China’s first home-grown large cruise liner undocks in Shanghai in breakthrough for shipbuilding, high-end manufacturing
- China’s first home-grown large cruise liner, the 135,500-tonne Adora Magic City, left its dock in Shanghai on Tuesday ahead of a series of sea trials
- After nearly four years of construction, it marks a breakthrough for China’s shipbuilding and high-end manufacturing after the launch of the C919 passenger jet
China’s first home-grown large cruise liner, regarded as a breakthrough in the nation’s shipbuilding and high-end manufacturing, left its dock in Shanghai on Tuesday after nearly four years of construction to start sea trials.
Adora Magic City, a 135,500-tonne liner built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding – a subsidiary of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation – represents a significant technological advancement for China, being the last type of high-end ship that the country had yet to produce.
Over 93 per cent of the construction and over 85 per cent of the interior work for the 323-metre-long (1,060-foot) ship has been completed after it was floated at the end of last week. It is expected to be delivered by the end of the year.
Adora Magic City will make two trial trips in July and August, Waigaoqiao confirmed last week.
With the first domestically made cruise liner, scientific institutions in China have started developing our own parts
“Previously, large cruise ships were nearly exclusively made in Europe, and the entire industry chain is located there. Now, with the first domestically made cruise liner, scientific institutions in China have started developing our own parts,” Yang Xin, deputy head of Waigaoqiao’s cruise project department, said during CCTV’s live broadcast of the ceremony.