On September 27, the naming and delivery ceremony for the newly built H1537 LR2 tanker cooperated by BOCOM Leasing and Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding was successfully held in Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard. Xu Bin, Chief Expert of Bank of Communications, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BOCOM Leasing, and Wang Qi, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, attended the naming and delivery ceremony and delivered speeches. Wang Dong, member of the Party Committee and Vice President of BOCOM Leasing, Zhang Wei, member of the Party Committee and Vice General Manager of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, and Wu Aijun, member of the Party Committee and Vice General Manager of China Shipbuilding Trading, attended and signed on behalf of all parties. Ms. Huang Rong, professor of Fudan University, named the ship.

Xu Bin said in his speech that BOCOM Leasing, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Communications and an extension of the financial brand and service of "centennial Bank of Communications”, adheres to the development strategy of "specialization, internationalization, differentiation and characterization", and has formed a pattern of dual-wheel driven development in and out of China after 15 years of growth. Over the past few years, BOCOM Leasing has cooperated with Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for many times, established a close and profound relationship and achieved fruitful results. This project is the first time that BOCOM Leasing has placed an independent order for product tanker in Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. The LR2 product tanker ordered in this project is the largest product carrier in the world. It is another important achievement of Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding in the field of large-scale oil tanker construction, which represents the highest level of product tanker construction in the world, and has been unanimously recognized by the international first-class cargo owner Shell Petroleum and the international leading classification society.

Wang Qi said that Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding is one of the top shipbuilding enterprises in China. It has rich experience and technological leadership in shipbuilding, and has successfully manufactured a large number of high-tech, high value-added, high-end and advanced ships. The ships built by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding have always enjoyed a good reputation in terms of safety, speed and fuel economy. The on-time delivery of this tanker will help BOCOM Leasing promote energy conservation and emission reduction of large ships, and play a demonstration and leading role for the low-carbon development of the shipping industry.

PROTEUS IWONA is a new generation of dual-fuel powered ship with independent intellectual property rights developed and designed by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. The ship has a length of 249.95m, a molded breadth of 44.00m, a moulded depth of 21.40m, a design draft of 13.50m, a speed of 14.5 knots, and a capacity of more than 850,000 barrels of crude oil in the oil hold, which is classified to LR/CCS. The ship is equipped with two independent C-type LNG fuel tanks, which are driven by WinGD low-pressure dual-fuel engine, and has a gas mode range of 14,000 nautical miles. In the gas mode, the ship basically eliminates the emissions of sulfur oxides and particulate matters, and greatly reduces the emissions of nitrogen oxides. The verified Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) is 28% lower than the baseline, with significant features such as "green, environmentally friendly, energy efficient and safe".

Looking ahead, Xu Bin said that the shipping business of BOCOM Leasing will continue to make continuous efforts in both international and domestic markets. Relying on the advantages of the platform, BOCOM Leasing gives full play to the original characteristics of leasing, always abides by the original mission of serving the country through finance, takes supporting the major national strategy and serving the real economy as its own responsibility, centralizes advantageous resources to support the development of the shipping industry and shipbuilding industry, provides full process, one-stop and personalized financial services for the new shipbuilding needs of shipping enterprises, helps the development of China's high-end manufacturing industry, and creates a new situation for the national shipbuilding industry.