Chapter 585 Order Container Vessels (Plus 5)

The Old Continent is in the midst of a fierce war, while the New Continent is thriving.

Virginia, Newport News Shipbuilding Company.

On the slipway, there are many construction cranes, which makes people feel the liveliness of the place. At this time, in the aisle next to the slipway, a group of people are communicating while walking.

"Now, our construction task is very busy. If you want to get the finished product as soon as possible, then our price may need to be mentioned again." The chairman of the shipbuilding company, Walter Hawkins, said to the visitor.

Hearing the other party's words, Yat, the representative from the Hanseatic Shipping Company, frowned, showing that he was hesitating at this time.

Take this opportunity to hit the Germans hard!

A few days ago, the German Hanseatic Shipping Company issued a tender to them, saying that they wanted to set foot in a new shipping business and needed a new batch of ships. These ships wanted to operate in Newport News. Shipyard to build.

At that time, Walter realized that there was an opportunity!

Newport News Shipyard, originated from a coal terminal.

In the 1870s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad laid a railroad linking Richmond and the Ohio River. And extended to the Virginia peninsula, and connected to Hampton anchorage, construction of a coal terminal in Newport News.

By 1886, Huntington built a dock next to the dock for the maintenance of coal ships, and at the same time to provide shipbuilding services; the shipbuilding company has been established since then.

After their establishment, they established a relationship with the U.S. Navy, which later began contracting with shipbuilding companies to build warships.

Before World War I, the company built a total of six dreadnoughts for the U.S. Navy. After World War I, the company built a number of aircraft carriers for the Navy.

In later generations, when it came to Zhanou, their relationship with the navy was still very close, so that until the 21st century, even the Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States was 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 it attracted the German side to place an order!

Why not build in Germany? For this reason, Walter can guess. Now, Germany is going on a war in Europe and needs a lot of arms and weapons. Therefore, the construction schedules of various German shipyards are very full, and even the warships ordered by the Soviet Union have been delayed. The construction period, in this case, it is very difficult for a civilian shipping company in Germany to place an order.

Therefore, they will come to the United States to place an order!

This is exactly in the shipyard's interest.

Although the shipyard has orders from the navy, but after all, they are all their own people, so they can't cheat too much, that is to say, the profits are not enough. Now, since the Germans have placed orders, of course they will have to cheat them more!

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

Relying on the war in Europe, many companies in the United States have made a fortune. Large orders from Germany have made their production lines run at full speed. The daily profits are astronomical, and the American financiers are also quite satisfied. When they clearly refused to accept the German mark, to prevent the mark from becoming waste paper once Germany was defeated, the Germans were generously willing to pay with their hard currency, gold!

This is more meaningful to the United States. The war in Europe will allow gold to flow to the United States. Then, when the war in Europe is over, the United States will become the richest country in the world!

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

The whole country of the United States welcomes the war in Europe. In this case, even the president has made a statement that he will not interfere in the situation in Europe.

Isn't it great that Europe is at war and America is making money from war?

And now, it's finally our shipyard's turn! In fact, it is not considered war money, it is just some small orders. Love to vote but not vote. If you place an order, 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 valued interests the most, and being able to feed these capitalists would allow them to give up their aid to Britain. These, Germany's investment, It's all worth it.

"Okay, we really can't wait." After pretending to be embarrassed, Art finally agreed: "We have finished the design of the entire ship, and now, we need you to follow our design. Figures, rapid construction, and we hope that within a year, you will be able to deliver the twenty ships we ordered."

Twenty ships, it really is a big order! As for delivery within one year, there is no problem at all. In fact, our shipyards are in a low-load operation state and have the potential to increase production at any time.

Moreover, the construction of civilian freighters is different from the construction of warships. You must know that the construction of warships only in terms of armor protection has caused a headache for shipyards.

What the other party proposed was just a civilian ship with a standard displacement of more than 6,000 tons and a full-load displacement of only tens of thousands of tons. There was no problem at all.

"Okay, we can agree, so can we see the blueprints?" Walter said.

Only after negotiating the conditions can we look at the design drawings, otherwise there will be leakage problems, and the same will be true in future generations. If you want to ask a decoration company to design a house, you must pay a deposit first, and then the designer will put the design drawings. show you.

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

In fact, to build a ship, the required design drawings, at least a car to install it, and now, Art just took a sketch.

"Everyone, this is related to our company's next strategy, please keep it confidential." Yate said mysteriously: "What we need to build now is 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, said in a loud tone, made Walter full of sarcasm in his heart. Just a small German fleet, you still want to monopolize the global transportation business? Stop dreaming, America's rise is unstoppable.

With this thought in mind, he took the design drawing. At this time, there was still a sea breeze blowing from the sea in the distance. He picked up the blueprint lightly, and his eyes widened immediately.

What container ship, shit, this is clearly an aircraft carrier, okay?