is a state-owned shipyard operating as part of CSIC Group. In 2017, following restructuring within CSIC, it became a subsidiary of Wu Chang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. The shipyard is located in Haixiwan, within the Qingdao Economic & Technical Development Zone. Offering newbuilding, repair and conversion and offshore services, Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding employs 3,000 staff and has an annual newbuild production capacity of 3 million DWT. The shipyard is divided between repair, ocean engineering and newbuilding facilities. Its focus for newbuilding construction includes oil tankers, bulk carriers, offshore support vessels and containerships. It began production of a series of 17 180K DWT Capesize bulk carriers in late 2009, and 12 250K DWT Ore carriers from November 2013. In 2016, it started work on eight 400K DWT VLOCs, with a further six 325K DWT VLOCs added in 2018. In future, the shipyard plans to construct VLCCs, VLOCs, large containerships and various types of Oil Tankers, and expand into offshore engineering projects. Infrastructure spending on yard facilities has raised its annual production capacity from 3m DWT to 4.68m DWT.more