If the situation of the Korean shipbuilding industry sluggish performance continues, it would be difficult to continue to maintain a "world first" position, and marine equipment Korean shipbuilding industry is also no longer a savior.

    "World first" Korean shipbuilding location has no guarantee.

    According to South Korean media reported that a number of South Korean shipping enterprises CEO recently held a forum in South Jeolla Province industry CEO agreed that the shipbuilding industry is difficult Zaiyu rapid development, and stressed the need to focus on the quality of development. Including Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, STX Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries president, including more than 10 South Korean shipping enterprises CEO attended the meeting.

    Meeting, a number of shipping enterprises CEO expressed "world first" position the Korean shipbuilding industry has no guarantee. A shipbuilding company CEO said, after more than a forum to deepen friendship-based, but the forum is obviously different from the past, the meeting atmosphere is very heavy, the participating executives are worried about the future of the Korean shipbuilding industry.

    South Korean shipbuilding industry CEO why unanimously expressed concern that because of the past 10 years, the Korean shipbuilding industry into a downturn, market conditions rapidly worse, even some small shipbuilding business has fallen into a shortage of funds. Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea two of the three Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering and other financial deficit in the first quarter of this year. At the same time this year in January - April, the world's new ship orders of 8.2 million CGT (CGT), plummeted 58.2% year on year.

    Media said, China and Japan in pursuit of competing countries should not be overlooked. In the Chinese government's support, China's shipbuilding industry is the amount of new ship orders soared, from 2012 to last year, orders for three years to catch up with South Korea has been ranked first in the world.
The industry believes that, although the South Korean shipbuilding industry in terms of technology, but also occupy a dominant position, but this advantage is not clear when it will continue until the situation if the South Korean shipbuilding industry sluggish performance continues, it would be difficult to maintain the first position .

    So there are people in the industry call the Government should strengthen policy support. A small and medium sized shipbuilding enterprises CEO said that given the proportion of the shipbuilding industry in the Korean economy, the government should increase investment, if small shipyards closed down due to shortage of funds, the foundation of the Korean shipbuilding industry may also have been shaken.

    President of the Korean Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment Association Pu Dayong that require participants raised a number of CEO responded that the problems raised by members will be reflected to the government.

    Marine equipment, shipbuilding South Korea is no longer a savior.

    South Korean marine equipment business directly affected by the impact of low oil prices, Korean shipyards this year has not yet received any sea engineering equipment orders. Marine equipment business, once known as the Korean shipbuilding industry's "savior", but now retired. In fact, South Korean shipyards has stopped receiving new marine equipment orders, was forced to conduct business restructuring.

    According to two international shipping network, the data show that as of April, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding, Samsung Heavy Industries "Big Three" new ship orders in the first quarter was only $ 5.13 billion. Samsung Heavy Industries in which the new ship orders of $ 2.3 billion, followed by $ 1.43 billion Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine $ 1.4 billion of.

    During this period, the three major shipping enterprises do not receive a marine equipment orders. Since November last year, global oil prices continued to decline, the three major shipping enterprises did not sign a marine equipment orders, affected by the impact of the three major shipping enterprises are more difficult because they have absolute influence on marine equipment market.

    In 2013, three South Korean marine equipment orders shipping enterprises accounted for 70-80 percent of global market share, but this situation was quickly oil prices change.

    Last year, Hyundai Heavy Industries received $ 5.6 billion of marine equipment orders, orders less than its annual target of $ 7.3 billion; $ 3.2 billion Samsung Heavy Industries to obtain marine equipment orders, orders far below its annual target of $ 8.9 billion ; Daewoo shipbuilding and marine obtaining $ 3.7 billion of marine equipment orders, also well below its $ 8.9 billion in annual orders target.

    A shipbuilding industry, said: "Although the Marine engineering equipment shipping enterprises still strong, due to the current decline in oil prices, however difficult they had expected a rebound in oil prices will fluctuate, increasing the long-term outlook.."