中国的海洋工程之梦

Chinese builders going offshore

随着越来越多的船企尝试从传统的商船建造和海工支持船建造扩展到更为复杂的海工产品建造，中国似乎站在一个非常好的位置来迎接海洋工程行业的预期发展和与之带来的投资增长。

Offshore has been one of the buzzwords in the Chinese shipbuilding industry since the market crash in 2008. Both the Chinese government and individual builders became keen to encourage further development of the offshore construction industry in China, so how successful has China been in attracting orders? The value of offshore contracts placed at Chinese shipyards has increased fi rmly since 2009, at an average annual rate of 20%. In 2013, contracts with a record total value of $17.3bn were placed, despite the fact that the number of orders fell to 177, the lowest annual total since 2005. In contrast, 356 offshore contracts were placed in China in 2007, with a total value of $13.8bn. In total, 43% of investment at Chinese yards since 2011 has been in the offshore sector, compared to 27% in 2009-10. Despite the fact that China has been able to take a growing number and share of high-value offshore contracts in recent years, most Chinese builders remain relatively inexperienced at constructing offshore units. There also remain inherent risks to yards from accepting relatively low deposits. However, with more builders attempting to diversify from conventional marine and offshore support vessels into more sophisticated offshore products, China seems well placed to benefi t from the further expected growth and investment in the offshore industry.