Vale's "Titanic" and whether it can promote the healthy development of the domestic steel mills? Whether it can promote benign competition in the maritime industry? It will take time to test.

Is no doubt that Vale, the first ship of 40 tons VLOC Vale, Brazil is the reality version of "Titanic", but the reality version of "Titanic," the voyage is also quite smooth.

As early as June 2011, Vale, Brazil, China Shipowners' Association to oppose the route had changed in the middle, and now the "Vale, Brazil" cause for concern. Its origins in the Ministry of Transportation approved the agreement to build two 300,000-ton iron ore ship unloading berths (and hydraulic structure design of berthing 400,000 tons of bulk carriers), including hydraulic structures in accordance with 40 million tons of bulk carrier design " Lenovo statements cause people: Vale the first ship of 40 tons VLOC CVRD of Brazil is therefore calling at Chinese ports?

To this end, the China Shipowners' Association, vice president Zhang Shouguo, the media and the market should not make too much interpretation, therefore, need to go a lot of procedures.

In fact, stop and stop, this is a problem.

In 2006, CVRD began preparing for the construction of the ship plans. CVRD plans to build a total of 35 ship Valemax annual capacity of about 55 million tons.

In January 2012, the Ministry of Transport issued a notice to require the port to accept the ship berthing beyond design specifications must apply to the Ministry of Transportation to mention, be allowed to enter the harbor in the approved dock. This means that 400,000 tons of the ship can not be calling at Chinese ports.

It is reported that Vale is the sector and the Ministry of Transportation, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry, the China Steel Association China Shipowners' Association communication, but I think Vale calling at Chinese ports can be described as difficult.

There is no doubt that Vale, Brazil, 400,000 tons of the ship's advantage is obvious, for example, upgrading from a 18-ton Capesize 400,000 t-class Valemax, in many cases is direct, to reduce fuel use volume, reduce raw material costs of steel, to protect the stability of the steel production costs. And also shorten the transport time.

Vale calling at Chinese ports will indeed have to steel mills and bring some benefits, but the dock really touched a nerve of the parties involved to the Ministry of Transportation, the China Iron and Steel Institute, the China Shipowners' Association and other multi- Vale of the relevant person in charge has said it wants a stable logistics and lower tariffs, to expand the share of iron ore in Asia. Vale iron ore sales in Asia, 200 million tons annual capacity of 35 ship 55 million tons, accounting for 25% of the market demand in Asia.

Practically speaking, the Vale is the spoiler is not appropriate, because the exact to the steel mills of price stability to a certain extent, but in the case of the general loss of global maritime industry, a number of shipping companies also failed to avoid the fate of the loss, the Vale of incoming aggravated, does make the domestic maritime industry's loss is further exacerbated.

The current pattern, regardless of the Vale of the ship eventually docked or not, to prevent the potential of the Vale control shipping or the monopoly of the iron ore market, after all, the iron ore a matter of life and death of the Chinese domestic steel mills. Steel low-profit or even losses for many reasons, but high iron ore prices is one of the important reason.

Annual report data, including a total of 17 iron and steel industry, including Angang Steel Company Limited, Shandong Iron and Steel, Baotou Steel shares listed companies total revenue of 457.6 billion yuan, an increase of 15%; net profit of only 3.74 billion yuan, compared with 2010 of 9.1 billion yuan fell by 59%. 17 companies, Shandong Iron and Steel, Nanganggufen, Lingganggufen, Angang shares of seven net profit decline in more than 30%.

The docking of the ship whether it can promote the healthy development of the domestic steel mills? Really be able to promote the healthy competition of the maritime industry? Vale "Titanic" will be docked? It will take time to test.


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