Chapter 767: Chapter 521: Major Project (Part 2)
"This has to be multiplied by two."
"Why?"
"This is for docking and undocking, not just entering and leaving the port, which is much harder."
"Salted Fish, is it appropriate to multiply by two?"
"Almost."
As soon as Han Yu finished speaking, Zhang Asheng added: "Docking also requires towing, and towing for docking is more difficult than towing for entering the port, at least twenty thousand."
Han Xiangning couldn’t believe how profitable major repairs on foreign ships were, and hesitated before recording it.
Han Yu felt it was not much, looked up and said: "Then there’s the dock pile shifting fee, the dock piles definitely need to be moved, as we can’t clean the ship’s bottom at the dock pile location without moving them, moving one middle pile is six hundred and two, side pile four hundred and one, such a big ship needs at least sixty sets of dock piles..."
Not knowing what the costs were, one would be scared upon calculating, just the dock pile shifting fees would cost one hundred and ten thousand!
From being pleasantly surprised, Boss Wu beca shocked, hesitated and asked: "Salted Fish, isn’t this quote a bit high, what if the ship owner finds it too expensive?"
"This quote is not high. Think about how much his ship is worth. And compared to the ship repair yards in developed countries in Europe and Arica, our quote is very conscientious already."
"President Wu, you guys have made such a big investnt and will continue to invest. For instance, you’ll need to make so many dock piles and prepare so many dock logs. Dock piles can still be used for future dock repairs, but dock logs can only be used once, and must be smashed when moving the dock piles!"
Zhang Asheng smiled, then turned to look at Han Yu: "Director Han, keep calculating, the ship owner is waiting for a reply."
"Alright, the fees for mooring and unmooring at the dock are twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and fifty yuan each."
"President Zhang, how much should we multiply this by?"
"Multiply by one and a half."
"Then the mooring and unmooring fee is eighty-three thousand eight hundred and fifty."
Borrowing shore power incurs a power supply fee.
Supplying cooling water and fresh water entails cooling water fees and fresh water fees.
Supplying ballast water incurs ballast water fees.
Fire safety during dock repairs is very important. The ship owner needs to pay a firefighting fee, which is clearly priced.
For example, settings up firefighting equipnt is one hundred yuan per day; connecting and disconnecting firefighting pipelines costs three hundred and ninety-seven yuan each ti per line; maintaining the water pressure in firefighting pipelines costs two hundred and fifty yuan per day per line.
Calculating for twenty days of dock repair, just the firefighting fees amount to over thirty thousand yuan!
Clearing dostic garbage, three hundred and seventy-five per day.
Supplying compressed air, like firefighting, is calculated based on pipelines and days, also costing tens of thousands.
Installing ventilation in the engine room requires three hundred yuan per unit per day.
Explosion inspection costs four hundred yuan each ti.
Renting lifting equipnt is calculated by the hour at nine hundred yuan per hour.
Connecting temporary drainage pipelines, two hundred and forty-seven yuan per pipeline.
...
These are just the mandatory service fees. The actual repair costs have not yet been calculated.
For example, the tail shaft maintenance project alone, involving dismantling rope guards, propellers, and the first interdiate shaft, pulling out the tail shaft, cleaning and inspecting on-site, replacing the sealing material supplied by the ship side, and reassembling then conducting a sealing test, already costs over fifty-eight thousand yuan.
This does not include the cost of scaffolding.
If the other party requires asuring and adjusting the shafting system, or replacing any guideway cap grease, seal rings, or needs non-destructive testing, these tasks all require separate pricing.
Propeller surface scraping and cleaning, rudder system inspection and repair, disassembling, cleaning, painting the underwater valve box, replacing anticorrosive plates, dismantling and mounting new ship bottoms, plastering with cent...
No matter what the task is, paynt is needed, and none of it is cheap.
According to the project list provided by the foreign ship’s Captain, the entire dock repair work would actually require at least four million RMB, which is more than five hundred thousand US Dollars!
Zhang Asheng was not very confident, so he recalculated himself, and after confirming accuracies, he called the ship owner in Singapore.
While Boss Wang, Boss Wu, Secretary Chen, Guo Weitao, and others were anxiously worrying about the ship owner finding the price too high, the ship owner quickly responded, instructing Zhang Asheng’s ship managent company to promptly draft a dock repair contract, finalize it and send it by fax, and upon confirmation, they would sign the contract and fax it back.
They would also send an initial paynt according to the contract requirents to Zhang Asheng’s ship managent company.
Shen Rulan rushed back in ti, her English is excellent. She quickly drafted the overhaul contract, and the other party was very decisive...
The contract was signed, the advance paynt ca through, and it was in US Dollars, ti to start working.
Han Xiangning was busy contacting the safety officers at the bureau to co aboard for inspection, while Tang Wentai hurriedly contacted Health Inspection to co for a check, and Han Yu took the ti to work with the six engineers from Cosco and Boss Wang’s and Boss Wu’s shipyards, designing the dock pile based on the ship plans provided by the Captain.
Boss Wu was busy placing orders for materials such as steel and timber.
Boss Wang went to the Cosco Shipyard to borrow equipnt.
Even Guo Weitao and Xie Xingbao, the fire safety specialist and the head of the Linghai Port Enterprise Fire Brigade at the Developnt Zone Branch, had tasks to complete, needing to arrange the fire pipeline for the 001 offshore water supply before nightfall.
Secretary Ye received a call from Vice Mayor Shen at noon, and he too was stunned by the cost of the dock repair project, asking incredulously, "Only twenty days?"
"So, we will need to work overti."
"I’m not talking about that; I’m asking if you can really finish a project worth over four million in only twenty days and generate five hundred thousand US Dollars!"
It proved that developing the port economy has great potential.
Vice Mayor Shen was also excited, laughing: "Secretary Ye, that’s just the budget. Salted Fish said it will definitely go over, and the final settlent will be based on the actual costs incurred. Their ship is valued at over seventy million; with the ship here, we don’t have to worry about them defaulting on our project paynt."
"Five hundred thousand US Dollars in twenty days, if we repair seven or eight foreign ships a year, wouldn’t that generate three to four million US Dollars!"
"These are rare opportunities, but we also have our advantages."
"What advantages?" Secretary Ye asked joyfully.
Vice Mayor Shen smiled: "We have a large dock that can accommodate ships of up to one hundred thousand tonnes. I didn’t know it initially but found out later that large docks like ours are rare nationwide. I heard that Cosco Shipyard is in talks with President Wang and President Wu, planning to lease our dock for shipbuilding."
Secretary Ye said without hesitation: "Leasing it to them would only earn so rental fee; we need to develop an export-oriented economy and generate foreign currency. It proves that pursuing the route of especially foreign ship repair services was the right move. You take the lead and successfully complete this foreign ship repair project; afterwards, we will organically gather ideas in a Zhuge Liang eting to discuss how to sustain and expand this path!"
"Don’t worry, Secretary Ye. After repairing this foreign ship, I will first talk to President Wang and President Wu. We can’t just have the dock without the equipnt for building large ships, such as large gantry cranes and crane-style lifting chanisms; these are essential."
"Yes, the hardware must keep up, if they don’t have the capability, the Developnt Zone Finance Bureau can invest through the State-owned Assets Office. Since they are shareholding, our governnt can beco a shareholder."
Secretary Ye thought for a mont, then continued: "This foreign ship repair project is historically significant for Linghai. I’ll arrange for the propaganda departnt to promote it well. Let Salted Fish know to cooperate with the dia interviews."
"Alright, I’ll call him later."
Vice Mayor Shen suddenly rembered sothing urgently: "Secretary Ye, I was so excited that I almost forgot to report an important matter."
"What is it?" Secretary Ye instinctively asked.
"Secretary Lu and Mayor Wang are planning to visit the Binjiang Ship in Zhehai in a few days. They told Salted Fish earlier on when the patrol boats of the Water Police Station were put into service that they wanted to take him to see the big ships at the East Sea Fleet. We’re in the midst of repairing a foreign ship, and Salted Fish won’t be able to go. Wang Wenhong from the Water Police Station doesn’t know how to report this to the city leaders, and I am also unsure."
"That’s fine, I’ll call Secretary Lu and Mayor Wang to explain."
"Thank you, Secretary Ye."
"What’s there to thank, we’re just doing our jobs. It’s just a visit to comfort the Navy officers, we in Linghai also have the Linghai Boat, and we are planning to comfort the officers there at the end of the year, and we’ll take Salted Fish then."
"That works."
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes."
Vice Mayor Shen glanced at the call log, and hurriedly said: "Salted Fish ntioned that once the foreign ship enters the dock, the Captain and crew are bound to make international long-distance calls to the shipowner and their families. I have already called the post office and made it clear to them; people pay for phone calls and they pay in US Dollars, but the post office said that at the earliest, it’ll take the day after tomorrow to set up a phone line."
"Dropping the ball at a critical mont; I’ll handle this and call the post office!"
"There’s also the fact that during the dock repair period, the Captain and crew may need to take turns to co ashore to rest. Binjiang has the Sailor Club, but we don’t have equivalent facilities here. Can we arrange transportation?"
"When they co ashore, they will spend money, which is good for our Linghai. I’ll talk to the City Committee Office to send over a Coaster."
"It’s not just about transportation; if they need accommodation, do the Linghai Hotel and the newly opened Linghai Grand Hotel have the capacity to host foreign guests?"
Linghai doesn’t see many foreigners throughout the year.
The Captain and the crew are also considered foreign guests.
Secretary Ye saw this as an opportunity for "Linghai to step onto the world stage and let the world know Linghai." He pondered, "The hardware facilities of the Linghai Grand Hotel are fine; the main issue is the lack of soft capabilities. I’ll get in touch with the Foreign Affairs Office to have a few English-speaking comrades assist at the Linghai Grand Hotel."
"That’s great. With your support, Secretary Ye, our subsequent work will be much smoother."
"My support alone is not enough; whether this endeavor succeeds now depends on Salted Fish."
"That shouldn’t be a big problem; he has participated in several dock repairs during his ti at the East Sea Shipping Bureau and has worked on foreign ships; he understands all these. President Zhang and President Shen from Changsheng Ship Managent Company know as well, and even Xiao Tang from the Managent Committee understands a bit."
"What about technical capabilities?"
"There’s no problem with that either; the old engineers and craftsn that President Wang and President Wu brought in from East Sea have arrived. Cosco Shipyard is also seizing this opportunity to learn how to repair foreign ships, not just borrowing equipnt but also sending several engineers."
"That reassures . When the foreign ship enters the dock, Mayor Qian and I will go see it."
"Alright, I will notify you and Mayor Qian in advance."
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