Though the shipyard construction was completed only recently, China Ship Building Corporation had started building a new 445,000 DWT Ultra Large Crude Oil Carrier on August 20, 1975. The keel-laying ceremony was held November 18.
雖然中船建廠工程，在最近才告完成，但是早在民國六十四年八月二十日已經開始建造第一艘新船﹘ ﹘四十四萬五千載重噸的油輪，並且於當年十一月十八日安放龍骨。