Chapter 766: Chapter 520: Major Project (Part 2)
"I really can’t go."
"Why?"
"Linghai has built a 100,000-ton dry dock, and the main project has just been completed when we received a big project to repair a 70,000-ton foreign cargo ship. To repair such a large cargo ship, and especially a foreign ship, is not sothing that Linghai, or even the ship repair enterprises in the urban areas, have experience in."
"Does Han Yu have experience?"
"He used to work at the Marine Bureau and participated in several major ship dockings for repairs. Moreover, he is now not only a party committee mber of our sub-bureau but also a mber and director of the Linghai Developnt Zone Party Working Committee and Public Security Sub-bureau. He needs to contribute to the economic construction of the developnt zone as well as ensure the safety during the foreign ship’s major repair period."
"But it was agreed earlier that he would go to visit the troops with us. Comrade Wen Hong, how am I supposed to report this to Secretary Lu and Mayor Wang?"
"How about I make a call to Deputy Mayor Shen of Linghai and ask Linghai’s leaders to report to the city leaders?"
"That works, but it must be quick."
"I know."
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As long as the leadership values it, the efficiency of any task is very high.
Overnight, the Developnt Zone Managent Committee sohow managed to bring in twelve modular houses.
The electric power installation company’s staff were busy setting up temporary power lines and even brought in a relatively large capacity power transforr on a truck. It is said that during the foreign ship’s docking repair period, a specialist will be arranged to be on duty at the dry dock construction site.
The water plant invested in by the developnt zone had been put into use a month ago, and water pipelines have been laid to the vicinity of the dry dock construction site. The person in charge of the water plant was organizing a construction team from who-knows-where, working against the clock to lay water pipes to the dry dock construction site, according to the demands of the Managent Committee leadership.
The Port District sewage treatnt plant was a project for investnt attraction by the developnt zone last year.
The construction of a sewage treatnt plant, just like the formation of the enterprise fire brigade, was required by the superior managent departnts. When beginning the port construction approval process, the superior managent departnts also demanded an environntal assessnt concerning sewage treatnt.
Even though Linghai Port may not be completed until the year after next, the sewage treatnt plant with a total investnt of 6 million Yuan had already installed and commissioned all equipnt two months ago. After acceptance by the superiors, it was officially put into use and has already produced benefits.
Because last year the nation had just anded the "People’s Republic of China Water Pollution Control Law," according to the related regulations of the Water Pollution Control Law, ships are not allowed to discharge sewage or dump garbage into the river.
The Yangtze River Three Rivers Section has several anchorages, two ship locks, and so many work ships operating on the river. On average, every day, hundreds of tons of various kinds of wastewater are produced.
With the famously strict and heavily fined Han Xiangning in charge along the banks of the river, the sewage treatnt plant need not worry about the lack of business.
Han Xiangning is now also a mber of the foreign ship docking repair leadership group of Linghai Developnt Zone. With a phone call from her, President Qian of the sewage treatnt plant hurriedly ca over.
The most southern modular house is now the office space for the leadership group.
The modular house was crowded with people, but they were not discussing how to perform dock repairs; instead, they were calculating costs.
That foreign cargo ship with severe bow damage definitely could not leave. Tonight, with the Port Supervision Bureau’s approval, under the guidance of the pilot arranged by the Pilot Center, it will navigate to a sea ship anchorage about eight kiloters away from the dry dock construction site.
The border inspection station arranged for a monitoring squadron of six Border Inspection officers and soldiers to board the 001 in the anchorage area for supervision, and without permission, no one is allowed to board the ship clandestinely.
The agent from East Sea rushed here overnight with Zhang Asheng. They had just gotten the approval from the border inspection to take the ergency-called Binjiang Police 002 to board the foreign ship and bring back the ship’s blueprints and related docunts.
What needs to be done now is to estimate the cost of major repairs, for the shipowner to have at least an idea in mind; otherwise, what would happen if you make an exorbitant demand once repairs are finished.
Han Yu looked over the blueprints of the foreign ship and pondered, "It turns out it’s a Panama type bulk carrier, not 70,000 tons, but 76,000 tons."
"Salted Fish, what is a Panama type?" asked the curious Deputy Director of the Developnt Zone Managent Committee, who is also the Secretary of Sanhe Street.
"It refers to a ship built to the maximum size allowed to pass through the Panama Canal. Other than the Panama type, there are also Suez type, Malacca type, Cape Horn type, and so on."
Han Yu had no ti to give Secretary Chen a lesson, picked up the fax of the ship repair price list that Director Xiao of the Marine Police Bureau had helped to find overnight, and referring to the major repair plan provided by the Captain started to calculate the costs item by item.
Han Xiangning tacitly took out paper, pen, and calculator from her bag.
Zhang Asheng hurriedly took out the repair price list estimated while in East Sea.
Boss Wang and Boss Wu’s eyes lit up, intently watching Han Yu, Zhang Asheng, and Han Xiangning hold their breath and concentrate.
During the dock repair period, the Linghai Port Enterprise Fire Brigade is the main force ensuring fire safety. The 001 will be required to provide offshore water supply. Guo Weitao had been busy the whole morning setting up several hundred ters of firefighting hoses, sweating all over and feeling particularly thirsty, he ca to the modular house to drink water.
Seeing his imdiate superior starting to budget, he beca curious about how big the project was and, filled with anticipation, stared at Han Yu.
"Let’s go through it item by item. Let’s start with the dry dock fee. According to the dostic ship repair dry dock fees, for cargo ships of 75,000 to 80,000 tons, the cost for the first two days after docking is 171,305 Yuan, and afterwards, each day is 40,190 Yuan."
"Just the first two days already cost more than 170,000 Yuan, and more than 40,000 Yuan for each day afterward! Director Han, are you sure that’s correct?"
"It is correct. You have to realize that this is a dock for 100,000-ton ships, and even putting all of them together nationwide, there wouldn’t be more than twenty."
"Secretary Chen, Director Han is talking about the repair prices for dostic ships, but we are about to repair a foreign ship. We need to multiply this price by 1.5."
Zhang Asheng smiled, turned to Han Xiangning and said: "Chief Han, they have many items to repair. I estimate it will take no less than twenty days to complete. You should calculate based on twenty days."
"Okay."
Han Xiangning, who has seen big money, was not as shocked as Secretary Chen of Sanhe Street. She quickly pressed the calculator and, after finishing the calculation, even she was stunned by the series of numbers.
Boss Wu couldn’t see the numbers from his angle due to the light reflection and eagerly asked, "Chief Han, how much is it?"
"Calculating for twenty days of dock repair, and then as President Zhang said, multiply by 1.5, just the dry dock fee alone amounts to 1,342,155 Yuan!"
"That much!"
"Salted Fish, is this work order sent by Director Xiao reliable?"
"It’s reliable, actually it’s considered cheap."
Han Yu opened his notebook, recorded the dry dock fee, and smiled, "This cost doesn’t include the tugboat fees for entering and exiting the dock, nor the dock shifting fees after entering."
Zhang Asheng looked up: "Captain Huang, the tugboat is yours, how much would the tugboat fee roughly be?"
Captain Wang of the Binjiang Port tugboat team said without hesitation, "For a foreign ship like this entering or exiting the port, we charge 39,937 Yuan for a single tow."
Han Xiangning rapidly pressed the calculator and asked, "Two tows would be 78,874 Yuan. President Zhang, do we need to multiply this by 1.5?"
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