Six factors that enabled China to dominate global shipbuilding

The dominance of China in the newbuilding the market has come under intense scrutiny with the investigations by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) – but how did the country’s shipyards achieve such a leading position?

Speaking on the ‘Shipbuilding – a macro view’ panel at Sea Asia 2025 Adam Kent, Managing Director of MSI noted that last year Chinese yards captured around 75% of all new orders and in sectors such as dry bulk and container shipping the share of contracts was around 80%. Read more at Seatrade Maritime.