The three major indicators rank first in the world, and the shipbuilding industry continues to lead

Overall growth of the "three indicators"

Looking at the operation of the shipbuilding industry, the three major indicators of shipbuilding are global reference values.

In the first half of this year, the three major indicators of Chinese shipbuilding increased comprehensively. Looking at the completion of shipbuilding, as of the end of June, 21.13 million deadweight tons were completed, an increase of 14.2% year-on-year, accounting for 49.6% of the world's total. Looking at the number of new orders, 37.67 million DWT, an increase of 67.7%, accounting for 72.6% of the world's total. Finally, looking at the hand-held order volume, 123.77 million DWT, an increase of 20.5% year-on-year, an increase of 17.2% over the end of 2022, accounting for 53.2% of the world total. The international market share of the three indicators is the first in the world.

What does three firsts mean? "Completions reflect China's shipbuilding capabilities, hand orders reflect the safe boundaries of production, and new orders reflect our market capabilities." China Shipbuilding Industry Association secretary General Li Yanqing explained.

The strength and international influence of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises have increased significantly. Data show that in the first half of the year, the concentration of the top 10 enterprises in the country's shipbuilding completion volume was 67.9%, the concentration of the top 10 enterprises in the number of new orders was 61.3%, and the concentration of the top 10 enterprises in the number of hand-held orders was 62.0%. China has 5, 7 and 5 shipbuilders ranked among the top 10 in the world for shipbuilding completion, new orders and hand-held orders respectively. The three shipbuilding indicators of China State Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. rank first among shipbuilding enterprise groups in the world.

More Chinese-made ships are heading global. According to customs statistics, from January to June, China's ship exports amounted to 11.21 billion US dollars, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year. Among the export ship products, bulk carriers, oil tankers, container ships and gas carriers dominated, accounting for 61.3% of total exports. Among them, bulk carriers accounted for 26.5%, container ships accounted for 22%, oil tankers accounted for 6.8%, and gas carriers accounted for 6%.

"In the first half of the year, backbone ship enterprises seized the favorable opportunity of the market, strengthened production management and cost control, and significantly improved operation quality and economic benefits." Li Yanqing introduced that from January to June, the main business profit margin of key monitoring ship enterprises was 4.1%, reaching the best level in nearly 10 years. At the same time, the overall environmental factors of the ship market show favorable changes. The global new shipbuilding market is in strong demand, and the Clarkson new ship price composite index has maintained growth, reaching 170.9 points at the end of June, an increase of 5.6% from the beginning of the year. At the end of June, Marine 6mm and 20mm specification steel plates were 4850 yuan/ton and 4457 yuan/ton, respectively, which was about 1300 yuan/ton lower than the same period last year.

High-tech and high value-added vessels have increased significantly

From the conventional ship type to high-tech, high value-added ship type, "high-end" has become a distinctive symbol of China's shipbuilding industry. Advantageous ship type order consolidation, segmentation ship type market share increase --

Recently, a 7,000 standard car space LNG (liquefied natural gas)/fuel dual fuel PCTC (Automobile Carrier) 1 ship in China Shipbuilding International Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Guangzhou International") announced the start of construction. The ship is funded and built by CITIC Gold Leasing, a subsidiary of CITIC Group, with 12 layers of car decks, of which 8 are fixed decks and 4 are elevable decks, which can be used to load cars, vans, heavy trucks and other models. The 12 layers of car decks can be loaded with fuel vehicles and lithium battery vehicles. The 11th and 12th decks can also transport new energy vehicles fueled by hydrogen and natural gas.

This is one of 25 car carrier orders currently on hand. According to Wang Gengyi, deputy chief information officer of Guangzhou Ship International, these 25 orders have made Guangzhou Ship International become the shipbuilding company with the most orders for the construction of automobile transport ships in the world.

In the first half of the year, Chinese shipping companies seized the opportunity of new ship market rotation, consolidated the dominant position of mainstream ship types, and made new breakthroughs in the segmented ship type market. Seizing the favorable opportunity of the upturn of the oil tanker market, we placed 11.448 million DWT of new orders for Suez, Afra and MR Tankers, accounting for 74.6% of the global total of similar tankers. New orders for bulk carriers and container ships accounted for 88.4% and 55.6% of the global total, respectively. New orders for 43 vehicle carriers, accounting for 97.7% of the global total. New orders for all 4 93,000 cubic meter very large liquid ammonia carriers (VLAC) in the new ship market. 14 new large liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels were commissioned, accounting for 35% of the global total, and the market share was further improved.