Last year, the global shipping market appeared a "roller coaster" market, freight rates first depressed and then rose, ship prices have been rising. In 2021, the accident of the Suez "Long Gift" ran aground brought far-reaching influence to the global shipping industry. In the beginning year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", how to seize the opportunity of industrial development and grasp the development trend of shipping industry has become the focus of China's shipping development. Recently, in 2021 global ship trade and legal policy new wind to the summit forum, many experts expressed their views.
In recent years, China's shipping industry has developed rapidly. Information from China Shipbuilding Industry Association shows that in 2020, the international market share of China's shipbuilding industry will maintain the leading position in the three major indicators of shipbuilding industry, the transformation and upgrading of shipbuilding products will achieve remarkable results, the repair industry will achieve great growth, the new Marine engineering equipment will develop rapidly, and the main production and operation indicators will be better than expected. The country's 1,043 shipbuilding industry enterprises above designated size achieved 436.24 billion yuan in revenue from their main businesses, up 0.6% year on year. In China's export of ship products, bulk carriers, tankers and container ships are still dominant, accounting for 51.4% of the total export volume. Ship products were exported to 184 countries and regions. China exported ships to Asia, Europe and Latin America with a total value of 12.3 billion US dollars, 3.36 billion US dollars and 2.58 billion US dollars respectively.
Zhejiang shipping market, chief analyst at Wang Qijun introduction, at present with the aid of the Internet, the high quality offline services and traffic contributed to the rapid increase of ship trading platform, but the global market is more and more complex, need more than set up a service platform, collection and financial services, assessment services, legal services, such as ability, better drive the shipping industry.
"The shipping industry involves a large area and has many contents. Relevant industries should integrate and promote each other. Through shipping arbitration, shipping law and other services, an ecological chain of shipping transaction and legal service industry should be built to help shipping companies reduce risks and promote the development of the shipping industry." "Said Huang Chenliang, deputy secretary general of China Maritime Arbitration Commission (Zhejiang) Free Trade Trial Arbitration Center. Ningbo in March of this year is understood to have issued the ningbo port and waterway service for short crucial action plan, put forward to develop high-end maritime services crucial action, support ship trading firms to expand overseas market, building has the important influence in the asia-pacific region's international ship trading base, to cultivate internationally competitive trading main body of the ship. At the same time, we will vigorously develop maritime legal services and accelerate the introduction and cultivation of excellent foreign-related legal service agencies.
Experts attending the meeting said that not only local but also national policy attention and support also promoted the healthy and orderly development of the shipping industry. Recently, the National Immigration Administration launched 16 new measures to provide services for shipping enterprises, including administrative permits for port border inspection that can be applied at one location and used in different regions; Special "One Belt And One Road" channels have been set up at the border inspection sites of some land ports to facilitate the clearance of cross-border vehicles and drivers carrying out key projects and major projects of the "One Belt And One Road" construction. Since the new measures came into effect on June 18, the number of administrative permits issued by border inspection authorities across the country will be reduced by 20 percent. On average, each international sailing ship can save 1.5 hours of berthing time in port, which further reduces the operation cost of relevant shipping enterprises and improves the production and operation efficiency.
"The 14th Five-Year Plan is a critical period for the formation of a new pattern of international economic, political and scientific development. The shipping industry will also face new opportunities and challenges and become an important link for the coordinated development of the 'double cycle'." In transport water transportation research institute, director of the center for economic policy and development strategy NingTao, shipping industry should be driven by fusion and innovation of the enterprise, continuously improve service reliability, sustainability, high quality support to the domestic large cycle as the main body, domestic and international dual cycle promotes the formation of new development pattern, It will help China transform from a "world factory" to a "world market + world factory".