In 2016 the global shipbuilding industry continues to slump, however, and the Asian shipbuilding industry is currently facing dire straits is completely different, the German shipbuilding industry bucked the trend for second consecutive years. What is the secret of the success of the shipbuilding industry in Germany?
In 2016 the global
shipbuilding industry continues to slump, however, and the Asian shipbuilding
industry is currently facing dire straits is completely different, the German
shipbuilding industry bucked the trend for second consecutive years. What is
the secret of the success of the shipbuilding industry in Germany?
German Maritime
systems and equipment manufacturers have been in the leading position in the
global market, Japan and South Korea are the main customers of these
manufacturers. In fact, more than half of German equipment sales are from
within the European interior, which is one of the reasons for its ability to
smoothly through the current downturn. Clarkson's data show that this year, the
European get more than $7 billion in new shipbuilding projects, accounting for
63% of the world market share. At the same time, the current Asian shipyards
received new ship orders have been obtained mainly from the owner of the time
charter, these customers usually pay more attention to the quality of
equipment, which is why the German equipment manufacturers in new shipbuilding
projects under the condition of Limited is still able to achieve market share
rise.
The German Fassmer
Werft shipyard CEO Harald Fassmer said: "the German shipbuilding
industry's success lies in the high expectations of the customer, the ship building
process is complex, needs a large number of professional experts, together,
hundreds of enterprises is very reliable, ensure the shipbuilding project
success, similar cooperation in Germany for decades, other countries may not
easily copy."
Due to the German
shipyard focused on innovation and has a huge potential market, in 2015 the
German shipbuilding plant ground is relatively high. Many of the hand held
orders in the shipyard can guarantee a sufficient amount of work in the next
few years, but there is a significant difference between the different yards.
Before 2016 April,
German shipyards received 9 new ship orders worth $1 billion 400 million, not
including from Malaysia Genting group, 10 new ship orders, because the $3
billion 800 million new ship orders signed in May 2016.