rongsheng shipyard pricelist

What does it actually cost Chinese naval shipyards to build major warships? Chinese sources do not disclose actual or estimated warship and submarine production costs, so it falls on external analysts to generate this important dataset. Quantifying warship production costs bolsters our understanding of how China’s defense budget actually translates into hardware and capabilities.

Labor: $75 million, 22 percent. While data is somewhat scarce, building and commissioning a frigate-sized warship of between 3,000 and 4,000 tons displacement appears to require between 2.5 million man hours (U.S. FFG-7) and 10.8 million man hours (India Godavari-class) of labor. The author estimates that at present, Chinese military shipyards, which can afford a higher degree of labor intensity than Western yards due to a large labor force, but which are also almost certainly substantially more efficient than Indian yards, require around 3.2 million man hours to build and commission a Type 054A frigate. Chinese yards’ average labor cost is based on the 2013 labor expenditures of Jiangsu Rongsheng, a top private shipbuilder, which are then increased by 25 percent to reflect the premium paid for special skill sets required for shipbuilding work done to naval specifications.

All these cost more than those that will be made in the Philippines.The Philippines should have shipyards to produce modern, high tech navy,coastguard ships and boats.

Tanin (Crocodile ), the first of the three subs, and the fourth one that Israel has purchased from Germany since 1998, was formally accepted by the Israeli navy at a ceremony at the Kiel shipyard in Hamburg last Thursday, where the subs are being built. The $500 million boat, the most expensive vessel ever commissioned by the Israeli Navy, will arrive in Israel and go into service in 2013, after trials.”

“More than anything else this ceremony represents the strong and unique link between Germany and Israel, especially in light of the intensifying regional situation and challenges,” Udi Shani, Defense Ministry director general, said at the ceremony, which took place at the shipyard of the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. HDW developed and built the Dolphin class diesel-electric submarines for Israel.

Our Government has just recently announced a new 30 year, 35 billion dollar ship building program mainly for the military. There is 20 billion dollars for 15 new wide area, anti-ballistic missle, capable destroyers which will be build in Canada, so about 1.3 billion each, which can be done. We will likely license an existing design to be built in Canada. We are also getting new ice breakers, supply ships, coastal patrol vessels, and some new coast guard ships. The bids to select two canadian shipyards are already in and the two yards will be announced later this year, they will begin cutting steel in about 2 years. Other than subs, this will completely rebuild our existing navy.

“The shipyard Royal Schelde and Thales recently signed several contracts for the delivery of a wide range of products that are to be installed on the two corvettes that Royal Schelde will build for the Indonesian Navy. Thales will supply the ship’s above-water defence system, the communication equipment and the sonar system. The value of the contracts amounts to approximately 60 million euros. The first ship is expected to be commissioned mid 2007.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Officials laid the keel on a new missile-range instrumentation ship for the Navy on Wednesday, marking the start of construction on the $199 million vessel at VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula shipyard. Halter Marine in September 2006 won the contract to build the T-AGM 25 vessel, a 700-foot ship. Halter Marine expects to launch the ship next year, with delivery in 2010.

The three GP / ASW / AAW frigates of the Danish Iver Huitfeldt (notice that I use the correct & proper Danish spelling of Iver, not ‘Ivar’) were priced at $997 million in 2008 USD. That means each was $332 million apiece in 2008 dollars. What their price might be in 2010 dollars is unknown to me. Of course, those prices were for the basic ship, minus certain weapons systems, minus the missile load-out, and anything else the Danes decided to acquire separately and install with minimal handling charges from the shipyard. Clever bunch of Vikings, those Danes – concealing the true costs of their warships that way…

RM2CXEFJ0–A view of the Rongsheng Heavy Industries shipyard is seen in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

RM2CWMP5X–A vacant dormitory is seen at the Rongsheng community in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

RM2D0PB6A–A closed police station is seen at the Rongsheng community in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY CRIME LAW)

RM2CYH4T9–Workers ride a motorcycle past closed restaurants at the Rongsheng community in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

RM2CY7A2X–A worker rides a motorcycle on an empty street at the Rongsheng community in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

RM2D01WH0–A worker rides a bicycle inside of the Rongsheng Heavy Industries shipyard in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

RM2CXAAER–Workers ride motorcycles and bicycle after their shifts at an entrance of the Rongsheng Heavy Industries shipyard in Nantong, Jiangsu province December 4, 2013. Deserted flats and boarded-up shops in the Yangtze river town of Changqingcun serve as a blunt reminder of the area"s reliance on China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country"s biggest private shipbuilder. Picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

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