Challenges for the marine industry until 2015

摘要

In 2009 we have seen the steepest downturn in shipbuilding ever. The boom of the three previous years ended sooner and much more abrupt than all of us had expected. It left the shipyards and the equipment manufacturers with huge order books and many ship owners with incredible financial obligations.rnNow in the first half of 2010 the order books seem to have been restructured. Many contracts have been cancelled or significantly delayed. Others have been converted from one ship type to another and all kinds of financial engineering were applied. Significant losses have been realized by ship owners, shipyards, equipment manufacturers, investors and banks.