Chapter 683 LNG ships, the dispute between China and South Korea

After struggling for a while, Chang Haonan decided not to change his original schedule.

After all, going to the Science and Technology Commission is almost like going home to him now——

Go home, you can go back anytime.

And judging from the current situation, the start date of the Allied Forces Operation is not expected to change much compared to March 3 in the previous life, which is still less than half a month away.

He was in China, and there was really nothing he could do except wait.

Therefore, notifying Ding Gaoheng half a day early and half a day late is not that important.

As for the early warning aircraft, there is no urgency...

No matter how fast the Turbofan 10 is, it will take until the new century to complete the finalization process.

The die forging press is about to enter the final stage. However, this kind of giant equipment does not mean that everything will be fine after it is built and delivered. At least the initial trial production stage still requires technical support from their project team...

After all, although there are certain technical barriers to the "ship"-related parts of LNG ships, in general, the "LNG"-related parts are more difficult.

Although the two team leaders are not explicitly introduced, one is obviously responsible for management and the other is responsible for technology. They are named Eric Michalski and Karim Shapo.

Originally, Chang Haonan was quite looking forward to this meeting.

There seems to be no reason to make such a big fuss and send a large delegation of more than 20 people to chat with him for a long time.

The team sent by GTT Company is also very different from the previous European companies.

However, after ending the meeting with some doubts, he quickly received another call from Song Jingming.

This is normal. In the partnership to build LNG ships, shipyards are basically in a relatively weak position.

Chang Haonan originally planned to promote Sugon 2000T supercomputer and special edition TORCH Multiphysics, but in the end he gave up due to concerns.

Even if you are worried about something that you can't figure out, just send a few people to explain it and that's it.

In particular, Hudong Shipyard is not well-known internationally, so it is actually quite lucky to be included as a candidate for GTT.

And this is largely due to the assist last year.

As for the Hudong Shipyard in China, in fact, strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as a separate party.

In short, you still have to take care of the things in front of you first...

The reason why he can be remembered is because this person has a big boss hairstyle.

"Mr. Chang, a comrade named Cai Honggui has a letter of introduction from Hudong Shipyard, saying that he is one of the members of the delegation that just participated in the talks and wants to have a private interview with you."

It can be considered a very real project.

Chang Haonan briefly recalled it, and remembered that there was indeed such a person just now, but he was sitting at the end of the opposite side and did not speak during the whole process.

But the problem is that these two things are already very mature businesses for Torch Group. Just make a phone call or go to the official website to place an order.

Basically, they are planning to purchase TORCH Multiphysics software and hope that Torch Group can provide some technical support in checking the structural strength of LNG ships under ultra-low temperatures.

Since his rebirth, the foreigners Chang Haonan has interacted with the most seem to be French and Italians.

But after I actually started, I found that the content proposed by the other side was a bit boring.

They came here with the team of GTT Company as cooperative members.

The reflective kind.

"Okay, let him come to my office."

He had originally planned to change his clothes and go directly to the Science and Technology Committee, but now he had to put on his suit jacket again.

……

A few minutes later, the bald man appeared outside the office and knocked on the door with some restraint.

"Is this Comrade Cai Honggui? Come in quickly."

After hearing Chang Haonan's greeting, the visitor quickly walked into the house.

"Hello, Mr. Chang."

The two shook hands.

"sit down."

Chang Haonan reached out and gestured to the chair in front of the desk, indicating that the other party should sit down, and then gave them two glasses of mineral water respectively:

"Come to me alone. Is there anything you can't talk about at the meeting just now?"

In fact, at the beginning, he was somewhat reluctant to let go when facing subordinates who were older than himself, or even one generation above him. However, after two years of training, he has adapted very naturally.

Cai Honggui took the cup with both hands. Seeing that Chang Haonan had already made a guess, he stopped talking in circles and nodded directly:

"Yes, it's about LNG ships."

"During the meeting just now, you should have noticed that GTT Company was not very enthusiastic. At least compared to the size of the delegation they sent, the topic setting was a bit too bland."

Of course Chang Haonan noticed it, but the other party had not yet explained his intention. He certainly could not show too obvious an attitude in advance, so he just acted noncommittally and signaled the other party to continue talking.

"Actually, when this group of people first arrived in China at the end of last month, the situation was not like this..."

Cai Honggui couldn't see what Chang Haonan was thinking, so he had no choice but to continue:

"The membrane cargo tank developed by GTT Group is currently the first generation product that is mainly put into use. It is mainly built by Japan and South Korea. Our factory has also introduced relevant patents before and produced two small and medium-sized membrane LNG ships. , but basically unable to capture market share.”

"Now because of what happened last year, GTT feels that Japanese shipyards may not be reliable in the long run, so they want to include our Chinese shipyards in the sequence of certified shipyards. However, for the first generation of products, they have already followed Japan and South Korea are too deeply tied to each other, making it difficult to separate their businesses, so the main consideration is the next-generation technology that will be updated soon.”

“On the second generation of membrane cargo tanks, GTT is currently developing two parallel routes, namely the Gas-Transport system and the Technigaz system. The difference between them cannot be explained in a few words, mainly in the insulation and leakage prevention of the inner wall of the cargo tank. The technical routes are different.”

"South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has manufactured a large number of first-generation products, so it is natural to bet on the Technigaz system. The inner wall of the cargo hold of this system is made of corrugated composite panels. It has advantages in cost, volume and weight, but it is very difficult to build, and we Due to technical limitations, we still choose to work on the relatively traditional Gas-Transport system. Although more invar steel plates will be used, fortunately, the inner and outer layers have complete load-bearing and shielding structures..."

This Cai Honggui obviously also has a technical background. After talking about topics related to shipbuilding technology, the initial nervousness quickly disappeared.

"Originally, because the Technigaz system had some problems with the adaptability of the cargo hold and the ship itself, GTT has recently become more optimistic about the Gas-Transport system and is planning to give our factory two orders to test the water first. If there are no problems, we will start Mass production of LNG ships equipped with Gas-Transport systems.”

"But just a few days ago, Samsung Heavy Industries suddenly announced that they had solved the cabin adaptation problem, so GTT's attention has returned to the Technigaz system..."

Chang Haonan had not had an in-depth understanding of the situation of the shipbuilding industry before, so after the other party finished speaking, he still thought about it for a while.

However, the overall plot is still very clear.

Since the Technigaz system is superior in terms of cost, volume and weight, GTT will naturally not continue to invest too many resources in the Gas-Transport system.

This is also consistent with their performance in the talks just now.

It only purchases development tools and numerical calculation business from Torch Group, rather than joint development among the three parties.

You know, although GTT holds the core technology of LNG cargo tanks, it is definitely impossible to build a ship with just a cargo tank.

If we really want to implement it on LNG ships, we still have to cooperate with the shipyard.

Of course, considering that the shipyard itself may not have enough R&D capabilities, sometimes it is necessary for a third party like Torch Group to join.

Now that GTT has directly given up on joint development with China, it basically has the idea of ​​"using the Gas-Transport system as a backup" written on its face.

"So, what Manager Cai means is..."

"Our factory has purchased most of the core patents of the Gas-Transport system. Now that GTT is not very enthusiastic, I wonder if our factory and your company can directly cooperate to convert LNG using this technical route. Has the ship been developed?"