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Craftsmanship creates fine products and writes new legends

2025-01-10

At 10:30 a.m. on January 5, accompanied by the crisp sound of champagne during the bottle-throwing ceremony, the auspicious water ceremony of the Yangtze River Discovery luxury cruise ship was held grandly in the Yichang Xinhui Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Yichang Maritime Safety Administration, Yichang Culture and Tourism Bureau, Leaders from eight units including China Classification Society, China Changhang Public Security Bureau, Wuhan Yangtze Ship Design Institute, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Yichang Chengfa Group, and Three Gorges Tourism Group attended the ceremony to witness this important moment.

Yangtze Discovery is a new generation of luxury cruise ships on China's inland rivers that can pass the Three Gorges ship lift. It mainly operates the "Yichang-Chongqing" Three Gorges route. It is invested by Hubei Oriental Royal Tourist Ship Co., Ltd. and built by Xinhui Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Yichang Chengfa Group. The ship has a total length of 104.80 meters and a total width of 16.28 meters. It is propelled by three sets of conventional propellers plus flap rudder devices. With a space ratio per person of 1:50 and a passenger-crew ratio of 1:1, it has 74 guest rooms, equipped with restaurants, bars, Facilities such as viewing gallery, children's center, gym, spa and theater.

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Yangtze Explorer’s sister ship, the old Yangtze Explorer, has hosted business circles such as former world’s richest man Bill Gates, “Stock God” Warren Buffett, former U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger, and New Oriental Group founder Yu Minhong in the past thirty years. tycoons and international dignitaries. In recent years, it has received ambassadors and diplomats from more than 30 countries including Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Brazil. This new generation of Yangtze River Explorer will inherit thirty years of profound heritage and continue to write a new chapter in the legend of Yangtze River luxury cruise ships.

Since the construction of the ship, all the cadres and workers of Xinhui Shipbuilding have adhered to their craftsmanship and strive for excellence. Even with high temperatures, scorching sun, severe cold, and cold winds, they cannot stop their enthusiasm to "grab the shipping schedule." In the next step, Xinhui Shipping Company will continue to organize capable forces, innovate and tackle key problems, and work hard to make full preparations for the following mooring tests and sea trials. While striving to submit satisfactory "answer sheets" to ship owners, it will also help Yichang build a world-class shipbuilding industry. Tourism cities have laid good product support.

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Craftsmanship creates fine products and writes new legends

At 10:30 a.m. on January 5, accompanied by the crisp sound of champagne during the bottle-throwing ceremony

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2025-01-10