Review and prospect of China shipbuilding industry in 2022

2022 promises to be an extraordinary year. Under the cordial care and care of the Party Central Committee and The State Council, China's shipbuilding industry calmly responds to the challenges brought by the century of change and the century of epidemic, the whole industry works hard, together with the "epidemic, fight high temperature", "ensure the delivery of ships, grab orders", and stabilize the good momentum of healthy development of the industry, in accordance with the overall requirements of "forging long board, making up short board, adjusting structure, and strengthening brands". Overcome difficulties and forge ahead, showing the strong resilience and surging vitality of China's shipbuilding industry. Although the process was full of hardships, the fruitful results made all of us shipbuilders feel gratified and proud.

Time flies. Today is the last working day of 2022. Let's follow the perspective of Xiaobian to review the keywords that affect the development of China's shipbuilding industry.

Steady development - A number of industrial policies have been introduced to support the high-quality development of the shipbuilding industry

In 2022, in order to implement the deployment requirements of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Outline of 2035 Vision Goals, and accelerate the implementation of major strategies such as making China a maritime power, a transportation power, and a shipbuilding power, relevant state departments and local governments have successively issued relevant planning policy documents to accelerate the high-quality development of the shipbuilding industry.

The shipbuilding industry took the lead in recovering from the epidemic, and the resilience of industrial development continued to be evident

In the second quarter of 2022, due to the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic in some domestic areas, the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain in key shipbuilding gathering areas were seriously impacted. Shipping enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta, mainly in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, are the most affected, and the production and operation of shipping enterprises in Liaoning and Shandong are also greatly affected. Through questionnaires, the China Shipping Association learned about the outstanding problems caused by the epidemic, such as the shortage of imported goods in the port of Shanghai, the insufficient supply of supporting materials, and the poor flow of personnel. The China Shipping Association has repeatedly reported the relevant situation to the relevant government departments to reflect the difficulties and blocked points. Under the active coordination and solution of government departments at all levels, as of the end of May, a total of more than 700 imported goods from 21 enterprises have been solved, the supply of various supporting materials in 13 enterprises is insufficient and the transportation is not smooth, and 10 enterprises have restrictions on the movement of suppliers, engineers, shipowners and crew. Under the strong guidance and coordination of government departments at all levels, the blocking points and difficulties that hinder the normal production of China's shipbuilding industry enterprises have been basically alleviated, and the production schedule of major shipbuilding bases has been comprehensively accelerated. In June, China's shipbuilding industry took the lead in coming out of the trough, and new orders for ships in June reached 4.76 million deadweight tons, a sharp increase of 107% compared with the previous month. Shipbuilding completed 4.22 million deadweight tons, an increase of 64.2% month-on-month, the best level in a single month in nearly two years. China's shipbuilding industry has overcome the adverse effects and withstood the test, fully reflecting the resilience of industrial development.

Combat high temperature - multi-pronged to ensure smooth production and ensure the health of employees

In the summer of 2022, many places in the Yangtze River Delta issued red warnings for high temperatures, and the temperature in many places broke the 40 ° C mark and remained high for a long time, and the Central Meteorological Observatory issued the first red warning for high temperatures, which is the highest level of high temperature warning. Yangtze River Delta is one of the three bases of China's shipbuilding industry, shipbuilding output accounts for about 70% of China's total, the high temperature to the shipyard production has brought severe tests, the local shipping enterprises actively take measures, through the wrong time to avoid peak operations, increase heat and cooling facilities, increase the issue of heat and cooling items to ensure stable and orderly production, to protect the physical and mental health of workers.

Ship delivery - Shipping enterprises complete the annual ship delivery target task with high quality

In 2022, in the face of a series of difficulties such as the novel coronavirus epidemic and extreme weather, China's shipping enterprises have united as one, overcome difficulties, actively implemented the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and The State Council on coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and steadily promoted various work in production and operation on the basis of effectively preventing and controlling the epidemic. Strive to minimize the impact of the epidemic, and make every effort to complete the annual delivery target with high quality.

On December 22, China State Shipbuilding Group delivered 209 ships with a total of 14.0614 million deadweight tons, completing the delivery task in 2022 ahead of schedule. China State Shipbuilding Group also maintains the world's leading level of new orders and hand-held orders.

On December 23, Dalian COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry successfully completed the 2022 annual ship construction delivery task. The company's annual on-time delivery rate of products and the on-time realization rate of main nodes remain double 100%.

On December 18, two 210,000 tons of dual-fuel powered bulk carriers of New Era Shipbuilding sailed out of the dock one after another, and the launch node was successfully realized, marking the perfect end of the company's annual launch of 23 ships with a total of 3.664 million deadweight tons.

On December 15, two 82,000 ton bulk carriers built by Yangzi Mitsui Shipbuilding for Yangtze River Shipping were delivered smoothly. So far, Yangzi Mitsui has successfully completed the completion of this year's delivery target.

Grab orders - a historic breakthrough in the competitiveness of large LNG carriers

In 2022, China's shipping enterprises firmly seize the new opportunities of the explosive growth of the global demand for large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, and the joint efforts of central and private shipping enterprises have formed the "Corps" of large LNG carrier final assembly and construction enterprises such as Hudong Zhonghua, Big Ship Heavy Industry, Jiangnan Shipbuilding, China Merchants Industry and Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. This year, China's new orders for large LNG carriers accounted for about 30% of the global total, a record high.

Strong brand - ship enterprise won a number of national awards

In 2022, China's shipping enterprises will continue to strengthen quality construction, increase Chinese brand publicity and promotion efforts, and establish a good image of Chinese shipbuilding. Three companies and six projects represented by Jiangsu XinYangzi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and the All-Sea manned submersible Striver have been selected for the China Industrial Award, known as the "China Industrial Oscar" award, which is the highest award in China's industrial field approved by The State Council. Four enterprises including China Merchants Jinling Dingheng Shipbuilding (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd. were selected as the seventh batch of manufacturing individual champion enterprises (products) by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Jiangsu Zhengtian Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. and other shipping enterprises entered the fourth batch of national specialized special new "little giant" enterprises list. Nantong City, Taizhou City, Yangzhou City offshore equipment and high-tech ship cluster became the only representative of the shipbuilding industry field selected in the list of national advanced manufacturing cluster.

China State Shipbuilding Group was awarded the top ten "National heavyweight" brands

Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding's "Intelligent sheet Workshop for Large Cruise Ship" and Chongqing Hongjiang's "Key Technologies and Applications for Advanced Manufacturing of Ship Power Supporting System" were selected as "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in China's Intelligent Manufacturing in 2022".

China Ship Scientific Research Center "Struggle" all-sea manned submersible won the "Gold Medal of China Excellent Industrial Design Award 2022", and Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute won the first batch of "Innovative Design Research Institute of China Industrial Design Association" title.

Lin Ou Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co., LTD. Party Secretary, chairman, Wang Xiaolin China Shipbuilding Group Co., LTD. 710 Research Institute director, won the National Quality Award individual award - China Outstanding Quality Person

Forged longboard - the international market share of dominant ship types continues to expand

In 2022, under the background of a significant decline in the global new shipbuilding market, Chinese shipping enterprises continue to consolidate their leading position in advantageous ship types, and undertake various types of ship orders in bulk, and China's three major indicators of international market share continue to maintain the world's first. A total of 12 ship types ranked first in the world in new orders, of which 7 ship types, including container ships, bulk carriers, crude oil carriers, chemical carriers, Marine engineering auxiliary vessels, automobile carriers and multi-purpose vessels, had a global market share of more than 50%, reaching 56.7%, 72.2%, 63.5%, 65.7%, 58.2%, 87.7% and 75.5% respectively.

Make up for weaknesses - the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain has been significantly improved

In 2022, China's shipfitting enterprises strive to overcome the impact of the epidemic, continuously improve the competitiveness of shipfitting products, and continue to improve the loading rate of domestic supporting equipment such as Marine main engines, Marine boilers, Marine cranes, and Marine gas supply systems (FGSS), and the stability of the industry chain and supply chain has been significantly improved. Marine high-end steel R & D and manufacturing capacity achieved an important breakthrough, large container ship crack plates all realized domestic replacement, chemical Marine duplex stainless steel localization rate increased from less than 50% to more than 90%, domestic high manganese steel tank project started smoothly, thin film LNG tanker tank liquid cargo envelope system special stainless steel through the patent company certification.

Structural adjustment - high-end ship products and new Marine engineering equipment are concentrated

In 2022, China's shipping enterprises will continue to increase research and development efforts and make new breakthroughs in the development and construction of high-tech ships. The 24,000 TEU container ship with the largest number of containers in the world can be delivered in batches. A number of high-end vessels, including the world's first 300,000-ton LNG dual-fuel power very large crude oil carrier (VLCC), the world's first 209,000 tons Newcastle type LNG dual-fuel power bulk carrier, and China's first 49,900 tons methanol dual-fuel power chemical/refined oil tanker, were delivered to the owner. The world's first 100,000-ton smart fishery large-scale aquaculture ship, the world's first fourth-generation jack-up wind power installation ship, China's largest and most intelligent cylindrical FPSO (floating production, storage and unloading device) and other high-tech, high value-added Marine engineering equipment have been delivered. The first domestically made large cruise ship has achieved a major node of the main power generation motor vehicle project, and the construction of the second domestically made large cruise ship has started smoothly, and China's large cruise ship has entered the era of "two-wheel" construction.

Promoting cooperation - Accelerating the construction of an industrial pattern in which the domestic cycle is the main body and the domestic and international cycles promote each other

In 2022, the China Shipbuilding Industry Association actively promoted the upstream and downstream cooperation of the industrial chain, and jointly organized the ship-steel cooperation coordination meeting with the China Iron and Steel Industry Association, at which the three central enterprise shipbuilding groups and the backbone private shipbuilding enterprises signed 16 long-term procurement agreements with domestic steel enterprises, in order to promote the stable and healthy development of the shipbuilding and steel industries. This lays a good foundation for win-win cooperation. Various forums and seminars were organized around hot issues of concern to the ship finance, new offshore industry, far-reaching Marine aquaculture equipment and other industries, and the communication and coordination of the upstream and downstream industrial chain of the industry was deepened. Strengthen international exchanges and cooperation in the industry, organize the meeting of the Active Shipbuilding Experts Alliance (ASEF), the meeting of shipbuilding experts from China, Europe, South Korea and the United States, and the tripartite meeting of international shipownerships Inspection and shipbuilding, etc., and communicate with international organizations such as the International Association of Classification Societies and the International Organization for Standardization on the development direction of green, low-carbon and intelligent. Strengthen practical exchanges and cooperation with Russia, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Austria, Finland and other countries in the maritime industry, and strive to achieve win-win development.

The bell of 2023 is about to ring, and China's shipbuilding industry will usher in a new chapter. In the New Year, China Shipbuilding Industry Association will continue to do a good job of serving enterprises, serving the industry and serving the government, as always, pay attention to and support the healthy development of China's shipbuilding industry, and continue to make new and greater contributions to accelerate the realization of the great goal of shipbuilding power.