northernbook Chapter 298: Supertanker Order, Let’s Hold an Air Show
Chapter 298: Supertanker Order, Let’s Hold an Air Show
"The ancient country's third 100,000-ton ship appeared, but I didn't expect it to be an oil tanker."
"Yet our country, and even the entire Western civilized world, cannot even build a 100,000-ton ship."
"God must be asleep. I don't know how they did it."
When Western media reporters saw this giant ship, some of them felt very complicated.
Once upon a time, this country that they looked down upon created miracles one after another and became a country that even their own country had to catch up with.
"A 100,000-ton tanker? This tanker is equivalent to nearly five Stillman tankers. I think our fleet will have a new member to replace it."
The Malki Group is a well-deserved shipping giant in the Western world and has the title of the world's shipping king.
It involves many businesses including oil transportation, freight, port operations, etc., among which oil transportation is one of its main businesses.
The USS Stillman is currently the largest oil tanker in the world, with a full load displacement of 23,000 tons.
But it seems not enough in front of the Expedition crude oil tanker of this ancient country.
So when he received the invitation from Bincheng Shipyard, even though there were many directors on the board who looked down on Dongfang.
But as a qualified capitalist, they will not mess with their money.
If they could buy a 100,000-ton supertanker, it would not only improve transportation efficiency but also help them make more money.
After all, in terms of efficiency and cost, the Stillman tanker is no match for the Expedition tanker.
It can even be said that from today onwards, any international shipping company involved in crude oil transportation cannot do without the Expedition tanker.
Because currently only the ancient country in the world has the technology to manufacture 100,000-ton oil tankers.
Its economic benefits are unmatched by small and medium-sized oil tankers.
And it is not only shipping companies that need this tanker. Some countries also urgently need such a tanker with a large carrying capacity.
For example, the country of Hans is very interested in this tanker.
Their navies all sent representatives to attend the ceremony.
Obviously, he came with a mission.
Soon the launching ceremony began, and as the gates opened, seawater began to flow in continuously.
In full view of the public, this 100,000-ton supertanker began to float under the buoyancy of seawater.
After a long time, the sea water finally filled up, which also meant that the Expedition supertanker had been successfully launched.
Jiang Hua and Zhao Bowen, general manager of Bincheng Shipyard, both took the stage to deliver speeches, and the ceremony, which lasted for half a day, came to an end.
Today is a fruitful day for General Manager Zhao Bowen.
Not only did they gain fame, but they also received orders one after another.
There are currently four shipping companies in the ancient country that have transoceanic transportation business.
Two of them are state-owned enterprises and two are private enterprises.
One of these two private enterprises belongs to Nanhua Group.
With strong financial support, Nanhua is currently involved in automobile manufacturing, rubber processing, shipping, air transportation and other fields, with assets reaching hundreds of millions of yuan.
It is a well-deserved giant among the private enterprises in Guguo.
At present, the international shipping group of the ancient country has placed an order for seven Expedition supertankers just for these four ships.
The external selling price of a single ship is 2500 million Chinese yuan, which is equivalent to million US dollars.
The order for these seven ships alone amounted to US$7 million.
Of course, this is just a domestic order and does not mean that the Expedition supertanker is a success.
Whether it will be successful depends on whether the market is willing to pay for this supertanker.
The market will also look to the international shipping giants that are coming this time.
In a hotel in Bincheng, Shamonto, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maersk Group, looked at the detailed information about the Expedition supertanker in his hand.
"If it were a few years ago, even if the ancient countrymen sent an invitation letter to my desk, I would not even look at it, but throw it into the trash can.
But times have changed now.
Our Western shipbuilding industry has fallen behind that of the East, and this supertanker shows it.”
An accompanying staff member nodded and said, "That's right. Based on my understanding of the shipbuilding industry in various countries, no country is currently able to build such an excellent supertanker.
Not only can it transport a full 100,000 tons of crude oil, it also has excellent fuel economy.
If you spread it out evenly, the transportation cost per ton is even lower than that of the tankers built by Hans, which is incredible."
Shamonto put down the documents in his hand, looked at him and asked, "So we can purchase this supertanker?"
The accompanying person is the person in charge of technical review and is also one of the middle and senior management of the Maersk Group.
“Based on the current data, there is no problem.
The ancient Chinese were able to manufacture such complex large warships as 100,000-ton battleships and aircraft carriers.
Supertankers, with simpler technology, are no problem.”
After hearing this, Shamonto made a decision in his heart.
"Give them the order for those four ships. Inform them to sign the contract tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock."
The sooner you sign the contract, the higher up the queue you will be.
Not only Maersk Group, but other international shipping groups have also placed orders to varying degrees.
For example, British Airways, Moore McCormack Shipping Company, South Continental Shipping Company, etc.
Including the four orders from Maersk Group, the total international orders for Expedition supertankers have reached 11.
Together with the 7 ships ordered domestically, the total order volume reaches 18 ships.
With each ship priced at US$2500 million, the total amount of the order for these 18 ships alone is as high as US$4.5 million.
This is definitely the largest order ever received by Bincheng Shipyard.
Even if all the large shipyards were vacated for construction, it would still take three to four years to complete.
Looking at the thick stack of intention order contracts in front of him, Zhao Bowen picked up the phone on the table and dialed it.
"Connect me to Yi Hongtao, the general manager of Jiangnan Shipyard."
Soon a deep voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I'm Yi Hongtao, who are you?"
After hearing this voice, Zhao Bowen coughed lightly.
"Old colleague, I'm Zhao Bowen."
After hearing this name, Yi Hongtao's face on the other end of the phone suddenly fell.
"It's you, you bastard. You're definitely up to no good by looking at me. If you have anything to fart, come on."
Zhao Bowen didn't care when he heard him scolding him. He smiled and said, "I have good news to tell you this time. The expedition project of our Bincheng Shipyard was successful.
We received orders for 18 ships in just three days. Do you think this is a good thing?"
"How much? Are you sure it's the Expedition tanker?"
Yi Hongtao's exclamation came from the other end of the phone.
The main reason is that the order volume is really terrifying.
These are supertankers of 18 tons. of them were sold in just three days. This number is really too astonishing.
"Of course, otherwise what other expeditions do we have?"
Hearing Zhao Bowen's boastful voice, Yi Hongtao's face turned red and he snorted heavily.
"Our Silver Sea is only two months away. Wait for our good news. Our Silver Sea will definitely sell more than your Bincheng Shipyard.
If a villain succeeds, just wait and see."
"Wait, don't hang up yet!"
Yi Hongtao: "I don't want to listen to you now."
"I admit that I wanted to show off to you, but more importantly, I wanted to ask for your help."
"You want my help? Are you crazy?"
Yi Hongtao's voice was filled with disbelief, and he felt like his lungs were about to explode.
Not only do you want to show off to me, but you also want my help?
Soon Zhao Bowen began to explain: "Our shipyard has received two more orders for large military ships.
You also know that although our Bincheng Shipyard is not as well established as your Jiangnan Shipyard, our technology is more advanced than yours..."
Hearing the gnashing of teeth coming from the other end of the phone, Zhao Bowen quickly stopped talking and got to the point.
"We can't finish building these 18 ships in three years, so we have to transfer the order for six ships to your factory, but we have to get half of the profit."
This is also the second reason why Zhao Bowen looked for Yi Hongtao.
One of the purposes is naturally to show off.
"Half is too much, 30% at most."
Zhao Bowen immediately retorted, "At least 40%, otherwise there's no room for negotiation. After all, we negotiated the order and designed the drawings.
If we didn't have a shortage of slipways and needed to build nuclear-powered warships for the military, we wouldn't have transferred the order to you."
"Okay, 40% for 40%!"
A 60% profit is not bad, anyway they have built three new slipways above 100,000 tons.
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Bowen fell into deep thought.
“The Expedition supertanker was the beginning of our success, and our reputation has spread.
I'm afraid that relying solely on the Bincheng Shipyard will not be able to meet future orders.
So we have to build another shipyard.”
Then he came to a map.
"Both Yuguan and Tianjin can establish a shipbuilding base."
After returning from Bincheng, Jiang Hua received another call from Yu Guodong, chairman of the Guguo Aviation Industry Group.
The purpose of his call was to inform Jiang Hua that the Chang'an Aviation Manufacturing Base of the Guhang Industry Group had successfully completed the manufacturing of two models of passenger aircraft.
This also means that the production lines and industrial chains have been fully opened up.
Jiang Hua's heart moved when he heard this.
"I heard that Western jet prototypes have already started flight tests?"
Yu Guodong was stunned, not knowing what Jiang Hua meant by this question, but he still replied:
“Yes, according to intelligence, John’s jet prototype has already made its maiden flight, and the jet prototype developed by Hans will also be making its maiden flight soon.
The jet aircraft developed by the United States and John is also progressing rapidly.
Tsarist Russia's progress was slow, as their aviation industry was relatively weak."
Jiang Hua nodded and said, "Let's hold an air show, and the location should be Jianggang.
The Army and Navy will also have a ground display at the air show.
I will then lift the ban on the sale of a number of first-generation jet fighters, allowing them to be sold abroad, but only to friendly countries."
Since the jet aircraft in the West are about to make their maiden flight.
This means that the military trade in piston aircraft has basically come to an end.
The reason is very simple. Who would be willing to buy a piston plane when there are jet planes?
So the toothpaste for piston aircraft has basically been squeezed out.
Besides, the first-generation aircraft cannot threaten the ancient country's air force.
After all, the ancient country's air force is equipped with second-generation aircraft and air-to-air missiles.
However, the first generation machine is not sold casually, you have to choose carefully.
And it would be best to castrate it, so that its performance is more advanced and mature than that of Western jet aircraft.
As long as it can be brought out, it will basically sell out everywhere and can be sold for many years.
With more orders, Guhang Industry will have more funds to invest in research, upgrades and expansion.