Shipyard prepares to build Titanic II

A Chinese shipyard has formed a panel and upgraded its facilities to prepare for the construction of a replica of the Titanic for an Australian billionaire.

According to the State-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, it will take three years to build the luxury liner.

The shipyard signed an agreement to build the liner in April with the Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer.