Rooted in deep-sea safety with Chinese intelligent manufacturing; Linking the future of global offshore engineering through openness and innovation.

On May 4, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) grandly kicked off at Houston Energy Park in Houston, USA. As one of the oldest and most influential offshore industry events worldwide, the conference gathers top global offshore enterprises, energy giants, technical institutions and core industrial chain partners. It focuses on deep-sea oil & gas, offshore wind power, intelligent offshore equipment and green low-carbon transition, jointly exploring innovative paths and collaborative prospects for the global marine energy industry.

China Shipping Anchor Chain (CSAC) showcased its full-range deepwater mooring chains and core supporting solutions at the event. It highlighted dedicated mooring chains and mooring solutions tailored for floating facilities including Drilling Rig Platforms (DRM), Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units (FPSO), Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Units (FLNG), Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) and Floating Storage Units (FSU), as well as mooring systems such as Deepwater Mooring System (DSM), Single Point Mooring (SPM) and Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM), plus Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT). The company fully demonstrated its comprehensive strengths in adapting to extreme deep-sea working conditions, high-end equipment intelligent manufacturing, full-link quality control, global rapid delivery and localized service networks for worldwide offshore clients.

Its participation in the conference marks a key layout for CSAC to further explore the high-end North American offshore market, and also serves as an important milestone for conveying the strength of Chinese intelligent manufacturing to the global offshore industry, deepening international strategic cooperation and jointly building a deep-sea safety ecosystem.

We Do Not Only Supply Mooring Chain Products, But Safeguard the Entire Mooring System

Going deep into the sea is more than transoceanic product delivery; it represents global recognition of China’s mooring chain technologies, standards and services. The current global marine energy industry is evolving rapidly toward deep-sea exploration, green development and intelligence. Competition has gone beyond single products, focusing instead on comprehensive strength in safety and reliability under extreme environments, long-term service stability, technological adaptability and innovation, as well as global service response capability. When selecting core deepwater mooring equipment, clients value not only manufacturing capacity, but also the ability to ensure full-lifecycle safety and stability under harsh conditions such as severe corrosion, strong ocean currents and violent typhoons at sea; to provide customized solutions for diverse floating facilities and various mooring system scenarios; and to safeguard global projects with efficient delivery and localized services.

This is exactly the core value and development direction that CSAC has adhered to for years of in-depth industry cultivation. As the world’s second-largest supplier of ship anchor chains and offshore mooring chains, CSAC has long focused on the R&D, intelligent manufacturing and production of deepwater mooring systems, committing to building a "life safety chain" for deep-sea platforms. Aiming to become a global leader in the deepwater mooring system industry, the company continuously breaks technical barriers, upgrades its intelligent manufacturing system and improves its global service layout. We provide not only anchor chains and mooring chains, but also all-round safety protection for the entire mooring system. Relying on cost-effectiveness and rapid delivery advantages, we offer one-stop comprehensive mooring system solutions. CSAC firmly believes that an enterprise’s core competitiveness stems from solid technological innovation strength, bottom-line thinking in quality control, customer-oriented service philosophy and a long-term development vision.

CSAC’s mission goes beyond manufacturing high-end anchor chains and mooring chains. Through continuous technological iteration, we provide safer, more efficient and more durable mooring solutions for global deep-sea projects to meet all-scenario offshore engineering needs. With an open and win-win cooperation philosophy, we work with global clients and partners to build a deep-sea industrial ecosystem, share technological achievements, assume industry responsibilities together, and embrace a green future hand in hand.

Standing at the Global Offshore Highland, Demonstrating the Systematic Strength of China’s Deepwater Mooring Equipment

At this exhibition, CSAC showcased a product portfolio featuring full-scenario coverage, full-specification adaptation and full-working-condition reliability. Its product grades include M2, M3 and M4 high-strength ship anchor chains, as well as R3, R3S, R4, R4S, R5 and R6 high-strength deepwater mooring chains together with complete supporting accessories. With chain diameters ranging from 12.5mm to 250mm, the products fully adapt to diverse high-end offshore scenarios and perfectly meet the stringent standards and customized demands of deep-sea energy projects in North America and across the globe.

What CSAC intends to convey to the global offshore industry is far more than sound product strength.

We aim to demonstrate how, under multiple pressures such as high-standard certification and extreme working condition tests for deep-sea projects in North America and worldwide, CSAC achieves zero-failure stable product operation, high-efficiency global delivery coverage and zero-distance localized service response via systematic capabilities. True high-end intelligent manufacturing is not merely making qualified products, but integrating safety, durability, consistency and reliability into every link of R&D, intelligent manufacturing, testing, delivery and service to create long-term value for global clients.

Brand Confidence Stemms From Solid Intelligent Manufacturing Strength

Behind Manufacturing Strength Lies In-depth Accumulation of Full-link Systematic Capabilities

CSAC owns two modern intelligent manufacturing bases in Jiangsu, China, equipped with 25 fully automatic chain production lines covering a total plant area of 260,000 square meters. It has built a full-process automated and intelligent manufacturing system covering high-precision automatic raw material blanking, intelligent chain making, fully automatic traceable flash welding for every link, intelligent temperature and speed controlled continuous heat treatment furnaces, automatic tensile testing equipment, world-leading phased array ultrasonic flaw detection technology, finished product anti-corrosion treatment and global logistics delivery. The company can mass-produce customized mooring chains and products for all types of offshore scenarios simultaneously. Among them, the Suqian manufacturing base is the world’s largest single-site mooring chain manufacturing base.Relying on large-scale manufacturing capacity, efficient collaborative response capability, integrated supporting supply and system integration services, CSAC consolidates the core foundation of global delivery, providing sufficient capacity guarantee and delivery confidence for serving North American and global markets.

As a pioneer in the industry to realize full-automatic layout of core production and testing equipment, CSAC continues to increase investment in high-end intelligent manufacturing. It is equipped with fully automatic numerical control blanking equipment, intelligent temperature and speed controlled continuous quenching and tempering furnaces, high-precision chain welding equipment, automatic tensile testing systems, world-leading phased array ultrasonic flaw detection technology, 3D precision dimension inspection equipment and intelligent quality inspection systems. With intelligent, precise and standardized production procedures, every product meets or even exceeds the standards of internationally authoritative classification societies including DNV, ABS, CCS and BV, satisfying the stringent certification requirements of the North American and global offshore markets.

Nevertheless, in CSAC’s view, manufacturing equipment and production scale are only superficial. What truly supports the enterprise to go through industry cycles and win global clients’ trust are continuously upgraded technological innovation capability, stringent quality control system, efficient and collaborative global organizational capability, and rapid-response customer service capability. CSAC is committed to building the most innovative, executive and growth-oriented technical and service team in the industry, focusing on multi-field technological R&D. It clearly recognizes that against the backdrop of rapid iteration of global offshore technologies and escalating demands for deep-sea projects, only by maintaining continuous learning, innovation and breakthroughs can it gain a firm foothold in the high-end market and form irreplaceable long-term competitiveness. Youthfulness is not merely a label, but a core advantage of faster response, faster innovation, faster implementation and faster service. Innovation is not a slogan, but an inevitable path for CSAC to stride toward becoming a global leader in deepwater mooring systems.

Quality Is Not the Industry Qualification Line, But CSAC’s Lifeline and the Core of Customer Trust

CSAC always upholds the core philosophy of "Quality is life, safety is the bottom line". It implements quality control throughout the entire production chain, all processes and all posts, establishing a five-tier quality assurance system including full incoming inspection of raw materials, in-process patrol inspection, final finished product delivery inspection, automatic and intelligent testing, and authoritative third-party certification. Customized quality inspection standards and procedures are formulated for different working conditions and scenarios to eliminate potential quality risks at the source, ensuring that every product delivered to global clients can operate stably for a long time under extreme deep-sea working conditions and safeguard the safe operation of global deep-sea projects.

As one of the world’s fastest-growing and most promising mooring chain manufacturers, we deliver unmatched production scale and operational efficiency. We serve world-renowned energy giants and EPC contractors including Petrobras, CNOOC, PVEP, Petronas, QatarEnergy and ADNOC, standing as a globally leading one-stop solution provider for offshore mooring chains and mooring systems. Such recognition of quality is never self-proclaimed. It comes from long-term repeat cooperation with global clients, practical validation in rigorous projects, certification endorsement from international authoritative organizations, and high recognition from industry partners. Repeated choices, continuous trust and constant recommendations from clients constitute the most genuine, profound and valuable brand testament of CSAC.

A True Brand Lies Not Only in Premium Products

But Also in Integrating "Customer-Centricity" Into Every Detail of Global Services

CSAC always adheres to its core business philosophy: customer-centricity and value-orientation. This is not merely a slogan, but the sole starting point for CSAC’s global strategic layout, organizational structure construction, production process optimization and service system improvement. The company requires every team, every position and every employee worldwide to truly think and solve problems from the customer’s perspective, accurately meet customized demands, help clients reduce costs, improve efficiency, avoid risks and enhance project competitiveness, so as to maximize customer value. CSAC firmly believes that solving customer pain points with optimal solutions is our eternal goal, and winning customer trust with ultimate service is our unchanging commitment.

Guided by this philosophy, CSAC has built a differentiated service system adapted to the global market and tailored to North American demands: it offers an extended warranty of 2 to 8 years with free replacement within the warranty period; sets up a service team composed of senior industry experts and technical engineers to provide 7×24-hour all-weather technical support and emergency response; arranges scientific stockpiling and rapid shipment for commonly used specifications in the North American market; and relies on a logistics network covering major global ports and a localized North American service team to provide one-stop service support including full-process logistics tracking, on-site installation guidance, operation and maintenance training, and regular inspection.

Behind this lies not only a sound service system, but also CSAC’s business stance of openness, transparency, fair cooperation and long-term win-win development: adhering to market-oriented pricing and opposing vicious competition; adhering to open and transparent cooperation to protect the rights and interests of clients and partners; adhering to long-termism to achieve in-depth integration and common growth with global clients; adhering to openness and sharing to build a healthy and sustainable offshore industrial ecosystem together with industry partners.

Leadership Goes Beyond Technology and Products

It Embodies All-round Superiority in Values, Responsibility and Vision

CSAC always restrains its operation and development with the industry’s highest standards and strictest requirements, adheres to the highest ethical standards in every decision-making process, treats global clients, suppliers, partners and employees fairly, and builds an enterprise governance system featuring integrity, compliance, openness, innovation and green sustainability. We are well aware that it is easy for an enterprise to grow in scale, difficult to strengthen its strength, and even harder to achieve long-term prosperity. What determines whether an enterprise can take root in the global market, win international respect and achieve sustainable development is never temporary scale and growth speed, but long-term adhered values, proactive sense of responsibility and global vision.

Therefore, CSAC always upholds the following principles: taking safety as the primary rule of enterprise development to consolidate the safety defense line for deep-sea projects; taking technological innovation as core competitiveness to continuously break through technical bottlenecks in deepwater mooring; taking green low-carbon development as a long-term strategy to optimize production processes, reduce energy consumption and emissions, and promote circular development; taking social responsibility as the inherent foundation of the enterprise, practicing the concept of business for good, and boosting the green transformation and sustainable development of the global marine energy industry. In early 2026, CSAC obtained China’s first Green Additional Mark Approval Certificate for Carbon Footprint of Marine Products issued by CCS. To date, over 60% of CSAC’s mooring chains are manufactured using green electricity.

Amid the accelerated green and low-carbon transformation of the global offshore industry and the vigorous development of deep-sea wind power and oil & gas projects in North America, CSAC continues to advance intelligent manufacturing upgrading, green process optimization and low-carbon product R&D, aligning enterprise development with global marine ecological protection and sustainable industrial progress. For CSAC, green and low-carbon development is not an optional extra, but a core capability and responsibility indispensable for Chinese manufacturing to enter the global high-end market and win international recognition.

Based in Houston, Embracing the Global High-end Market

Facing the Future, Undertaking the Responsibility of Chinese Intelligent Manufacturing and the Mission of Industrial Development

As the core market of the global offshore industry, North America gathers world-leading offshore enterprises, energy giants and high-end clients, representing the highest standards and cutting-edge demands of global offshore equipment. CSAC’s participation in OTC Houston serves not only as an important window to showcase corporate strength, connect with global clients and expand the North American market, but also a key opportunity to resonate with global industry frontiers, engage in in-depth dialogues with international high-end clients, deepen cooperation with global industrial chain partners, and calibrate the company’s global development direction.

Through OTC 2026, CSAC intends to send a clear and firm message to the global offshore industry: CSAC can not only provide high-end anchor chains and mooring chains complying with the world’s highest standards and adapting to extreme deep-sea working conditions, but also deliver stable and reliable supply capacity, rapid-response technical support, professional and efficient global services, and long-term win-win cooperation value. CSAC is more than a Chinese enterprise focusing on anchor chain and mooring chain manufacturing; it is a Chinese intelligent manufacturing enterprise with technology, quality, responsibility, vision and global insight. Beyond in-depth participation in global offshore industrial competition, CSAC takes the initiative to promote industrial technological progress, upgrade quality standards and improve service systems, helping the global offshore industry build a safer, more efficient, greener and more sustainable industrial ecosystem.

Looking ahead, CSAC aims to be an in-depth participant in the global market and a firm builder of industrial value. It will continue to focus on high-end ship anchor chains, deepwater mooring chains and integrated mooring system solutions, continuously increasing investment in technological R&D, advancing intelligent manufacturing upgrading, improving the global service network and elevating green and low-carbon development levels. The company will further consolidate its core competitiveness in the global anchor chain and mooring system sector, and keep providing safer, more efficient, more durable and cost-effective one-stop solutions for clients in global deep-sea oil & gas, floating wind power, FPSO and other fields.

CSAC firmly believes that a truly great enterprise never merely pursues self-development, but achieves win-win results with clients, joint construction with partners, shared benefits with employees and common prosperity with the industry. While realizing corporate growth, it promotes industrial progress and global sustainable development. We forge deep-sea heavy equipment with Chinese craftsmanship, connect global partners through openness and innovation, traverse industry cycles with long-termism, and define the future of Chinese intelligent manufacturing with responsibility and commitment.

CSAC is forging ahead with firmer strides to deepen its presence in the global high-end market and embrace global partners with a more open attitude. We look forward to working with all global offshore industry colleagues to jointly create a safer, more efficient, greener and more prosperous new future for the global marine energy industry!

CSAC sincerely invites global offshore clients, shipowners, EPC general contractors, FPSO/FLNG/FSRU operators, floating wind power developers, classification societies and industry partners to visit our booth for exchanges.

Exhibition Date: May 4 – 7, 2026

Booth No.: 3503

Venue: NRG Park No.1, Houston, Texas, USA

We Provide Services as Follows:

◎ Deepwater mooring chain selection support;

◎ Supporting solutions for FPSO/FLNG/FSRU projects;

◎ Anchor chain and accessory matching for SPM/CALM/DSM/DRM mooring systems;

◎ Mooring chain solutions for floating wind power;

◎ Rapid delivery solutions for ship anchor chains and mooring chains;

◎ Customized product, certification, inspection, logistics and after-sales service support.

We welcome reserved negotiations to explore cooperation opportunities for global offshore projects.