Approved by Nantong Municipal Government with a planned area of 5 k?  and designated to develop marine equipments and ship building supporting industries.
Port resources advantages
■NETDA has a 27.3km coastline along the Yangtze River and now operates 7 deep-water jetties and 3 smaller jetties
■Major port member of Shanghai shipping center and one of the top 10 ports in the country
■expected to have another 10km river shore
NETDA manages a 146.98k? and 5 k? is designated for marine equipment manufacturing operation with sustainable and expandable long-term development need.
Over the past 20 years, NETDA has invested more than 500million RMB in provision of relevant infrastructures.
COSCO Kawasaki is a 250million US dollars ship building JV capable of processing 700,000tons of steel per annum and building 10,000TEUS container carrier, 300,000VLCC tankers and 5000 car roll-on and roll-off boats. COSCO Ship Repair & Engineering is the largest ship repair group in China and Asia, specialized in repair and renovation businesses. This company operates two 150,000dwt shipyards, 4 80,000DWT shipyards and services a total capacity of 400 ships per year.
Also close to marine equipment manufacturing park, there is another ship making industrial base named Changxing Island as approved and designated by the central government.
Local workforce is generally recognized for its better education, higher quality and lower payroll cost. Nantong is rightfully famous for its education heritage, with elementary and vocational training ranked at the forefront of competitor in Jiangsu and China as a whole.
Nantong has maintained a 30,000-strong workforce which is well trained in ship repair and marine equipments manufacturing. NETDA also houses a Nantong Marine Vocational College which is aimed to recruit and train technical staff for the industry.
Main Industries for NETDA Marine Equipment Manufacturing Park:
1. Manufacture of marine equipments and accessories;
2. Modules of offshore platforms;
3. Large-scaled port machinery, container handling equipments;
4. Other types of capital/technology intensive marine equipments manufacturing.

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