Close-up of large-capacity fishing boat building in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - Quynh Lap Commune (Hoang Mai Town) has 2 shipyards, contributing to the commune's strong seafood fishing fleet with 373 vessels, of which 146 are offshore fishing vessels; supplying 6 fish steamers for export, hundreds of tons of fish each year...
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| The two shipyards in Quynh Lap commune build about 15 large capacity ships from 130CV per year, each ship worth about 15 billion VND. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| Shipbuilding has many stages, the first stage is assembling the ship's skeleton. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| Bending wood and shaping it into a ship frame is a stage that requires high skills from shipbuilders. To balance the ship when launching, the craftsman must light a fire, soak the wood in lime, and bend the wood when placing it into the ship frame. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| The ship's frame and hull must be painted with multiple layers of high-quality waterproof paint so that when the ship is put into use, it will not leak water. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| The wood used for shipbuilding is of good quality; there are many highly skilled shipbuilders in the provinces of Hai Phong, Nam Ha... Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| The process of installing a propeller (diameter about 3 - 3.5m) on a large-capacity fishing boat (capacity 150CV) costs about 16 billion VND. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| Manufacturing anchors weighing nearly 1,000kg for large-capacity fishing boats. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| In addition to shipbuilding, the shipyard in Quynh Lap also repairs and maintains many large ships after a period of sailing. Photo: Thanh Yen |
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| After offshore fishing trips, large-capacity offshore fishing vessels bring high economic efficiency. Photo: Thanh Yen |
