中国新造船订单保持增长

Careful watch on Chinese contracting

中国船队规模自2003年初至今，取得了高达141．1％的增长。与此同时，中国船队占世界船队的份额也从5．7％提升到8．1％。截至2010年7月，中国共拥有2815艘船舶，合6750万总吨。其中，散货船1181艘，合3940万总吨，约占中国船队总吨位的58．3％。

Since start-2003,the Chinese owned fleet has grown 141.1%, causing the Chinese share of the world fleet to grow from 5.7% to 8.1%. As of July 2010, the Chinese fleet comprised 2,815 vessels of 67.5m GT. China’s fleet is dominated by bulkers, which total 1,181 vessels of 39.4m GT, accounting for 58.3% of China’s fleet. However, since Chinese iron ore imports started to decline in March, the dry bulk earnings have fallen to $15,381/day in June. Meanwhile, Beijing has been asking banks to control lending, to prevent a property bubble. All these factors are likely to put pressure on Chinese ordering. Given that 43% of China’s dry bulk fleet were built by domestic yards, if low earnings persist, it could become somewhat harder in the short term for Chinese shipyards to secure new contracts from the key domestic component of their customer base.