Xie Lixin

Xie Lixin, Deputy Chief Engineer of Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), c (CSSC), Senior Technical Expert of CSSC. He has long been engaged in the general design and project management of merchant ships and has accumulated extensive design experience in roro ship segment. He has presided over or participated in the research and development as well as design of various ship types, including pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs), container roro ships, roro cargo ships, and LNG dual fuel hybrid ships. As a core team member, he led the design of PCTCs with capacities of 2,300, 3,600, 3,800 and 5,700ceu, and undertook the project management of ultra large PCTCs for 7,000, 8,600 and 10,800ceu. Multiple premium ship under his leadership have been published in the Significant Ships of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA). The world’s first 3,600ceu LNG dual fuel hybrid PCTC for UECC won the Technology & Environment Award from SHIPPAX AWARDS. His projects