Chapter 583： Order a container ship

The old continent is in the midst of fierce wars, while the new continent is thriving. m.

Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Virginia.

On the slipway, there are many cranes for construction, which makes people feel the excitement here. At this time, in the aisle beside the slipway, a group of people are walking and communicating.

"Now, our construction task is very busy, if you want to get the finished product as soon as possible, then our price, I am afraid we have to mention it." The chairman of the shipbuilding company Walter Hawkins, said to the visitors.

Hearing what the other party said, Yate, the representative from Hanseatic Shipping Company, frowned, showing that he was hesitating at this time.

Take advantage of this opportunity to hit the Germans hard!

A few days ago, the Hanseatic Steamship Company of Germany issued a tender to them, saying that they wanted to get involved in a new shipping business and needed a batch of new ships. These ships wanted to be in Newport News. The shipyard came to build.

At that time, Walter realized that the opportunity was here!

Newport News Shipyard, originated from a coal terminal.

In the 1870s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was laid to connect Richmond and the Ohio River. It extends to the Virginia Peninsula, and is connected to the Hampton Anchorage, and a coal terminal is built in Newport News.

In 1886, Huntington built a dock next to the wharf for the maintenance of coal ships and shipbuilding services; the shipbuilding company was established since then.

After the establishment, they established a relationship with the U.S. Navy, and later the U.S. Navy began to sign contracts with shipbuilding companies to build warships.

Before World War I, the company built six dreadnought ships for the US Navy. After World War I, the company built several aircraft carriers for the Navy.

In later generations, when they arrived at Janou, their relationship with the navy remained very close. In the 21st century, even the Ford-class aircraft carriers of the United States were built by them.

It can be said that this is a shipyard with a long history, and at the same time, it is also the largest private shipyard!

Yes, it is for this reason that the German side is attracted to come to place orders!

Why not build in Germany? For this reason, Walter can guess that Germany is currently undergoing a European war and needs a lot of munitions and weapons. Therefore, the various shipyards in Germany have a very full schedule. Even the warships ordered by the Soviet Union have been delayed. Time limit. In this case, it is very difficult for a German civilian shipping company to place an order.

Therefore, they will come to the United States to place orders!

This is exactly in the interest of the shipyard.

Although the shipyard has orders from the navy, they are all their own people and cannot make too much profit. In other words, the profit is not enough. Now that the Germans have placed orders, of course they have to cheat them more!

Walter was very excited at this time. The European war was a disaster for the Old World, but for the New World, it was simply the best opportunity!

Thanks to the war in Europe, many American companies have made fortunes. Large orders from Germany have allowed their production lines to operate at full speed, and their daily profits are astronomical. What makes American financiers quite satisfied is that, When they clearly refused to accept the German mark to prevent the mark from becoming waste paper once Germany was defeated in the war, the Germans were generously willing to use their hard currency like gold to pay!

This is of greater significance to the United States. The European wars have allowed gold to flow to the United States. Then, when the European wars are over, the United States will become the richest country in the world!

Gold, this is hard currency. Whoever has more reserves has the right to speak. They can even see that the US dollar will replace the British pound in the future and become the universal currency!

The entire United States is welcoming the war in Europe. In this case, even the president has made a statement that he will not interfere with the situation in Europe.

Isn’t it good for the United States to make war fortune when Europe fights war?

And now, it's finally our shipyard's turn! In fact, it is not considered war money, just some small orders. If you like to invest, you must accept your own price increase!

Looking at the other party’s expression, Yate knew what the other party was thinking. Sure enough, every capitalist values ​​his interests the most. If he can feed these capitalists, he can make them give up aid to Britain. These, German investment, It's all worth it.

"Yes, we really can't wait." After pretending to be embarrassed, Yate finally agreed: "We have completed the design of the entire ship. Now, we need you to follow our design. Figure, for rapid construction, we hope that within one year, you can deliver the twenty such ships we ordered."

Twenty ships are indeed a big order! As for the delivery within one year, there is no problem at all. The shipyard on its own side, in fact, is operating at low load and has the potential to increase production at any time.

Moreover, it is a civil cargo ship, which is different from building a warship. It should be understood that the construction of warships only in terms of armor protection is a headache for shipyards.

What the other party proposed was only a civilian ship with a standard displacement of more than 6,000 tons and a fully loaded displacement of only 10,000 tons. There is no problem at all.

"Okay, we can agree, so can we look at the design drawings?" Walter said.

Only when the conditions are negotiated, can you see the design drawings, otherwise there will be leaks. This is the same in later generations. If you want to ask the decoration company to design the house, you must first pay a deposit before the designer can make the design drawings. show you.

Now that the two parties have reached a preliminary intention, Yate took out a sketch from the briefcase he was carrying.

In fact, to build a ship, the required design drawings must be installed in at least one car. Now, Yate just took a sketch.

"Everyone, this is related to our company's next strategy. Please keep it secret." Yate said mysteriously: "We now need to build a container ship, which can greatly improve the efficiency of transportation. Our shipping company will monopolize the global maritime transportation business in the future."

This sentence, spoken in a big tone, made Walter full of sarcasm in his heart. Just your small fleet in Germany, do you want to monopolize the global transportation business? Stop dreaming, the rise of the United States is unstoppable.

With this thought, he took the design drawings. At this time, the sea breeze was still blowing in the distant sea. He picked up the drawings lightly, and suddenly his eyes widened.

What container ship, is this clearly an aircraft carrier? Mobile users please browse and read,