Afai Southern Shipyard's ferries offer gold standard service at Rio Olympics

Zhang Yongmin, manager of the executive department of Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd, is proud and excited these days.

This is not only because of the plenteous gold medals Chinese athletes have won during the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics, but also because of the three passenger ferries that are operating in Rio's Guanabara Bay, transporting audiences and tourists among the competition arenas.

"The ferries produced by our company have been well-received by Brazilian authorities, the Olympics committee and passengers, indicating that the quality of our ferries has been accepted by the world market," Zhang told China Daily.