Chapter 301: Desperate Situation
China's Dagang Shipyard, a previously unknown Chinese shipyard, is suddenly attracting the attention of shipowners around the world.
It can be said that compared to the Japanese, the cost is only half the price, and the shipbuilding period is fierce and bold and aggressive, and the fierce price and construction period are fighting in the bidding field, and for a time the rising star of the international shipbuilding market is suppressed by the Koreans, who have no power to fight back.
Several Japanese newspapers and magazines related to shipbuilding and heavy industry came to hear the news, and followed and reported in a rather touted and affirmative tone about the slaughter of Director Sun in the market of less than 30,000 tons.
In the seven-day bidding stage, in the first three days alone, Dagang Shipyard started the contract for the construction of ships with a gross tonnage of 1.5 million tons and more than 50 ships of less than 30,000 tons.
In the words of Director Sun, none of these foreign shipyards can fight!
As the director of a Chinese shipyard, it is the first time that Director Sun has discovered that Chinese products are really competitive!
"There are 18 ships in Europe, 7 ships in Southeast Asia, 8 ships in South America, and even the Japanese have placed orders for 5 ships. However, the biggest order turned out to be Xiangjiang's global shipping, and the Bao brothers are really interesting!"
Director Sun smiled happily and almost jumped up with joy.
But then he was a little embarrassed, and sighed: "It's just that these shipowners in Europe and Southeast Asia have really tight requirements for the construction period." In addition to the three Anthony ships in South America, by April next year, at least 400,000 tons of production capacity will be achieved. If there is an order that pays more attention to the construction period, I really don't know the bottom of my heart......"
Dagang Shipyard now has only five slipways that can build 30,000-ton ships, and according to the speed at which one can be completed in the past three to four months, it will be 300,000 tons by April next year.
At present, there are 800,000 tons of orders that need to be delivered before April next year, even if all domestic orders are postponed, and then contact Hudong and Jiangnan Shipyards, plus the Bohai Shipyard, the four King Kongs, it is just barely able to complete.
As for other shipyards in China, I am afraid that they really do not have the experience and ability to build 30,000-ton ships.
Director Sun is now both happy and worried, and the joy is that the orders are rolling in.
The worry is that the business comes to the door but is not able to do it.
Today is the fourth day of the bidding meeting, and the bidding meeting of the world's largest shipping company, Maersk Group, is scheduled for this one.
From the catalogue in hand, the projects taken out by Shiji Group this time are quite considerable, excluding high-tech ship types such as oil tankers and LNG and large-tonnage ships.
Maersk Group has taken out 15 bulk carriers of about 30,000 tons suitable for China's construction capacity in one go, which is definitely far more than in previous years.
This is somewhat affected by the sharp plunge in the price of bulk carriers of about 30,000 tons this year, and perhaps the original budget of Maersk Group is only eight to ten.
But if you can buy almost twice as many new ships for the same budget, why not?
A multinational corporation like Maersk Group.
Budgets are set at the beginning of the year, and they are no different from some bureaucracy.
If this year's budget is not spent, next year's budget may be reduced.
It is the end of October, and it is not only state-owned enterprises and the government that will do it.
The disease of large enterprises of multinational corporations will not be less than that at all.
But when the good news came to Director Sun, he had to face a problem, that is, the construction period of the domestic shipyard he was able to coordinate was insufficient.
If he still wants to eat these 15 Maersk ships, the construction period that can be driven will be from August next year to the earliest.
It was only at this time that Director Sun regretted that he had advanced by leaps and bounds before.
To be honest, instead of saving a bunch of regional "ship kings"
of orders.
It's really better to win Maersk's order.
If it can become a partner with Maersk and gain the trust of the world's largest shipping company, then China's shipbuilding industry can be more useful than any small shipowner who has a good sense of praise even if it completely opens up the market.
Hu Wenhai smiled and flipped through the conference directory in his hand.
He had a 32,000-ton bulk cargo order for 15 Maersk ships early in the morning, but he didn't remind Director Sun to restrain the firepower of grabbing orders, and he had his own plans.
"Director Sun doesn't have to worry. If you want me to say, our short-term shipbuilding period has not been exhausted. Not to mention a Maersk, I will have 30 bulk carriers from other companies behind this order meeting, all of which will be arranged until April next year. ”
Director Sun's eyes widened, and his head almost shook into a rattle: "Mr. Hu." In this way, it is enough to have a production capacity of 3 million tons! How is it possible to compress it to nearly 100 ships in half a year by less than April next year?"
Hu Wenhai didn't speak, but just took out a copy of the text from the bottom of a stack of Wen Jiàn in his hand and stuffed it into his hand.
Director Sun lowered his head, and his brows were still furrowed at first, and the more he stretched, the more he stretched.
In the end, even his eyes were about to pop out.
There is nothing special about this article, it is just part of the first batch of deals between Hu Wenhai and Mitsubishi for $300 million.
The largest of these transactions was the purchase of five 50,000-ton barges.
What is a barge?
To put it simply, it is a mother ship, a ship that transports ships.
One of the great uses of this type of ship is to transport ships.
For example, if a batch of goods from Dagang wants to be transported to Shuangqing Mountain City by water, generally speaking, it is to load goods from Dagang, transport them to Modu to unload, replace them with river barges and reload, and then go upstream to Shuangqing Mountain City.
The reason why this batch of goods had to be changed in the magic capital was because the ship types of sea and river transportation were different, and sea ships could not enter the Yangtze River.
But with a carrying barge, it is completely possible to load the cargo onto an inland barge and then load the barge onto the carrying barge.
In this way, the barge is loaded with this loaded inland river barge, and there is no need to change ships in the trouble when it sails to the mouth of the Yangtze River, as long as the loaded inland river barge is unloaded.
It's a solution full of industrial violence...... Of course, since the carrier barge can be used to load the entire ship, of course, it can also be used to load the ship sections.
The self-powered and gantry crane of the load barge is not only an essential means of transportation for the shipbuilding system of the distributed general section, but also the basis for the future production of semi-submersible ships and dock ships.
In the future, it is necessary to build dock landing ships and amphibious landing ships, which are all pre-technology points.
Matched with the barge, it is a batch of 10,000-ton gantry cranes and 10,000-ton load flatbed trucks.
The function is very simple, that is, to transport the 10,000 tons of finished tons to the port next to the barge.
There may not be many shipyards in China that can build 30,000-ton ships, and it is possible to build shipyards with 10,000-ton segments...... That's it.
Director Sun has long had a detailed understanding of the shipbuilding method of the giant general section.
It's just that he has the impression that to carry out this general section shipbuilding method, the only way to do this is to build a large number of sectional workshops near the general assembly plant or even inside the general assembly plant.
The technology is good, but it will take a lot of infrastructure investment and preparation time to apply it.
However, if a large number of barges are in hand to solve the transportation problem of the huge general section, then all the shipyards along the coast of China will be mobilized to absorb the production capacity of just three million tons.
It's the same as playing.
With this Dinghai Divine Needle, Director Sun's heart immediately calmed down.
On their side, Director Sun's previous sad face.
But it all fell into the eyes of the Koreans.
Lee Jae-yong and the others glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.
In the past few days, Koreans have deliberately released water, and even took the initiative to pry their old customers to run to the Chinese, and then frequently used the advantages of industrial scale to squeeze the short-term construction period of the Chinese.
Calculated that the short-term construction tonnage in the hands of the Chinese even exceeds 800,000 tons, even if the Chinese are mobilized nationwide, that is, the limit of this capacity, right?
"Today there are 15 bulk carriers of Maersk, and now the Chinese should regret the green intestines, right?"
Samsung's Park Jae-kyung smiled, rubbed his hands and said, "Maersk's business." Everyone, in order to combat the arrogance of the Chinese, our Samsung suffered heavy losses a few days ago and lost many orders from old customers. In order to make up for our losses, Maersk's 15 bulk carriers will give us three stars, right?"
Lee opened the catalogue of today's meeting and found a list of Maersk's tender projects.
The brow was soothed.
In Beijing, it is not all incompetent straw bales, at least in terms of standing in line and self-knowledge, it is no wonder that he can achieve the position of business manager of Samsung Heavy Industries.
Although 15 bulk carriers is a big deal, "Then our Samsung wants orders for these three Panamanian tankers from Maersk, who has any opinion?"
Lee Jae-yong looked around, and no one disagreed, at least on the bright side.
The agreement reached by the previous five.
The share will be distributed according to the size of the output of the operation.
As the temporary leader of South Korea's five heavy industry enterprises, Hyundai Heavy Industries should take the biggest share.
The profit of three Panamax tankers is much higher than that of 15 30,000-ton bulk carriers.
Kim Eun-hee nodded with a difficult face, and said helplessly: "Then we Daewoo hope to get orders for these three 4000TEU container ships, please everyone!"
Daewoo is still a lot worse than Samsung, although Kim Eun-hee's contribution is obviously greater than Park Jae-kyung's intelligence support for this operation, but Daewoo's own shipbuilding ability is one level weaker than Samsung.
Fifteen bulk carriers are beyond Daewoo's short-term construction capacity.
I had no choice but to give it to Samsung.
"Today is destined to be a stage for us Koreans, and I have prepared the news channel. ”
Li Zaiyong was confident and said categorically: "The Chinese only have a long-term construction period in their hands, and we don't have to fight with them on the price." The short-term construction cost increase we give, Maersk and other shipowners will definitely be seriously dissatisfied, we can spread rumors that the low price of the Chinese is a conspiracy of the Japanese to withdraw from the low-end market, and it is just not to eat. The Japanese want the Chinese to force us Koreans to death, so that other shipowners can only go to the Japanese to continue to buy high-priced goods! This is all a conspiracy of the Japanese shipbuilding industry! The Chinese simply do not have much shipbuilding capacity, and they have no price to disturb the market! In the end, it is not the major shipowners who suffer losses?"
Li Zaiyong said with a proud smile: "In this way, the Japanese will definitely force the Chinese to continue to collect orders for their own business reputation." When the time comes, it will either be impossible to deliver the goods when the Chinese expires, and it will not be able to mix with the international shipbuilding market in the future, or it will turn against the Japanese and the two alliances will break down......"
"Hey, I think now, maybe what Manager Yong said is the truth!"
Park Jae-kyung clapped his hands lightly with an expression of admiration.
Kim Eun-hee and Hanna Hanjin glanced at each other, and they vaguely felt that this should be the case!
Bernhard is the person in charge of Maersk's order fair, and he has the largest order in his hand, and he naturally enjoys the most grand treatment.
The morning of the fourth day was a special bidding session for Maersk Group, which attracted the attention of all shipbuilding companies present.
Bernhar was a Dane who inherited the muscular body and dazzling blonde hair of the Vikings.
When he stood on the podium.
There was silence in the conference hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I ...... on behalf of the Maersk Group"
As Bernhar's voice rang out, everyone sat up straight.
The Koreans on Lee Jaeyong's side are gearing up and waiting to eat the sumniest feast of the fair; the Japanese are talking to each other and seem to have some kind of plan; the Southeast Asians have their own traditional areas of strength; the Europeans are absent-minded and have already retreated from the vast majority of shipbuilding; the Americans, the world is no longer in the era of three free ships in one day!
Chinese are as curious as newborn babies to join this fully mature market.
With the recklessness of not caring about the rules of the industry, everyone was taken aback, and the already stable distribution of interests was broken.
The people behind Director Sun and Director Sun, they don't know what they can do.
I don't know what kind of energy I have in my hands and what kind of changes I will bring to this world.
If it were said to the Chinese in the eighties that the world would respect China, they would gladly answer: Of course, that is what we strive for!
But if China will become the second most powerful country in the world in their hands, even stronger than the former Soviet Union!
I'm afraid 99 will laugh in embarrassment and take it as a good-natured joke.
"Below, I announce the first package of the Maersk Group tender. Three Panama-class tankers, please have a letter of intent to prepare the bid. ”
Bernhall's speech didn't take up much time, and after about three or five minutes, the first target of the day was thrown.
In the enterprises that got up to submit bids one after another, Director Sun was inevitably a little restless.
He took advantage of the fact that there were more and more bids in Enhar's hand, and finally couldn't help but sigh in frustration: "Three Panamax oil tankers of 65,000 tons will make a profit equivalent to 15 bulk carriers of 23,000 tons." If we can win the deal. How nice that would be!"
"There will be that day, and it won't be far off. ”
Hu Wenhai closed the text in his hand and said in a low voice: "Director Sun forgot, as long as we take a loan of one trillion yen, we can completely realize the construction capacity of all ship types below 100,000 tons. When the time comes, the entire market under 100,000 tons. We're going to take it from the Koreans!"
"Hey, I wish that day would come sooner!"
Director Sun listened to the enthusiastic airship, thought about it, and lowered his head to count how big the market was for ships below 100,000 tons at this order meeting.
The two of them were talking for a while, and the tender had been submitted.
Bernhall began to unpack the labels, then chanted in English with a Nordic accent.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, April 1986. $240 million. ”
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, April 1986, $280 million. ”
Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries, May 1986, $250 million. ”
Hyundai Heavy Industries, April 1986, $220 million. ”
...... "Huh?"
Lee Jae-yong almost jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, and frowned deeply in the incredible direction.
The offer of the Japanese is actually close to the bid of Hyundai Heavy Industries, and the offers of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries are only 20 million away, which makes Lee Jae-yong not surprised?
Why was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries able to come up with such an offer, is this a way for the Japanese to reduce costs, or is it hurting people to fight a price war?
I am afraid that I will not be able to get an answer to this question for a while.
But if Hyundai Heavy Industries doesn't know what has changed, how to formulate a strategy for the next bidding?
Lee Jae-yong subconsciously looked in the direction of the Japanese bidding group.
At the same moment, all the members of the bidding group of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan respectfully saluted Masatashi Yamazaki, especially the main person in charge of the bidding group, the head of the business section, Endo, was very excited, and asked in a low voice: "General manager, is this really possible? With such a low price, our cost is ......."
"This is approved by the president himself, and you can implement it!"
Although Masataka Yamazaki has a straight face, he has a smile on his eyebrows.
"I'll tell you a little bit of news, this is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' top trade secret!"
"Hey!"
Endo hurriedly drove everyone around him away, leaving only him and Masataka Yamazaki in this vacant position.
"The company has decided to hand over a batch of non-critical parts to Chinese companies for production. The best thing is that the production equipment is still bought back by the Chinese! With the cheap products of the Chinese. But we can't let the shipowners know that we're using parts made in China, you know?"
"Great! But can the quality of Chinese products be guaranteed?"
Endo's eyes lit up, but he was still a little confused.
"Don't worry, we Mitsubishi will send engineers to teach Chinese how to produce quality products." ”
"Then I'm relieved. It's Yamazaki Executive, thanks to you this time!"
Endo nodded repeatedly.
Don't lose any time in sending the sycophants.
Not to mention the glamour of the audience, after two rounds of bidding, Bernhar finally selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' offer.
Although it is still about 10% higher than the price of Hyundai Heavy Industries, this premium is only a recharge belief for Maersk.
After all, it is the leader of the world's shipbuilding industry, and the brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is worth one or two million.
After finalizing three tankers, Bernhar began bidding for the next bid.
This time, 15 32,000-ton bulk carriers have stirred the attention of all shipyards.
Especially Director Sun.
Don't round the profit is not high, but the total price is high!
For China, which suffers from foreign exchange hunger, 15 bulk carriers with a total price of more than $300 million are cost-effective to lose money!
After all, domestic purchases are spent in RMB, but what is recovered is US dollars!
$300 million in 1985 -- that's one-tenth of China's foreign exchange reserves for the same period!
Having said that, the more than one million tons of orders that Director Sun is currently holding in his hands have topped half of the current foreign exchange reserves of China's state treasury.
If you can win the Maersk order.
If the final order volume can exceed 3 million tons, then China Shipbuilding Corporation will be enough to double China's foreign exchange reserves by June next year!
"Made, fight!"
Director Sun's hands were a little shaky, pinching the bids that had been filled, and he had a bit of a sluggish and cold spirit.
Embarked on the road of submitting tenders.
Bernhar had no idea what the order meant to the Chinese, but it was just a slightly unusual one of the countless tenders he had opened over the course of his career.
However, in order, the first thing he sang was the tender submitted by a Japanese shipyard.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, June 1986, 450 million. ”
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, August 1986, 500 million. ”
"Ishikawajima Harima ......"
Hear the offer from the Japanese side.
Park Jae-kyung couldn't help but laugh under his breath.
Mitsubishi's sudden price cut made him nervous, thinking that the Japanese couldn't stand it and wanted to fight a price war with the Koreans in person.
At present, the Japanese don't know why they suddenly took Hyundai Heavy Industries once, but when they got to Samsung Heavy Industries, they withered back.
Hey, is it really destiny at Samsung?
"Samsung Heavy Industries, March 1986, 380 million. ”
Park Jae-kyung straightened his back, looked forward to himself, and had a posture of giving up his own people, as if the orders for Maersk's 15 bulk carriers were already under his control.
The offers of several other South Korean heavy industry companies are of course not as competitive as his, not to mention several shipyards in Southeast Asia, their advantage is not in the volume-based bulk carriers, it seems that Samsung Heavy Industries has really won the game.
Bernhar finally picked up the last bid and sang it aloud.
"Dagang Shipyard, March 1986, 350 million. ”
"Assi—"
Park Jae-kyung looked in the direction of the port shipyard in disbelief, and his eyes were as if they were about to fall out.
The angry swear words are held in his mouth, but he is incomprehensible.
Chinese, where do they get the short-term shipbuilding period?
While several other South Korean heavy industry companies are dignified, China's low-end shipbuilding capacity is bottomless, and the cost of Japan's high-end shipbuilding industry has fallen.
South Korea's shipbuilding industry, what's next?
A chill covered the hearts of Koreans.
(To be continued.)
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