随着新造船市场的普及，江西最大的船厂江州联合造船有望重启造船业务。

10月31日，香港上市公司中海重工发布公告，披露业务发展最新情况，努力调整造船业务模式，承包中大型船舶建设。

The announcement pointed out that the normal recovery of shipbuilding business has been the focus of the Group's work in recent years and a key factor in the government's support for the restructuring of the Group's shipbuilding assets. In order to resume the shipbuilding business as soon as possible, the Group will continue to look for opportunities to adjust the business model and product structure of the shipbuilding business. On the other hand, the Group's smart parking and automotive electronics businesses are undergoing a period of adjustment; meanwhile, the Group is using its existing resources to integrate its steel engineering and installation businesses, which is the main business direction for the Group in the short term.

While gradually restoring the profitability of each business unit, China Shipping Heavy Industries will also strive to adjust its shipbuilding business model. The whole shipbuilding process from medium-sized to large vessels, including the procurement of raw materials and assembly of all components of the vessels, usually requires more capital investment and longer construction time, into more contractors or different procedures of processing or conversion shipbuilding service projects with shorter revenue cycle to reduce capital investment to reduce business and operational risks and increase the Group's working capital in the event of a deteriorating economic situation, deteriorating industry environment and deteriorating financial position of the Group.

In addition to the above-mentioned measures to adjust the business model and project scope, within the existing shipbuilding business, China Shipping Heavy Industries is responding to the unfavorable situation of the shipbuilding industry by developing and revitalizing the rich assets and resources of the shipbuilding production base along the Yangtze River in Jiangxi Province, and expanding the revenue sources, including the construction of crane loading and unloading berths, warehouses and ancillary facilities to obtain loading and unloading fees and terminal rental income.

It is understood that China Shipping Heavy Industries was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 23, 1998, and China Shipping Heavy Industries Group Limited is a Hong Kong main board listed company (HK0651) whose main business covers shipbuilding, intelligent parking, automotive electronics, financial services and other fields. Jiangzhou United Shipbuilding, Nantong Huakai Heavy Industries and other CNHIC's original domestic shipbuilding business, but Nantong Huakai Heavy Industries has gone bankrupt. The announcement did not specify the name of Jiangzhou production base. According to the China distribution area of China Shipping Heavy Industries shipbuilding assets, the production base should be Jiangzhou United Shipbuilding.

It is understood that Jiangxi Jiangzhou United Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (former Jiangxi Jiangzhou Shipyard) was established in 1971, is the largest and most technically capable shipyard in Jiangxi Province, and is also one of the first shipyards to enter the national shipbuilding industry specification conditions and white list. It has a stable customer base and a good reputation for quality in the field of multi-purpose heavy cranes and chemical vessels. The factory has four large factories of 10,000 square meters, three shipyards of 20,000 tons, a 500-meter in-lake assembly dock, a 360-meter Yangtze River assembly dock, a 6,500-ton powerlifting floating dock, 20,000 tons of various vessels, and an annual shipbuilding capacity of 300,000 tons. Since its establishment, more than 200 ships have been successfully built and exported to many countries and regions in the world, such as Singapore and Germany. In recent years, the shipbuilding business in Jiangzhou has been in a difficult situation, and CNOOC has been looking for opportunities to integrate the shipbuilding business in Jiangzhou.

In March 2018, shipbuilding cooperation with Yangtze River Shipbuilding

On March 13, 2018, China Shipping Heavy Industry reached a cooperation framework agreement with Ruichang Municipal Government and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding on possible cooperation matters. According to the agreement, the Ruichang Municipal Government intends to delineate the limestone mining area in Jinjin Township, Ruichang City (limestone mining area of about 500 million tons of limestone deposits), and the parties will establish a joint venture to participate in the public bidding of the limestone mining area. The Ruichang Municipal Government agreed to convert the assembly dock of Jiangzhou Shipbuilding into a sandstone dock for the transportation of sandstone produced by the joint venture.

Shortly afterwards, China Shipping Heavy Industries, Yangtze River Shipbuilding and Xingda Mining entered into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the possible cooperation proposed under the cooperation framework agreement. A joint venture shipbuilding company managed by a Singapore listed company will set up the MOU in Ruichang. The joint venture shipbuilding company will lease relevant production sites and facilities from Jiangzhou Shipbuilding to develop its shipbuilding business with an annual production capacity of 4-6 20,000 tons vessels. The Singapore listed company will assist Jiangzhou Shipbuilding in finding three new buyers for the vessels that may be cancelled by three customers. Subsequently, Jiangzhou Shipbuilding will sell the three cancelled vessels to the joint venture at a reasonable price, allowing the joint venture to continue its construction projects and then sell the cancelled vessels to the new buyers.

CSIC believes that the cooperation will allow for the re-integration of Jiangzhou's shipbuilding business, allowing for the cancellation of orders to new buyers through a network of Singapore-listed companies, and will help reduce the financial impact on the Group if the remaining shipbuilding contracts are terminated, thus satisfying the overall interests of the Company and its shareholders.

100 million asset sale and re-leasing in October 2018

On October 12, 2018, China Shipping Heavy Industries announced that Jiangxi Jiangzhou United Shipbuilding Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an asset transfer agreement as seller, buyer Ruichang Ruilian Asset Management Company Limited and guarantor, whereby the seller sold assets to the buyer for RMB100 million. The Purchaser has granted a call option to the Seller to repurchase all or any part of the assets for a consideration during the call option period. Subsequently, the Buyer, as lessor, has entered into a lease agreement with the Seller, as lessee. As a result, the Buyer has agreed to lease the assets from the Seller. The annual rent is $4.35 million from October 15, 2018.

The asset consists of several parcels of land, factories, wharves and properties held by the seller in Ruichang, which are mortgaged to the bank. The unaudited net book value of the assets as at 30 June 2018 was approximately HK$212 million.

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2020年12月，计划盘活造船资产，继续造船业务

2020年12月31日，中海重工宣布，集团正致力于盘活江西省江州的造船资产。

公告称，集团计划利用江西省江州生产基地的工厂和设施继续经营其造船业务。然而，由于中国和全球造船业的持续低迷，集团近年来一直面临着高融资成本和严峻的财务状况，对集团现有的融资计划和造船业务的业务发展产生了不利影响。

该公告还表示，该集团目前正致力于振兴江西省江州的现有造船资产，如土地、生产基地和长江岸线。在江西省和江苏省各级政府的支持下，集团正在积极与长期合作伙伴和江西省政府讨论造船业务合作的可能性，包括引进潜在客户和筹集资金，以恢复集团的生产设施运营。

中海重工表示，目前正在重建位于江州的码头和长江岸线，并将其改造成矿石装载港。预计重建将于2021年初完成，未来将从邻近地区矿业公司支付的码头装卸费和物流服务中产生收入。

今年9月：造船业务重组

今年9月，中海重工发布中期业绩报告时表示，集团积极重组造船业务，引进大型企业整合造船业务，振兴造船资产。2018年3月开始的重组计划开始推进江州联合造船业务整合和与大型企业的合作。虽然中间存在不可预测的因素，但整体工作正在有序进行。江州联合造船剩余码头、土地等资源的重组也在进行中。预计依靠长江的仓储物流业务将开始运营。同时，与物流相关的新业务也预计将通过业务扩展或并购进行，集团将带来长期稳定的现金流。

在10月中旬发布的最新公告中，中海重工表示，该集团拥有一支由200多名技术工人组成的经验丰富的团队，以重工业生产能力和长江沿岸丰富的自然资源而闻名。因此，它吸引了需要重工业产品加工/生产能力的客户，主要包括老国有和私营建筑公司、船舶公司和钢铁工程公司、其他相关运输公司和政府部门的客户。