Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard Kayaki Plant agreed to sell to Oshima Shipbuilding December 18 15:50
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has agreed to proceed with the sale of the Kayaki Plant, which produces LNG = liquefied natural gas carrier, among the main Nagasaki Shipyards, to the major shipbuilder in Nagasaki Prefecture, Oshima Shipyard.
According to the announcement, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, No. 4 in the shipbuilding industry in Japan, has agreed to proceed to consider selling the Kasaki factory in Nagasaki City to the No. 3 Oshima Shipyard, headquartered in Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture. .
Out of the factory, a policy of going to the consultation of the sale in the center of the area to create a new ship, we decided to conclude the prospect until March next year.
The Koyaki Factory, completed in 1972, is the largest factory in the company with a dock of 1 kilometer in length, and builds and repairs large ships that carry resources such as LNG.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries decided to sell it because it is unlikely that orders for carrier ships such as LNG are expected to expand. From now on, the same factory in Nagasaki City and Shimonoseki Shipyard in Yamaguchi Prefecture will use escort ships and ferries for the Ministry of Defense. It is a policy to focus on building.
In the domestic shipbuilding industry, competition with South Korea and China has intensified. The largest Imabari Shipbuilding and second-placed Japan Marine United have just agreed on a capital and business alliance last month. The movement is accelerating.