82%:6%! China's shipbuilding orders far exceeded South Korea's in September, Korean media:
According to Yonhap News Agency reported on the 6th, the British shipbuilding and shipping industry analysts Clarkson released the same day, South Korea's shipbuilders in September received orders far less than China, the global share of 6%, ranked second; and China to 82% of the first.
Yonhap News Agency reported that the global ship orders in September was 1.86 million correction gross tons (CGT), a year-on-year decrease of 59%. Among them, Korean companies took orders for 120,000 CGT (4 ships), accounting for about 6%, ranking second globally. China undertook 1.53 million CGT (62 ships), accounting for about 82%, with an absolute advantage in the lead. In addition, the global cumulative ship orders from January to September this year amounted to 30.14 million CGT (1,196 ships), a year-on-year decrease of 23%. Among them, South Korea and China received orders of 7.42 million CGT (168 ships) and 17.99 million CGT (726 ships), accounting for about 25% and 60% respectively. As of the end of September, the global total amount of hand-held orders decreased by 360,000 CGT from the previous year to 122.19 million CGT. 39.44 million CGT (32%) and 58.15 million CGT (48%) were hand-held by South Korea and China, respectively.
According to Yonhap News Agency reported on the 6th, the British shipbuilding and shipping industry analysts Clarkson released the same day, South Korea's shipbuilders in September received orders far less than China, the global share of 6%, ranked second; and China to 82% of the first.
Yonhap News Agency reported that the global ship orders in September was 1.86 million correction gross tons (CGT), a year-on-year decrease of 59%. Among them, Korean companies took orders for 120,000 CGT (4 ships), accounting for about 6%, ranking second globally. China undertook 1.53 million CGT (62 ships), accounting for about 82%, with an absolute advantage in the lead. In addition, the global cumulative ship orders from January to September this year amounted to 30.14 million CGT (1,196 ships), a year-on-year decrease of 23%. Among them, South Korea and China received orders of 7.42 million CGT (168 ships) and 17.99 million CGT (726 ships), accounting for about 25% and 60% respectively. As of the end of September, the global total amount of hand-held orders decreased by 360,000 CGT from the previous year to 122.19 million CGT. 39.44 million CGT (32%) and 58.15 million CGT (48%) were hand-held by South Korea and China, respectively.
South Korea's Hanyang University Professor Li Zhenghuan recently accepted South Korea's YTN TV interview, said that with South Korea's rising labor costs and other reasons, container ships, bulk carriers and other orders are taken by China. In particular, the technological progress of China's shipbuilding industry, further enhancing the advantages in the manufacture of low value-added ships. South Korea is now focusing on the manufacture of high value-added liquefied natural gas ships, in which South Korea still has a technological advantage.