China's first large-scale small water plane area twin hull (SWATH) vessel "Shiyan-1" successfully passed the final acceptance test in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province. More than 40 deputies of the designers, producer side and supervisors witnessed the significant moment.

As the general manager of the project, first of all, Prof. TIAN Jing made an overall summing-up of the whole project. Then, YUAN Hengyong, the executive manager of the project and LI Honglian, Director of Financial Department of IACAS reported the craftwork and financial situation of the vessel, respectively. After that, the members of the Acceptance Board looked around vessel

After a serious and careful consideration, the Acceptance Board put forward the final comments and remarks on check and acceptance -- alll the related checks results of "Shiyan-1" met the national standards and the vessel successfully passed the acceptance examination.  

The new vessel "Shiyan-1" is China's first large-scale SWATH with more than 2,000-ton displacement. It is our national's first comprehensive research vessel and comes up to an international advanced level. The vessel could be used to carry out comprehensive and multi-disciplinary marine investigations in hydro-acoustics, marine physics, geo-biology, marine and geological environment, due to its outstanding properties such as seaworthiness and quietness, noted experts. It is believed that "Shiyan-1" will be an excellent platform for scientific expedition