although Liu Tao designed two LNG ships, the two LNG ships were not started at the same time.
Because there are not so many workers here!
Yangcheng Shipyard is very busy now. There are several warships under construction, including a '001' light aircraft carrier, a 093 nuclear submarine, a 094 nuclear submarine, a 054 frigate, a 052 destroyer, three 022 missile boats, two 022A torpedo boats, a minesweeper, an electronic reconnaissance ship, and a 400,000-ton supertanker.
The construction of another LNG ship has directly made the workers at Yangcheng Shipyard nervous.
It is not easy to train a qualified worker, and it is even more difficult to train a mature technical worker!
The construction of this LNG ship has started, and the total construction period from construction to delivery of the ship will take 35 months.
This process is also training workers.
When the workers are trained and mature, the construction period will continue to shorten. Ten years later, a 125,000 cubic meter LNG ship like this will only take about 25 months, a reduction of 30%.
Ten years later, Panshan Group will have 5 LNG ships built annually!
At this time, the dock for building LNG ships at Yangcheng Shipyard has been vacated and the layout has been completed.
The workers are making the final preparations.
The groundbreaking ceremony is not a trivial matter and needs to be well prepared.
No one hopes that anything will happen at the groundbreaking ceremony. Everyone hopes that the groundbreaking ceremony will go smoothly and have a good start.
The next morning, at 9 o'clock.
The groundbreaking ceremony of China's first LNG ship was held as scheduled.
The camera was ready, and the reporters started taking pictures early.
Some reporters even wrote press releases in advance.
With Liu Tao's announcement of the start of construction, it also means that the groundbreaking ceremony has begun.
The automatic cutting machine cuts the steel plate, and then uses the automatic welding equipment for welding.
Under the operation of the technical workers, the gantry moves back and forth, and the automatic welding handle is calibrated.
This set of equipment is a very advanced automatic welding equipment, and the weld tracking technology can reach the world's leading level.
During the welding process, there will be various strong lights, smoke, processing errors, etc., even if it is an automatic welding equipment, these problems cannot be avoided. Originally, it was welded straight, but the steel plate was deviated when cutting, and the weld was inaccurate.
At this time, weld tracking technology is needed.
The Japanese first used advanced sensors to collect various welding data, and used the spatial parameters of the welding torch and the welding object as the standard to monitor the welding deviation in real time, and then correct it.
The automatic welding equipment here also uses advanced sensors.
Automated welding has begun.
In the eyes of everyone, sparks are flying, and automatic welding can be carried out there without human operation.
No need to smell the choking smoke, no need to worry about the welding sparks being harmful to the eyes.
Many people feel stunned when they see this scene.
They have never been exposed to automatic welding, and their impression of welding is still manual welding.
Liu Tao was not surprised at all. Automatic welding technology has been used in Panshan Group for ten years.
It is difficult to train good welders, so we can only develop automatic welding technology to make up for the lack of good welders.
In the entire Panshan Group, there are only two people who can reach the tenth level of welders, and less than 20 people who can reach the ninth level of welders.
These skilled welders are only responsible for solving problems and training people.
Panshan Group accepted those technical secondary schools, junior colleges, and undergraduate colleges. Because they belong to the weapons industry system, they train engineering-oriented people, which belong to engineering colleges.
In recent years, these colleges have developed well. After all, junior colleges and undergraduates need it, and technical secondary schools also need it.
Different levels of colleges and universities train different talents.
For example, technical secondary schools are positioned to train qualified workers with strong hands-on skills, who can be competent for work immediately after graduation and entering the factory.
And junior colleges are mainly for training intermediate technical engineers, who can solve some problems.
As for the positioning of undergraduate colleges, it is to train future senior engineers to solve most common problems and have the ability to think independently. Maybe there will be very few people here who stand out and become the top in the industry.
In addition to entering the arsenal, those trained in these colleges and universities will also enter other companies of the Panshan Group.
Yangcheng Shipyard is naturally no exception.
It just takes time to cultivate talents, and it also takes time to cultivate workers.
Liu Tao was interviewed by reporters. Liu Tao was seen walking to an area wearing a safety helmet on his head.
Behind Liu Tao, followed a large group of reporters. They held cameras in their hands and started taking pictures of Liu Tao and the dock where he was working.
There were also a few people with cameras. One of them, a beautiful female reporter who was often seen on TV, held a microphone with a CCTV logo and introduced it to the camera.
"Dear viewers, today we have arrived at the Yangcheng Shipyard. The groundbreaking ceremony for China's first LNG ship is currently underway. As far as we know, an LNG ship is a special ship that transports liquefied gas at a low temperature of minus 163 degrees Celsius. It is a kind of ' The "Marine Super Refrigerated Truck" is known as the "Crown Pearl" of the world's shipbuilding industry. Now that Yangcheng Shipyard has started construction of China's first LNG ship, it marks that we have won this crown! "
The reporter spoke a little faster, "Now, let us interview Academician Liu Tao, general manager and party secretary of Panshan Group, who is also the chief designer of the LNG ship that is being built this time!"
Liu Tao looked at the camera with a smile on his face. This kind of scene was nothing to him, and he would not be as nervous as before at the beginning.
No matter how big the scene is, Liu Tao has seen it all.
A scene like this can only be regarded as a small scene for Liu Tao.
Coupled with the fact that he has been in a high position for a long time, Liu Tao unconsciously carries a powerful aura.