Chinese shipbuilding industry
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Russia's ghost tanker fleet has shown us that it's completely useless, and in fact it's easier to circumvent rules than a container ship
lcloo
Captain
Sorry, I cannot understand what you are trying to convey? Can you post both in original Chinese and translated English?
What I mean is that oil, being a liquid, can be easily transferred between ships. Russian "ghost tankers" evade Western sanctions by conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers with tankers of other nationalities on the high seas. The same tactic could be applied to Chinese oil tankers—simply transfer to tanker with non-Chinese producer on the high-seas would avoid port calls. Legally speaking, this approach would be far more legitimate than Russia's ghost tanker operations.
Some interesting points from the article:
Trump administration announces fees on Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports
The USTR acknowledged this change was made due to the public comments at the two days of hearings on the fines in March where over 300 trade groups and other interested parties testified. Many warned the government in letters and in testimony that the U.S. was in that placed ocean carriers using Chinese-made vessels in the middle. Soon, Chinese-made vessels will represent 98% of the trade ships on the world’s oceans.
- The U.S. government began investigating China’s dominance in the shipbuilding industry, where it manufactures as much as 75%-80% of fleets, during the Biden administration.
lcloo
Captain
China does not need to do as what the Russian do because Russian oil Export was banned by US and European countries and thus they have to resort tto such and China on the other hand is importing oil without being banned.
China imports oil via land pipeline from Russia, and also sea routes from Middle East. China's previous import of oil and gas from USA was a move to reduce difference in balance of trade with US, so with decoupling China does not need to buy any oil and gas from USA any more.
As for other goods, use of transhipment ports to offload cargo from Chinese ships, and transfer to non-Chinese built ships is legal internationally and has been practised since ancient time. Example in 14th century, Chinese ships docked in Malacca port to off load their cargo and transfer to Arab ships sailing to Middle East and Europe - The maritime silk route. And from 19th century to present day, Singapore port has been a major transhipment port for international shippings between East and West.
The mega Peru port built with US$1.3 billion in Peru's coastal city of Chancay that was funded by Chinese shipping giant Cosco. They will use this port as transhipment port to Latin America as well as North America. Chinese shipping company COSCO is the operator of Chancay port.
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For comparison, the entire SK shipbuilding industry employs <130,000 people. To come close to China's tonnage production and maintain profits they have to focus on larger, more lucrative ships, many of which American ports are not equipped to handle. You can make your own assessments based on these information.