One Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-Three to Hurt People

"And to use it on LNG ships, I only recently thought of it, that is to use the characteristics of our robots that are not afraid of vibrations affecting the accuracy..."

"And how to break through the limitations of various scenarios, we have considered for a long time..."

Although he knew that Qin Xiaotian was complaining, he still had to explain a few words.

After all, dialogue and conversation, people talk, you always have to give a step to the next step.

Qin Xiaotian was actually just complaining a few words subconsciously, because things about LNG ships in recent years made him feel very depressed.

Since 2018, the Southern Dynasties have robbed all the international orders for LNG ships that year.

Especially after realizing that we are catching up, the Southern Dynasties have used various means in international competition.

At that time, there was only one HD shipyard in China that could produce LNG ships, and its technical strength was still relatively backward.

In fact, in the international arena, the possibility of confronting the Southern Dynasties and winning is not very likely.

So what our company thinks is, those large LNG orders, I will not fight with you, but you have to give me a few small LNG ship orders, right?

After all, a large-scale international transport LNG ship can easily carry a carrying capacity of 170,000 to 80,000 cubic meters. Our technology really can't handle you in this regard.

But for small and medium-sized ones, within 100,000 square meters, you have to give me something to eat, right?

After all, not all countries need that kind of large LNG carriers, and carriers within 100,000 cubic meters also have a certain market.

For example, in our country, there are actually many such small and medium-sized LNG carriers, and the main role of such ships.

It is to transport LNG imported from the world from various storage ports to various places.

Especially if you take the Yangtze River waterway to transport inland, you don't need a big ship.

It's a pity that this idea is very good, but the people of the Southern Dynasty chose to kill them all.

Internationally, it is not even an order for us.

So our HD shipyard's performance in 18 years is zero.

It made the person in charge look very bad, and finally had to bite the bullet and play Tai Chi. Although we didn't get international orders, we finally made a breakthrough in Inwasteel.

Then came the 19-year competition, which was even more tragic.

This year, Maoxiong began to exploit the natural gas in the Arctic Circle in a large area in the Arctic, and is also open to international tenders.

This is also the largest international order of the year, with a total of 17 ships.

We were overjoyed when we heard the news.

Because this time we think, we finally have a play.

why? Because we have a special relationship with Maoxiong, if we go to bid, we think Maoxiong should be able to take care of it.

The second reason is that this time Mao Xiong tenders are not ordinary LNG ships, because they often operate in the Arctic region, and they must be able to work normally in winter.

Therefore, the LNG ship this time must have the ice breaking function.

When it comes to breaking ice, we are strong in this regard!

Although we don't have super-large icebreakers as powerful as the fur bears, we have also built many Antarctic and Arctic scientific research ships before.

These ships are all capable of breaking ice.

In fact, when it comes to icebreakers, this is Mao Xiong's housekeeping skills, but unfortunately, although their ships are invincible in breaking ice, they become thin when combined with LNG transportation.

Mao Xiong can't do such delicate work, so their natural gas company chose the form of external bidding.

Originally, we were determined to win this order.

Even if you can't win all of them, you can win at least half of them.

This is the prediction of our shipyard before going out to bid. In order to get the design of this special ice-breaking LNG ship, HD Shipbuilding also applied to the superior, and specially recruited many professional designers and technicians from the large ship.

It's a pity that no one thought that they would go away in a hurry, but in the end they would return in disappointment.

Because Mao Xiong never thought about giving them face, but directly chose the three major shipyards in the Southern Dynasty that hurt people with their own hearts.

In order to prevent HD Shipbuilding from getting orders, the three major shipyards in the Southern Dynasty kept the price extremely low this time, and even felt a little bit of a loss.

17 ice-breaking LNG ships and an order of US$5.4 billion really made us jump with rage.

Because this price is basically not much profit space for the three major shipyards in the Southern Dynasty.

Some people may say that an ordinary 170,000-square-meter LNG ship will cost $200 million in the near future?

Their LNG ship, the unit price of a pound is 300 million US dollars, why is there no profit margin?

Because this is not an ordinary LNG ship, this is an ice-breaking LNG ship. First of all, it is stronger than ordinary LNG ships in terms of material requirements.

Under the requirement of ensuring the carrying capacity, you also need to ensure the high strength of the transport ship, because you have to break through the ice.

And it can't be like ordinary icebreakers, just thicken and increase the keel, and then hit the icebreaker in front of it.

The most basic requirement is that you use special alloy steel that is harder and stronger than ordinary ship steel.

And in front of the ship, and below the waterline, special alloy armor must be installed.

Only in this way can the safety of the boats pass through the glacier.

You must know that the LNG mined by Maoxiong in the Arctic is basically exported to Europe.

It has to follow the Arctic route, all the way west, through many stormy straits, and finally through the North Sea with the worst climate, and then to Hamburg, Germany.

This is the second method Mao Xiong has prepared, and there is nothing to lose.

In recent years, they have come very close to Germany, and Germany has agreed to fund the construction of a natural gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine, Poland, and Middle Eastern countries.

It is the famous Beixi Line 2, and this also annoys the Americans.

What about Lao Tzu and Mao Xiong Gang, but your mother-in-law flirts with Mao Xiong below?

Therefore, when Lao Mei made many shots, the Beixi Line 2 was also repaired and stopped.

However, Mao Xiong will not give up the big market of Europe, after all, Europe has always been his largest natural gas consumer market.

And they also use natural gas as a means of economic warfare, as a bargaining chip with the West.

So in any case, they have to ensure the safety of their own LNG transportation.

Therefore, the requirements for purchasing LNG ships are very high this time, and the Southern Dynasties have exhausted all means in order to win these orders.

Not only in terms of technical indicators, but all kinds of lions who are full of promises to Mao Xiong open their mouths, even if Mao Xiong requires the use of super high-grade special steel to build ships.

And using this kind of steel to build ships will undoubtedly greatly increase the construction cost of ships.

On the one hand, these materials are expensive, and on the other hand, when processing this special steel, it cannot be processed using ordinary techniques.

Especially when welding, special solders are often used to weld these special steels together.

Not only is the solder special, but the welding machine used is also expensive.

All of these have greatly increased the construction cost of the ships. In the end, Samsung Heavy Industries promised to apply their unique S-FuGas technology to these ships, and finally won the order of Maoxiong.

And this technology is actually a practical technology for dual-fuel conversion.

That is, during the journey, the ship can use heavy oil on the one hand, and when the international oil price is higher than the natural gas price.

They can also convert the liquefied natural gas on the ship directly into fuel for use.

This technique sounds simple, but it can be very difficult to implement.

After all, the LNG on board is a liquid at minus 163 degrees, and it is also a very dangerous liquid.

Generally, such liquids must be transported to the storage tanks on the shore, and then converted into gas after heating and conversion before they can be used.

It is very technically difficult to complete such a transformation on a moving ship.

At present, the shipbuilding enterprises in the Southern Dynasties have mastered this technology.

Of course, when they undertake external orders, they will also let ship owners choose whether to install this system.

After all, the cost of this system is not low, but the advantage is that it can help ship owners save fuel.

Over the course of a year, more than millions of dollars can be saved in fuel costs alone.

After the ship has been used for ten years, the installation cost is basically earned.

The service life of general LNG ships is more than 30 years, so many ship owners will choose to install this engine.

However, in this bidding, according to the quotation of the southern state-owned shipping company, their engine is almost equivalent to a free gift.

It's no wonder that HD Shipbuilding went away on a whim, and finally returned with a disappointment.

Because the guys in the Southern Dynasty are so shameless, in order to grab the order, this special mother has hurt people with their own heart.

Would rather not make money than let us get orders.

Before we went, we thought well, at least we won some orders, even if we made a little less money, it didn't matter.

Because the type of LNG ship built this time is very special, we can accumulate very rich experience and technology from this type of ship manufacturing.

Lay the foundation for future development.

But this time it was good, I went to Wuwu Xuanxuan for a long time, but in the end, Te Niang didn't even get a single order back.

When we were in the international market in 2018, we were shaved by the Southern Dynasties. Who would have thought that in 2019, we would be shaved again.

That is, since that time, we have been through pain.

After coming back, we agreed to the Japanese request for cooperation. In fact, we also know that the Japanese are not at ease and just want to take advantage of us.

But who left us without technology!

Although Japanese LNG ships are not very technical, they also have systems for membrane liquid cargo maintenance, but their IHS system has not been used on a large scale internationally.

The exact effect, no one knows.

But in any case, let’s talk about it first, but there must be another game process in this, whether specific things can be done.

It depends on the strength of the shipyard, but according to past experience, this oriental little devil is very good, and their cheapness is not easy to do.

Therefore, in Qin Xiaotian's view, this cooperation ended up almost like a feather in the ground...