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Pourquoi Pas
2,000 dwt
oceanographic vessel,
to be delivered in 2005 by
Chantiers de l’Atlantique,
operated by IFREMER.
Shipping and Shipbuilding Markets 2003
Shipbuilding countries market shares evolution for stainless steel chemical carriers (1997 vs 2002)
7 %
7 %
67 %
19 %
turnover of some 20 billion Norwegian kroners.
A long-standing specialist in the building of ships
dedicated to the offshore oil industry, Norway has
continued to register a satisfactory level of orders,
even though in decline. Seventeen PSV or AHTS
have been ordered in 2002. As a general rule, hulls
for these units are built in Romania before being
towed for outfitting in Norway. It is to be regretted
that the Fosen shipyard, which built the cruise ship
‘The World’ for Residensea, has gone bankrupt.
Poland
Japan
Western Europe
As with their German counterparts, Polish shipyards
suffered from a drastic reduction in containership
orders. The Szczecinska shipyard, despite
having a fairly substantial orderbook, had to declare
bankruptcy since it could no longer meet its
financial obligations. A re-capitalisation took place
and activity continues under the name of Szczecinska
Nowa. Some of the orders placed with the
old shipyard have been cancelled, other renegotiated,
as with the initial order for 8 stainless steel
chemical carriers for account of Odfjell-Seachem,
of which 6 at least have been reconfirmed. The
19 %
Eastern Europe
Others
14 %
2 %
65 %
other big Polish shipyard, Stocznia Gdynia, won an
important order for car-carriers.
Croatia
The Croatian shipyards, which had managed to
conclude an important volume of orders in 2001,
could not offer any early delivery dates, because many
existing options were exercised, and therefore did not
sign this year as many contracts. Some product tankers
orders were however placed for delivery in 2005.
Croatia is also active in the car carriers sector.
Turkey
There has been some revamping within Turkish
shipbuilding, which has become specialised in small
product and chemical carriers (from 3,000 to
15,000 dwt). These shipyards have been able to sell
an important number of units to European operators
by way of direct orders, but also by way of
resales of ships ordered by Turkish interests. Some
10 shipyards are currently active in this market.
United States
The American shipbuilding industry has maintained
its position as number 8 in the world, with
more than a million gt at the end of 2002. Who
could have made such a prediction only several
years ago ?
However as no contract for large size ships was
concluded in 2002, and the American orderbook
also reflects the time it takes to build two series of
tankers of 140,000 and 185,000 dwt, which were
ordered back in the period 1998-2001. The rest of
American production is concentrated on small offshore
units, which are built at a multitude of sites in
great numbers.