Right from the very outset of the Titanic II project, in 2012, Billionaire Clive Palmer stated that his vessel, a replica of the original 1912 RMS Titanic, would be built in China’s Jinling shipyard.
Palmer had very good business relation with the Chinese at the time although this may have soured. Jinling had built cargo ships for Palmer’s mining operations.
The CSC Jinling Shipyard is a state-owned ship building company located in Jiangsu, China. It was founded in 1952.
Jinling is brave choice by Palmer, as Jinling are not know for generally building luxury cruise ship. Jinling specialises in Ferries, Cargo ships and even Submarines. I believe that they have also build passenger boats for the Yangtze river too
The biggest shipbuilding nations in the world are South Korea, Japan, China and Russia. However most of today’s cruise ships are built in Europe: Germany, France, Italy or Finland. The construction of cruise ships is a specialist niche market, although an increasingly big ‘niche’.
However, ‘Deltamarin’, the Titanic II designers, have now advised Palmer against using China.
Please see video below:
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