Release date: 2015/07/01

According to the report, the world's top ten international shipping center city in the order: Singapore, London, Hong Kong, China, Rotterdam, Hamburg, dubai, Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, busan.

National center for financial information index academy experts said that can be seen from the samples of city distribution and international shipping center in the shift to the asia-pacific region. According to statistics, in the city of 46 samples, Asia, Europe and America accounted for 39%, 26% and 39% respectively.

Shipping agents and shipping consultancy drew in maritime services company in China, managing director of Liu Qianwen noted that container, dry bulk and liquid bulk three plates showed the trend of world shipping center of gravity to the east.

According to Liu Qianwen analysis, container, although in recent years, the global manufacturing capacity has a tendency to transfer to southeast Asia, but China's manufacturing power status will not change, this led to the rapid development of container transportation; Iron ore is the main commodity for dry bulk, the factors such as infrastructure construction and urbanization process accelerated, under the drive of China's iron ore imports accounted for nearly 70% of worldwide. From this perspective, China is the dominant force in world shipping center of gravity to the east. And in terms of liquid bulk, Asian countries is rigid and stable demand for fossil energy, Japan and China's demand for energy will occupy more and more important position in the global demand.

However, the establishment of the international shipping center is not only reflected in the deep water wharf, bridge, etc for the construction of hardware, in terms of shipping finance, brokerage and other modern service industry, levels compared with Europe and the United States in the asia-pacific region, including China, there is still a certain gap. For example, because of the limitation of offshore business control in mainland China's shipping financial development is relatively lagging behind. A lot of shipping financial business transaction, settlement in overseas, mainland China are source of the market and profit.

"Shanghai's advantage is obvious, but London in the leading position of shipping services to make it keep the importance of continued." The Baltic exchange President pan said.

Doing business is also become the important condition of international shipping center. "Mainland China's port city of the requirement of a certain shipping services than in Europe and the United States, but there is a gap service level." Shanghai shipping agent club secretary general liu xun thinks, the local government in the range of the administrative examination and approval procedures simplified in shipping will determine the high-end shipping service industry.

In September, 2013, listed in China (Shanghai) free trade area, the government reform and the open services launched a series of substantive steps. Such as relaxing sino-foreign joint ventures, sino-foreign cooperative foreign shares of the international shipping enterprise's limit, allow to set up a wholly foreign owned international ship management companies, etc., to cause the attention of many international shipping giant.

"With the help of a free trade area construction, the future China can further optimize the shipping list of negative measures. The previous attaches great importance to the examination and approval in advance, into the matter later regulation." Liu xun good said.

China's ministry of transport water transportation research institute said NingTao, director of the economic policy and development strategy research center, xinhua international shipping center development index, the Baltic sea, on the one hand, the market realize the China construction international shipping center in hardware facilities and cargo throughput has better physical flow aspects, such as the foundation, on the other hand also reflects the port in terms of service elements gathered, business environment to build and a lot of work to do.

"Only catch up on the board, the international shipping center in the asia-pacific region can truly play the role of global resource configuration." NingTao said.