On April 17, the Shipbuilding Contract for one (1) unit of 850 Passengers Ferry was concluded between KASC and Beibu Gulf Tourism Co., Ltd, which is a deeper coopeation following mutual first cooperation of “Beibuwan 66”, which is the first pure passenger Ferry built in our history. The whole construction span for this vessel is 12 months and expected to be completed in the first half of 2018, after that she will be put into operation in the route of between Beihai and Weizhou Island.

Facing current gloomy shipping market, to successfully secure this order mainly thanks to company’s existing good reputation with short construction period, high quality and good after-sale service of “Kouan Type” Ro-Pax Ferries already put into operation in Qiongzhou Strait.

The main particulars of the Vessel: Loa: 83.8 M; Lw: 75.57M; Bm: 15.5 M; Dm: 5.6 M; Draft: 3.4M; Design Speed: 17.5 Knots; Class: CCS