China’s Chizhou Tianyu Shipbuilding and Hong Kong Word Engineering Company have signed a contract for the construction of a 64.8-meter anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel.The deal marks Guichi Shipbuilding Industrial Base’s first foreign trade order in 2026. The project builds on prior cooperation. Namely, in September 2025, the companies signed for two 12,000 dwt heavy-duty deck carriers worth 140m yuan ($20.5m), a record for Chizhou export value and tonnage.The AHTS will have a maximum deadweight of 1,400 tonnes, DP2 dynamic positioning, and SMART (SHM, MHM, INF) notations, suitable for deep-sea oil exploration and shallow-water operations across China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and other regions.Guichi Shipbuilding Industrial Base hosts eight shipyards. It leads civilian shipbuilding upstream of Nanjing and develops inland green intelligent vessels and marine engineering equipment. In 2025, Guichi secured 25 foreign trade vessel orders totalling 623m yuan ($91m), with steady growth.