A memorandum of understanding between china shipping industries group inc. And the carnival group of the united states of america was signed on 15 december to establish a joint venture in china and to design and construct the first luxury chinese cruise ship in the chinese fleet. Since then, the chinese shipbuilding industry has taken the step of autonomously designing and constructing luxury cruise ships。
Why build luxury cruise ships in cooperation with china shipbuilding? How much can we share in china, which is not at the forefront of the luxury cruise market
The luxurious cruise ship is not a simple transport ship, but it is known as “the pearl on the crown of the ship” alongside the liquefied natural gas ship and the aircraft carrier, even with the same technology as the carrier. As a high-value-added vessel type, luxury cruise ship r & d and construction techniques have long been concentrated in the hands of a few large european shipyards。
“it is important to move forward with the construction of the first luxury cruise ship, not only to reflect the rise in the level of construction of our own design, but also to find a link between manufacturing and services and to expand new economic growth points in a situation of high economic stress.” the chairman of the china shipping group has been inquisitive。
The assistant director-general of the transport finance department of the china export-import bank, takasawa, said that the construction of luxury cruises in italy, germany, finland and france currently accounted for more than 80 per cent of the global share, with substantial returns for europe. Worldwide, the focus of the shipbuilding industry in many developed countries has shifted to luxury cruise ships, and japan and the republic of korea have begun to enter the market, while the chinese shipyard is currently at an exploratory stage。
According to gausawa, our ship industry is at a critical stage in its transformation from a mere “ship-building” to a “culture-building” to an increase in product value added as a breakthrough in industrial transformation. At present, credit policies are being adjusted in favour of high technology content and higher value added。
How big is the chinese cruise market
Data from the chinese transport association cruise ship branch show that china's number of cruise-ship tourists has increased from several thousand in 2005 to 570,000 in 2013, and is expected to surpass 700,000 this year. The contribution of the cruise economy to our economy is expected to reach 51 billion yuan by 2020。
In march this year, the ministry of transport and communications proposed that the economic development of cruise ships be driven by cruise transport, which would create a new economic growth point for china. Experts expect that by 2020 the number of chinese cruise passengers will reach 4. 5 million, making it the most dynamic and largest cruise market in the asia-pacific region。
A number of international cruise companies have focused on developing markets in asia and the pacific, particularly china, and coastal cities such as tianjin, shanghai and sanya have formalized strategies for building international cruise centres。
“in view of current developments in the tourism and shipping markets, china needs about 50 luxury cruise ships.” as the world's largest shipbuilder, china's most powerful ship builder, the chinese shipping group has the responsibility to take advantage of the difficulties of the autonomous design and construction of the luxury cruise ship and to bring the chinese shipbuilding industry up to the world's most advanced ship builder。
With regard to the autonomous construction of china's first luxury cruise ship, china's ship would insist on a commercial business model combining ship construction with tourism product development, and would combine ship construction with the art of building and assembly, promoting mutually reinforcing and mutually beneficial gains between services and manufacturing. The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two sides will make it possible to make better use of the capabilities of the international cruise ship giants for technical exchanges, to acquire the hardware facilities needed to build the luxury cruise ship and to realize the chinese dream of building the luxury cruise。
Responsible editor: zhang dei
