Europe, Japan yards seen 'marginal' by 2030

摘要

Japanese and West European shipbuilding will decline to marginal levels by 2030, Martin Bloem, MD of the trade association Holland Marine Equipment, told a conference last week. By that date, China will have spent 15 years as the largest shipbuilding nation in the world, he predicted. Whetherthat "will happen in line with WTO rules is irrelevant" he told the Rotterdam conference, which was held to mark the Europort Exhibition.