Lungteh Shipbuilding

Lungteh Shipbuilding (also spelled Lung Teh or Longde,^[1] Chinese: 龍德造船) is a Taiwanese ship and boat builder headquartered in Yilan County.

Lungteh Shipbuilding

Native name	龍德造船
Type	Private
Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	1979
Headquarters	Yilan County, Taiwan
Number of locations	6
Website	http://www.lts.com.tw/LungTeh/en/

Lungteh Shipbuilding
Traditional Chinese	龍德造船工業股份有限公司
Simplified Chinese	龙德造船工业股份有限公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóngdé Zàochuán Gōngyè Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	龍德造船
Simplified Chinese	龙德造船
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóngdé Zàochuán

Philippine Navy Multipurpose Assault Craft Mk2

History

 

Test ship Glorious Star

Lungteh was established in 1979.^[2]

In 2018 Lungteh won a contract to produce eleven Tuo Chiang Block II corvette and four minelayers for the Taiwanese Navy.^[3]

Lungteh exhibited at IDEX in 2019 alongside other Taiwanese defense companies.^[4]

In 2019 Lungteh Shipbuilding launched an 80-ton 28m long high speed catamaran research and test vessel named Glorious Star (光榮之星) for the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.^[5]

On May 24, 2019 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen visited Lungteh to highlight the mass production of the Tuo Chiang Block II corvette, dubbed a carrier killer by the press. She gave a speech about asymmetrically countering China’s military with smart military procurement and technological innovation.^[6]

In August 2020 they launched the first of four high speed minelayers ordered by the Taiwanese Navy.^[7] Class delivery was completed in December 2021.^[8]

Operations

Lungteh has five production facilities in Yilan county and offices in Taipei and Singapore.^[9]

Lungteh has produced fast ferries, wind farm supply vessels,^[10][11] coastal patrol craft, high speed special forces craft,^[12] fireboats, and pilot boats.

Lungteh is a partner in producing the Multipurpose Assault Craft series of combat boats for the Philippine Navy. The series had four variants as of 2018.^[13]

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan
• Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company
• CSBC Corporation, Taiwan
• Defense industry of Taiwan
• Maritime industries of Taiwan

References

1. Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan launches military test ship". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. "Shipbuilding industry in Chinese Taipei" (PDF). www.oecd.org. OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6). Retrieved 5 December 2019.
3. Everington, Keoni. "Taiwanese domestic shipbuilder gets bid to build 11 corvettes, 4 minelayers". taiwannews.com. Taiwan News.
4. Lo Tien-pin and, Jake Chung. "Taiwanese weaponry touted at IDEX". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
5. Strong, Matthew. "Taiwan launches military test ship". Taiwan News. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
6. Chung, Lawrence. "Taiwan begins mass production of home-grown missile corvettes, minelayers". scmp.com. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
7. Yun-yu, Chen; Hsu, Elizabeth. "Taiwan Navy launches first locally-built rapid mine-laying vessel". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
8. Chen, Kelvin. "Taiwan Navy receives final pair of rapid mine-laying ships". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
9. "About Us". lts.com.tw. Lungteh Shipyards. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
10. Morgan, Scott. "Taiwan's first wind powered boat launched in central Taiwan". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
11. "TIPM Establishes CTV Crew Training Co-Op with NOS". offshorewind.biz. offshorewind.biz. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
12. Rahmat, Ridzwan. "Kaohsiung Maritime 2018: NCSIST, Lung Teh team up on stealthy assault craft concept". janes.com. Janes. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
13. Morgan, Scott. "Philippine Navy successfully tests fires first-ever missile". taiwannews.com. Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

External links

• Official website