Up to Dec 2006, the ship order all over the world was 304 million DWT, and the global transportation capacity was 960 million DWT, and it is forecasted that the CAGR will be more than 7% in the following 4 years. However, in 2006, the growth rate of the global maritime trade dropped to 3.6% from 4% in 2005, and the increase pace of future transportation capacity will exceed the demand.

It is estimated that the global shipbuilding output will amount to 50 million CGT in all in 2010, up 63% compared to the present, whereas the demand in the future will be 20-30 million compensated gross tons probably, so it is unavoidable that the supply will be larger than the demand.

Ship Order Delivery in Past Years

Future Output Expansion of Key China Shipbuilding Enterprises

2 Future Development Trend of Shipbuilding Industry 
2.1 Supply and Demand 
2.2 Price of New Ship 
2.3 Utilization Rate of Shipbuilding Production Capability 
2.4 Ship Age of Global Fleet
 
3 Shipbuilding Industry Investment in China 
3.1 Profitability Level of Shipyard, 2007 
3.2 Evaluation of Shipbuilding Listed Companies 
3.3 Market Share of China in Global Shipbuilding Industry 
3.4 China Shipbuilding Enterprises Don't Have the Right to Make Prices in International Market 

4 Prospect of Segmentation Industries 
4.1 Oil Tanker 
4.2 Container Ship 
4.3 Bulk Cargo Ship 

Appendix: Statistics Classification of Shipbuilding Industry