Shipbuilding Industry is rapidly updated worldwide in light of fast growing economic globalization and international trading. Countries make all efforts to exploit ocean resources, leading to stable and high demand in the world ship-building market. In 2007, both new and current ship-building orders hit new highs, so did global ship plate consumption. We expect much higher demand for heavy plate in the coming years. Shipbuilding steel supply was heard tight, triggering expansion of Shipbuilding steel production at steel plants.
Market sources also notice that year 2008 could see big changes in international ship-building market as world ship-building center is moving toward the east, brewing an industrial structure reform and upgrade. Development of international ship-building industry calls for higher preciseness and standards for engineering techniques, and greater diversity of plate grades. It means both challenges and opportunities for ship steel producers. An interactive and co-developing relationship between steel and ship-building industries is necessary for a win-win strategic partnership.
Herein we are sincerely inviting you to Steel for Shipbuilding 2008 to share views on market prospect and regional developing strategies together with leading steel and ship makers from Korea, EU, China, Japan, Russia, CIS, India, America, Brazil and Middle East, etc.
Global Views：
Macroeconomic trend, currency policies, changes of exchange rates, import and export policies
Steel smelters’ expansion at shipbuilding steel production lines; supply and price forecast
Perspective for evolution and tendency of regional I/S and ship industries as well as steel trade flow
Regional Overview：
Supply shortfall of regional shipbuilding steel market-Who to cover?
Collective management & technology competitiveness-in face of challenges from emerging markets
Vietnam, India, Brazil, CIS, Middle East-noticed emerging market
Development Strategies：
Shipbuilding steel development community; Processing and transport center
Japanese and Korean ship plants in China; construction of ship-building bases in China
Steel plate price fluctuation and risk evasion for order cancellation-united steel planning and ordering system