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Maintaining competitiveness by one-tenth of a millimeter:Ching Fu Shipbuilding

◎English translation: Marie-Claude Pelchat

◎Photos courtesy of Ching Fu Shipbuilding, Lin Rong-biao

　　Ching Fu Shipbuilding is the world's number one purse seine fishing vessel building company. Every time the captain of a purse seine fishing vessel built by Ching Fu sails into fishing grounds, it stirs the of envy of other captains who often ask: "Which company built this ship?" Ching Fu Shipbuilding has never gone out of its way to gain publicity, but as its ships have sailed across the oceans, its reputation has spread by word of mouth.

　　Why is Ching Fu Shipbuilding able to make purse seine fishing vessels that so perfectly match the needs of fishermen? We have to go back to Fong Kuo, an offshore-fishing enterprise operating under the banner of Ching Fu Shipbuilding Company. It began fishing in 1965 by exclusively using purse seine fishing vessels to catch tuna, bonito and other large fish. It had a fleet of 10 purse seine fishing vessels. Company Chairman Mr. Chen Cing-nan and his purse seine fleet became the shipyard's backbone because they helped the shipyard better understand how the vessels are actually used. Furthermore, Ching Fu has built a close relationship with the ships' captains, meaning they are more than happy to share with Ching Fu their needs and suggestions. Ching Fu considers the needs of its customers as central to its mission. Until now it has built 65 purse-seine vessels, and continues to pursue quality and improvements.

　　In 2002, Fong Kuo and Ching Fu merged to become Taiwan's biggest private shipbuilder. Purse seine fishing vessels have become the company's iconic ship type. What is more, among all the possible types of ships produced, Ching Fu has chosen to build special ships, such as high-tech ocean research vessels and oil tankers. Thus it has avoided price-cutting competition for building freighters. Ching Fu's clear and unique position in the market has brought it success. In 2012, the company had a turnover of NT$3 billion. In 2013, the company was unaffected by the global economic downturn and has a full order book.

◎No.1 shipbuilding strength

　　Ching Fu Shipbuilding has shown its strength through highly sophisticated shipbuilding technology and pursues the legacy of founder Mr. Chen Shuei-lai. The use of good materials and a reliance on excellent craftsmanship have earned customers' trust.

　　Ching Fu Shipbuilding employs 150 people and outsources some work to vendors who employ a further 400. Managing Director Mr. Woody Lin says internal technical staff is a shipyard's most important asset. He has been involved in the building of purse seine fishing vessels for 22 years and personally inspects each and every new boat. His devotion to his work is obvious to all.

　　Mr. Lin says building a boat is like building a factory that floats on water. Precision and quality must be taken　 into account, and the level of difficulty vastly surpasses that of building structures on land. He says that buildings on land use centimeters as units of measurement; on the sea, one must use millimeters. Sometimes, the unit of measurement is one-tenth of a millimeter. When the Wei Wu Ying Center for the Arts was having difficulty finding a company which could produce the wave-shaped ceiling which symbolizes the sea, Mecanoo the Dutch company in charge of construction decided that shipbuilding technology was required and Kaohsiung's Ching Fu Shipbuilding was recommended to them. Ching Fu's work is now on both land and sea. In either case, it is always exciting and worth the wait.

十分之一公釐的水面競爭力 慶富造船

◎文／侯雅婷

◎照片提供／慶富造船、林榮標

　　慶富造船是全球首屈一指的圍網漁船造船公司，每當船東駕駛慶富造船製作的圍網漁船至漁場作業，先進又友善的機具設備，總讓一旁捕魚的其他漁船船東稱羨不已，打聽：這艘船是跟哪家公司買的？從不做廣告的慶富造船，隨著公司打造的圍網漁船於三大洋作業，口碑從海上傳開來。

　　探究慶富為什麼能製作出這麼契合海上從業人員真正需求的圍網漁船？歸功於慶富造船集團旗下的豐國遠洋漁業，自1965年開始投入遠洋漁業，專注於使用圍網漁船捕撈鮪魚和鰹魚等大型魚獲，擁有10艘圍網船隊。換言之，自總裁陳慶男至整個圍網船隊都是造船廠最堅強的後盾，幫助造船廠深入了解使用情況，再加上慶富關心船東使用情況，因此船東樂於與慶富分享使用意見和需求，慶富把客戶需求視為工作使命，迄今打造了65艘圍網漁船，力求盡善盡美的態度，讓慶富的圍網漁船一代較一代更加完善。

　　2002年慶富旗下的豐國與慶富造船合併，成為台灣最大的民營造船廠，圍網漁船為其最具商譽的代表作，另一方面，慶富在種類繁多的商船中，選擇製作研究船和油品船等特殊船舶，避開貨輪低價競爭的窘境。慶富清楚而獨特的市場定位奏效，2012年營業額為30億，2013年完全不受全球經濟不景氣影響，工作滿檔。

◎一等一的製船實力

　　慶富造船以實力展現圍網漁船是門高度精密的造船技術，一路走來，承襲創辦人陳水來的造船態度，使用好的材料，運用精湛的工藝技術，打造出讓客戶信賴的好品質。

　　慶富造船著制服員工150人，外包廠商400多人，出身造船科班的總經理林森淋表示，員工的內在技術是船廠最重要的資產。他投入圍網漁船建造工作22年，直言這一行的廣大精深到現在每艘新船，他都會親自去測試，戰戰兢兢的工作態度由此可見一斑。

　　林森淋表示，造船等同於建造一座水面上會移動的工廠！精密度和品質都需兼顧，難度遠勝於陸地上建築。他說路面建築使用公分為度量單位，而在水面上則是公釐，有時甚至是以十分之一公釐為度量單位。有趣的是高雄另一處興建中的衛武營藝術文化中心天花板利用水波浪的造型傳達海洋意象，在台灣遍尋不著施工廠商之際，詢問了設計的荷蘭公司，得到的消息是這屬於造船技術的範疇，最後荷蘭公司推薦了高雄的慶富造船，於是乎，慶富造船作品由水上跨足陸上，同樣精彩，令人期待。

黃色小鴨台灣首站進駐高雄，吸引國際媒體爭相報導，打響高雄國際知名度，而搭載小鴨浮台這個重責大任就是由「慶富造船」承攬製造。 　The Rubber Duck made its debut in Kaohsiung, and its first appearance in Taiwan drew the attention of the international media, bolstering Kaohsiung's position on the international stage. A floating platform was key to keeping the rubber duck stable above water, and Ching Fu Shipbuilding took on the task of building that platform.