Intermediate Product Integrity Steadily Improves! Accommodation Outfitting on Hull 18527 Achieves "Turnkey" Delivery

On July 3, the accommodation block of Hull 18527, part of the 18,500-ton chemical tanker series, successfully completed the "white coating" inspection and acceptance. The installation of all cabin partition boards, as well as all auxiliary material and PVC works, have been completed. The accommodation outfitting integrity has achieved a phased milestone of full completion, clearing the critical preceding processes for subsequent block assembly and hoisting and dock erection, thereby effectively ensuring the steady advancement of the entire vessel's construction milestones.

The accommodation block of Hull 18527 features numerous cabins and complex installation procedures, involving cross-disciplinary operations that impose stringent requirements on construction precision and completion integrity. The module outfitting workshop implemented lean construction practices and forward shifting of processes, refined daily clearance targets, and efficiently completed each process step. Ultimately, the coating inspection was passed in a single attempt with full qualification. The flatness of cabin partition boards and gap tolerances all met specification requirements. Auxiliary works including fillers, hardware, sealing, piping, and other ancillary materials were inspected and signed off item by item, with no outstanding works or quality defects. The accommodation block as a whole met the modular high-integrity delivery standards.

Faced with the pressures of a tight schedule and heavy workload, the workshop's core technical personnel took the lead, firmly adhering to the company's lean shipbuilding philosophy of "enhancing intermediate product integrity." Various teams worked in close coordination and staggered operations, proactively optimized construction processes, shortened the construction cycle per cabin, and steadily improved the prefabrication integrity of the accommodation block. This significantly reduced the repair and rework workload of accommodation outfitting during the dock phase, shortened the dock erection cycle, and improved overall construction efficiency.

Since the first high-integrity "prefabrication" of the accommodation block on Hull 18525 was achieved at the end of May, through to the full completion of the accommodation block construction on Hull 18527, with Hulls 18525 and 18527 as typical representatives, the construction of the 18,500-ton chemical tanker series is now accelerating into a virtuous cycle of "high-integrity prefabrication → fast-paced block assembly → short-cycle dock erection." The company has now established a standardized and replicable modular construction management system, where every leap forward in intermediate product integrity translates directly into tangible growth in construction speed. As this model is fully rolled out across subsequent vessels, the scale effect of lean shipbuilding will gradually be unleashed, and the company's pace toward "building ships faster and building better ships" is becoming increasingly steadfast and rapid.