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the American Vigor Industrial has ordered the construction of a floating dry dock to Chinese DDHI
With a length of 293 meters and a width of 57 meters, it will be the greatest basin than this type in the USA
January 15, 2013
The navalmeccanico group American Vigor Industrial has ordered to the Chinese Daoda Marine Heavy Industry Co. (DDHI), than to center to Qidong in the province of Jiangsu, the construction of what American with a length of about 293 meters, a width almost 57 meters and an ability to raising of 80.000 long tons will be the greatest floating dry dock. The investment will pile to 40 million dollars.
"We have decided that this is the moment to buy - has explained the managing director of Vigor Industrial, Frank Foti - because the question of services to the ships of great dimensions is growing and is diminished the availability of dry docks of long large-capacity western coast of the USA".
The American company has specified that the new floating dock will be placed to Portland and will currently have than 90 meters a more advanced length to that of the greatest basin in possession of the society. In particular, Vigor has explained that the new dry dock, that will be taken in delivery in March 2014, will be able to receive the ships of next generation of the Military Sealift Command of US Navy let alone commercial ships, between which unit post-Panamax and cruise ships.
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The navalmeccanico group American Vigor Industrial has ordered to the Chinese Daoda Marine Heavy Industry Co. (DDHI), than to center to Qidong in the province of Jiangsu, the construction of what American with a length of about 293 meters, a width almost 57 meters and an ability to raising of 80.000 long tons will be the greatest floating dry dock. The investment will pile to 40 million dollars.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
