东京 — — 三菱重工业将于2027财年重启日本西部一条休眠的造船生产线，以建造一艘新型补给舰供防卫省使用，这是为了应对船舶需求上升而争取额外产能的举措的一部分。
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will restart a dormant shipbuilding line in western Japan during fiscal 2027 to build a new replenishment vessel for the Defense Ministry, part of a push to secure additional capacity amid rising ship demand.
三菱重工将重新启动位于冈山县玉野市的集团公司三菱重工海事系统公司主厂的一条约250米长的滑道。该厂拥有两条用于陆上造船和修船的滑道以及两座挖掘式干 dock。其中一条滑道此前已被封存。
Mitsubishi Heavy will reactivate a roughly 250-meter-long slipway at the main plant of group company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems in the Okayama prefecture city of Tamano. The plant has two slipways for building and repairing ships on land and two excavated dry docks. One of the slipways had been mothballed.
该厂此前由三井E&S控股所有，现为三井E&S。三菱重工于2021年接管该设施，当时三井E&S决定退出其陷入困境的军舰业务，使得该厂得以继续运营。
The plant formerly was owned by Mitsui E&S Holdings, now Mitsui E&S. Mitsubishi Heavy took over the facility in 2021 after Mitsui E&S decided to withdraw from its struggling naval ship business, allowing the plant to remain in operation.
将被重新启动的滑道自2024年曾建造一艘小型船只后便未再使用。届时将是三菱重工接管后该厂首次建造大型船舶。目前该厂正在建造驱逐舰、日本海上保安署巡逻舰及其他专用船舶。
The slipway to be reactivated has not been used since a small vessel was built there in 2024. It will be the first large vessel built at the site since Mitsubishi Heavy took over. The plant currently builds destroyers, Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels and other specialized ships.
三菱重工将通过使用现有起重机和其他设备来降低投资成本。此外，它还将与合作伙伴公司合作，使参与造船的人员增加约50%。
The Japanese company will keep investment costs down by using existing cranes and other equipment. It also will work with partner companies to increase the personnel involved in shipbuilding by about 50%.
该补给舰将用于运输燃料和补给，预计将成为日本海上自卫队规模最大的同类舰艇，超越“床田级”和“摩周级”。
The replenishment vessel, which will transport fuel and supplies, is expected to become the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest such ship, surpassing the Towada and Mashu classes.
三菱重工目前有多个海军项目在推进中，包括在其长崎造船厂建造配备宙斯盾作战系统的舰艇。它还获得了为澳大利亚建造下一代护卫舰的订单，这将标志着日本战后首次出口军舰。
Mitsubishi Heavy has multiple naval projects underway, including building vessels equipped with Aegis combat systems at its shipyard in Nagasaki. It also won an order to build next-generation frigates for Australia, which will mark Japan's first postwar export of warships.
日本自2023财年以来国防开支大幅增长。东京还将原定于2027财年实现的将国防开支提升至国内生产总值2%的目标提前至2025财年。
Japan's defense spending has climbed sharply since fiscal 2023. Tokyo also brought forward to fiscal 2025 its goal of raising defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product, a target originally set for fiscal 2027.
4月，政府解除了对具有进攻能力的防御装备出口的限制。其他潜在的军舰出口交易正在考虑之中。
In April, the government lifted restrictions on exports of defense equipment with offensive capabilities. Other potential warship export deals are under consideration.
尽管日本及海外对海军舰艇的需求在增长，但造船能力仍然紧张。由于日本的国防预算多年保持平稳，日本造船企业多年来一直在缩减海军舰艇的建造能力。
Though demand for naval vessels is growing in Japan and overseas, shipbuilding capacity remains tight. Japanese shipbuilders scaled back construction capacity for naval vessels over many years as the country's defense budget stayed flat.
三菱重工将通过重新启动闲置设施来提升产能，但为设计和焊接等任务获取熟练的造船工人仍然是一个挑战。
Mitsubishi Heavy will increase capacity by reactivating idle facilities, but securing skilled shipbuilding workers for tasks such as design and welding remains a challenge.
闲置设施也正在被重新启用于商用船舶建造。位于北海道北岛的函馆船坞是名村造船的子公司，该公司已决定重新开放自1993年以来一直闲置的商用船舶坞。重建在行业长期低迷期间被削减的日本造船基础的努力，正在海军和商用船舶建造两个领域积累动力。
Dormant facilities also are being reactivated for commercial shipbuilding. Hakodate Dock on the northern island of Hokkaido, a subsidiary of Namura Shipbuilding, has decided to reopen a commercial shipbuilding dock idled since 1993. Efforts to rebuild Japan's shipbuilding base, scaled back during the industry's prolonged downturn, are gathering momentum in both naval and commercial construction.