The 3,000-tonne ship lift was inaugurated yesterday by the Song Thu Corporation.

The US Rolls Royce Group is the designer and equipment supplier for the 98.2m-long and 22.98m-wide ship lift. 

Addressing the event, the municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman, Mr Phung Tan Viet, highly valued Song Thu’s remarkable achievements over recent years.  He also urged the company to continue its efforts to further develop, as well as make significant contributions to promoting the development of the city’s shipbuilding industry.

The ship lift and the 2 harbour tug boats (Source: www.thanhnien.com.vn)

To mark the occasion, the company also launched two harbour tug boats, ADS 2411-60 and ADS 2411-61.  This is part of its bilateral cooperative programme with the Damen Shipyards Group from the Netherlands.