This paper analyzes the present situation and characteristics (advantages and disadvantages) of Southeast Asian shipping industry and its position in the world shipping industry (from the analysis of ships, ports, routes and goods) East and Southeast Asian economies, which occupy an important position in the global economy, began to fully recover in 2000 after experiencing a heavy blow from the economic crisis. Although 200 1 East Asia and Southeast Asia's shipping market is also at a low tide due to the global economic slowdown, the overall trend is still optimistic, especially the favorable stimulus of China's accession to the World Trade Organization to the trade development in this region, which makes the prospects of East Asia and Southeast Asia's shipping industry more clear.

Development of container ports

Many ports in East Asia and Southeast Asia seize the peak of trade development in this region, and carry out the infrastructure construction of container terminals in time, which makes the port container traffic increase at an unprecedented speed. According to the statistics of Singapore Maritime and Port Authority 200 1, the container flow of ports in East Asia and Southeast Asia has accounted for 6 1% of the total container flow of the top 20 ports in the global port ranking table. In particular, the container throughput of Shanghai Port has grown rapidly, surpassing that of Rotterdam Port. By 20 15, the container traffic in East Asia and Southeast Asia will triple on the basis of 2000, reaching 65,438+/kloc-0.8 million TEUs, making it the largest and fastest growing area in the world. The continuous growth of container transportation in East and Southeast Asia has inspired more and more international container fleets to call at ports in this region, such as Singapore, Klang, Tanjung Bulu, Manila, Yantian and Shanghai. During the period from 1995 to 2000, the annual container throughput increased by 19-36% respectively.

Port investment

The biggest feature of port construction in Southeast Asia is port privatization, which attracts a lot of foreign technology and capital investment. Some internationally renowned port operators and container liner companies have successively joined the investment and development of ports in this area. Another notable feature of port construction in Southeast Asia is to greatly improve container handling capacity. For example, it is predicted that by 20 10, the annual container throughput of Parapas Port and Rinchaban Port in Tanjong, Malaysia will triple.

Cargo ship ownership

It is reported that the number of merchant ships owned by Asian countries accounts for about 40% of the total number of merchant ships in the world, with a total deadweight of 280 million tons. The report shows that Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore in East and Southeast Asia have very strong shipping strength, and will certainly play a greater role in the international shipping market, especially in international shipping organizations such as the Asian Shipping Forum and the Asian Shipowners' Federation. The deadweight tons of merchant ships in Southeast Asia account for 13% of the total deadweight tons of the global merchant fleet. The gross registered tonnage of Singapore, China and Japan now accounts for 9.6% of the world gross registered tonnage. Among them, Singapore's registered tonnage is 23 million tons, ranking first among Asian countries.