The Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Company (BSHIC) is a shipyard in Huludao, China. It builds civilian and military vessels; it is China's first and only shipyard for nuclear submarines[1] It is a part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.[1] It was formerly called the Bohai Shipyard.
History
The Bohai shipyard was founded in 1954 with a small slipway. Expansion in the 1960s included a large building hall with four submarine building bays and a graving dock.[1] Construction of nuclear submarine started in November 1968.[1]
From 2003 to 2007, the yard expanded around the basin to the east. A fitting out wharf was added to the north shore, and two graving docks were built on the east shore.[1]
At one point it was part of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and directly owned by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company.
From 2008 to 2015, the yard gained 185 acres through land reclamation to the east. In 2015, additional submarine construction facilities began construction on the new land on with the first stage completed in 2019. By 2024, this added 20 more submarine building bays.[1]
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References
- Monty Khanna. The Nuclear Submarine Building Capacity of China's Bohai Shipyard Observer Research Foundation, 6 September 2024, retrieved 9 March 2025^