VESSEL REVIEW | Zhongguo Yuzheng 33201 – Fast fisheries enforcement vessel for operation off eastern China

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) recently took delivery of a new high-speed fisheries enforcement vessel.

Built by Jianglong Shipbuilding to a design by the Wuhan Ship Design and Research Institute, Zhongguo Yuzheng 33201 (中国渔政33201; "China Fisheries Administration 33201") has a deep V-shaped hull, a steel/aluminium composite superstructure, an LOA of 56.4 metres (185 feet), a beam of eight metres (26 feet), a full load draught of only 2.1 metres (6.9 feet), a depth of 3.8 metres (12 feet), and a displacement of 344 tonnes.