CIMC Raffles

Yantai-based CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd is an equipment manufacturing subsidiary of China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd, the country's transportation equipment producer. It is also a national Marine engineering research institute and contains construction bases and three operating companies with nearly 10,000 employees.

It is mainly engaged in designing, producing, repairing, and transforming different kinds of marine engineering equipment including drilling platforms, production platforms, ocean engineering vessels, marine ranching platforms and offshore wind power ships.

Established in 1977 as a shipyard to build bulk carriers, the company now operates three offshore engineering product manufacturing bases in Yantai, Haiyang and Longkou. Eager to diversify its business categories, its research and development center also focuses on wind power systems, high-end shipbuilding, seawater desalination, rotating machinery, condition assessment and equipment life extension programs.

CIMC Raffles has rich experience in designing, constructing, debugging and delivering deep water platforms. In 2017, the company delivered the "Blue Whale 1", the ultra-deep-water semisubmersible drilling rig, the nation's largest semisubmersible platform manufacturer. The company also built the world's largest maritime drilling rig, Blue Whale 2, at the end of 2017.

CIMC Raffles always adheres to market-oriented, customer-centric strategies and constantly expands the offshore equipment industry chain. It is committed to becoming a world-class offshore integrated service provider.

Official Website: http://www.cimc-raffles.com/en/