As the seasons turn, we have sailed through the tempestuous year of 2024 and are now crossing into a brand-new 2025.
Over the past twelve months, while steadily advancing all fronts, we kept high-quality development as our North Star, dug deeper every day into green-shiprepair know-how, accelerated the roll-out of cutting-edge equipment, and scored landmark wins in building a digital-intelligent yard.
BUSINESS & PRODUCTION
Thanks to an all-out team effort, we surpassed every annual target: more than 400 vessels docked and the highest output value in our history.
For the first time we completed the repair of a 174,000 m³ ice-class, electrically-propelled LNG carrier—the largest of its type ever repaired in Zhoushan. The owner and class society hailed the work, giving us a quantum leap in high-value segments such as dual-fuel, LNG/LPG and Ro-Ro ships. The project also yielded a full set of management standards and operating rules, laying a solid foundation for further penetration of the premium market.
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
We strengthened newcomer onboarding with richer content and VR immersion, opened a new one-stop training centre, tightened on-site control through themed spot-checks, and shifted from “punishment” to “guidance”. The principle “whoever manages production must manage safety” is now enforced via on-line, full-process approval for every hazardous operation.
QUALITY CONTROL
Quality metrics climbed steadily: first-time acceptance 99.77 %, first-time UT 99.63 %, first-time RT 100 %. This discipline underpins our leap into high-end repair and conversion.
GREEN EQUIPMENT
We kept buying into green hardware. In partnership with Shihe Robotics we introduced—across both yards—water-jet cleaning robots, dock-bottom rust-removal robots, elastic-blast robots and 2,800-bar ultra-high-pressure units. Together with tech partners we are already co-developing the next generation of zero-pollution repair tools.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Our “Digital-Intelligent Yard” programme, launched with Yingtexun, has taken its first full-chain step. HR and HSE modules are live and delivering clear gains; the remaining suites will be rolled out within two years.
LOW-CARBON & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
We have initiated carbon-footprint and energy-management-system certification and will allocate major capital every year to phase out energy-hungry legacy equipment. As a benchmark enterprise, we are ahead of national, provincial and municipal mandates, upgrading every environmental facility in the yard.
EXPANSION PLANNING
By leveraging our shoreline advantage we have completed the expansion of existing quays and docks, adding effective capacity. A new joint-venture company has been formed to accelerate a greenfield offshore-equipment project, aiming to double overall strength within three years.
EPILOGUE
The high-quality development of the ship-repair sector is vital to the region. Government and enterprise share that mission. Huafeng will stay true to its original aspiration, break new ground, and contribute to Zhoushan’s marine new-quality productive forces—green, digital and high-end.