On October 20, Jiangnan Shipbuilding signed and delivered the 3600-vehicle car carrier "AUTO ASPIRE" for UECC. So far, all three 3600-vehicle ro-ro carriers of this series have been delivered.
All three vessels were delivered with high quality within 2 years, and created 18 firsts in the domestic, industry and the company, such as floating dock launching, cabin unit, transom door fabrication, transom door lifting, etc. The first vessel "AUTO ADVANCE" was selected as one of the Signicant ships of 2021 by the Royal Institute of British Shipbuilders. The first vessel "AUTO ADVANCE" was selected as one of the Signicant ships of 2021 by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, and was listed as one of the Great Ships of 2021 by Maritime Report & Engineering News. Shippax Ro-Ro "VANCE" was selected as one of the "Signicant ships of 2021" by the Royal Institute of British Shipbuilders, and was listed as one of the Great Ships of 2021 by Maritime Report & Engineering News in the U.S. Shippax Ro-Ro "VANCE" was also honored with the "Shippax Ro-Ro Technology & Environment Award 2022" issued by the international ro-ro ship evaluation organization SHIPPAX.
One of the highlights of this series of vessels, the room cabin unit, was provided by HBM as an EPC turnkey project, which is the first of its kind to carry out modularized construction of small batch of cabins. The perfect combination of design, production and on-site construction enables the inspection of the interior works to be approved by the shipowner in one go.