What Types of Vessels and Products Does SCS Shipyard Offer?

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SCS Shipyard (South China Marine Limited) designs, builds, and sells specialized, high-quality special-purpose vessels, and backs this with a one-stop service offering. The company describes itself as a Hong Kong-based vessel developer with 50 years of shipbuilding experience (its site also cites a 70-year history and an "Est. 1975" mark), and its predecessor was South China Shipbuilding Group. If you want to know whether SCS can supply a particular workboat or barge type, the answer is best confirmed against its Product Catalogue and Photo Album, because the site names representative vessel classes rather than a full specification list.

What the site lists as representative vessels

The homepage highlights these example vessel types:

Vessel / product What the label indicates
4400BHP MERV Multi-purpose / emergency response vessel class, 4,400 brake horsepower
60M PSV Platform supply vessel, 60 metres
14,000DWT Class Oil Barge Oil barge, 14,000 deadweight tonnes class
6000PS AHT Anchor handling tug, 6,000 horsepower
5200PS Handysize ASD Tug (Ice Class IA) Azimuth stern drive tug, 5,200 horsepower, ice-class notation

These are the vessel families the site chooses to feature, not a complete catalogue. The 5200PS Handysize ASD Tug also appears in the Latest News section in connection with sea trials, which suggests it is a recent build or delivery.

Service scope: design, build, sell, and one-stop support

SCS states that it covers shipbuilding in the broad sense — design, construction, and sale — and that its Ship Design and Research Institute allows it to design, build, and sell its own vessels. The company positions this as a one-stop service for marine workers, and its stated focus is high-tech innovation and environmental protection research and development. In practice, that means a buyer can approach SCS for a vessel designed around a task rather than only for hull construction.

How to check whether SCS offers your required vessel

  1. Open the Product Catalogue section of southchinashipyard.com to see the listed vessel types and any stated particulars.
  2. Check the Photo Album for build and delivery examples, which show what has actually been produced.
  3. Review News for recent launches and sea trials, such as the 5200PS Handysize ASD Tug (Ice Class IA) sea trial.
  4. Use Ask Quote or contact the yard directly at +852 2541-1282 or [email protected] to confirm availability, class notation, and specifications for your intended duty.

The site does not publish prices, so cost and delivery terms need to be requested through the quote channel.

What to confirm before deciding

The homepage gives vessel classes and horsepower or tonnage labels, but not full technical particulars, class society, or delivery schedules. For a real procurement decision, treat the catalogue entries as a shortlist and ask SCS for the detailed specification, classification, and build timeline for the specific vessel type you need — particularly if your operation requires ice-class capability, DP notation, or a specific flag and class society.