国际经济与贸易 外文翻译英文文献 国际海运业国际产业的国际规则.docx

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国际经济与贸易外文翻译英文文献国际海运业国际产业的国际规则

INTERNATIONALSHIPPING:

GLOBALREGULATIONFORAGLOBALINDUSTRY

Source:

[1]KrishnaPrasad,ChangingRoleofShip-Brokers,JournalofInformationTechnology,2004

[2]EuropeanCommunity,OverviewoftheInternationalCommercialShipbuildingIndustry,FirstMarineInternationalLimited.2003

[3]ICS,IMO,Internationalshipping:

GlobalRegulationForaGlobalIndustry,InternationalChamberofShipping,2007

ConclusionsfromModalWorkshop4

atthe2009InternationalTransportForum

StatementbytheInternationalChamberofShipping（ICS）andthe

InternationalMaritimeOrganization（IMO）

ThefollowingstatementreflectsthediscussionduringModalWorkshop4,

InternationalShipping:

GlobalRegulationforaGlobalIndustry,whichtookplaceatthe2009InternationalTransportForuminLeipzig,Germany,on27May2009.

Followingseveralyearsofincrediblybuoyantshippingmarkets,formanytradesthebestinlivingmemory,muchoftheinternationalshippingindustryhasfallenpreytotheworldwideeconomicdownturn.Shippingisinherentlytheservantoftheeconomy,sothecontractionintrade,followingthebeginningofthe‘creditcrunch’inlate2008,hastranslatedintoadramaticandabruptreductionindemandforshipping.

Initiallyworsthurtwerethecontainershiptrades.Bythespringof2009some

10%ofthefleetwasalreadylaidup,muchofittoomodernandexpensivetogotorecyclingyards.However,thedrybulktradeshavealsobeenseverely

affected,particularlybythereductionindemandforrawmaterialsfromChina,

withspotmarketfreightratesforsomebulkcarriersbeingafractionofthepeakpricesachievedin2008.ByApril2009,ratesforcrude,productandchemicaltankershadalsofallenverysharply.Ingeneralmostshippingmarketspresentaratherbleakpicture.

AmajorconcernofICSnationalshipowners’associationsthereforeisto

discouragegovernmentsfromrespondingtothecrisiswithprotectionist

measures,whichwillonlydamageworldtradefurther.Moreparticularly,

governmentsmustavoidmeasuresthatrestrictfairandopenaccesstoshippingmarkets.Althoughmostshippingtodayenjoysrelativelyliberalisedtradingconditionscomparedtothedaysofnationalcargoreservationinthe1980s,shippingisunusualinthatitisoneofthefewmajorindustriesnotyetcoveredbyaglobalmultilateraltradeagreement.However,theprospectofanewagreementundertheauspicesoftheWorldTradeOrganization（WTO）looksincreasinglyuncertain.Theindustrymustthereforebeextremelyvigilantinreactingtoanymovestowardsprotectionisminmaritimetrades,especially

thoseusingsafetyandsecurityasapretext.

Theshippingindustrydoesnotexpectspecialtreatment,orthebillionsofdollarsofsupportbeinggrantedbysomegovernmentstothelikesofthebankingandautomobileindustries.However,tooperatecompetitivelyandefficientlyinverydifficultcircumstances,shippingrequiresthemaintenanceofaregulatory‘levelplayingfield’,andcontinuationofthecertaintynowprovidedbythetonnagetaxregimesthatapplytoshipownersinmanycountries.

Shippingisnotoriouslyvolatile,anditsmoreexperiencedpractitionersarefamiliarwiththecyclicalboomandbustnatureofmaritimefreightrates.However,thecontractionresultingfromthegeneralglobaldownturncouldwellbeexacerbatedbythelargenumberofnewbuildingsduetocomeintoserviceduringthenextfewyears,notwithstandingeffortsbymanyshipownerstocancelorrenegotiatecontracts.Manyoftheseshipswereorderedathighpricesatthetopofthemarket.

Inthefaceofthistwo-waypressure,thereislikelytobeaconsiderableincreaseinthenumberofoldervesselsthatwillbesentfordismantlingandrecycling.Inviewoftheadoption,inMay2009,ofanewIMOConventiontoaddressconcernsaboutworkingandenvironmentalconditionsinshiprecyclingyards,theneedforgovernmentstoidentifyfacilitiesthatareacceptableforusewillbecomeallthemorepressing.

AstheIMOSecretary-Generalhasforcefullyidentified,financialpressuresontheindustrymustnotbeallowedtoresultinanyreductioninstandards.Muchhasbeenachievedinthelast20yearswithregardtosafetyandenvironmentalperformance,andnooneissuggestingamoratoriumonnewregulationsthatgenuinelyimprovesafety,whichisalwaystheindustry’soverridingpriority.However,governmentsneedtounderstandthatanyimmediateregulatoryandpolicydecisionstheytakemustavoidimpactingnegativelyonshippingasitstrugglestodealwiththecurrenteconomicsituation.

Notwithstandingthecurrentgloomanddoom,thelongertermoutlookfortheindustryremainsverygood.Theworld’spopulationcontinuestoexpand,andemergingeconomieswillcontinuetoincreasetheirrequirementsforthegoodsandrawmaterialsthatshippingtransportssosafelyandeffic