Sailing with whales: Ensuring a level playing field in the global shipbuilding industry
- Date
- 30 October 2024
- Time
- 9:30-17:00 CET
- Location
- Hybrid (OECD Paris Headquarters and online)
About
The shipbuilding industry is currently facing a multitude of challenges and opportunities influenced by economic shifts, technological advancements, and policy changes. Global dynamics, such as the rise of China's shipbuilding capabilities and the need to decarbonise, require a concerted effort from industry stakeholders to ensure a balanced and competitive market. This workshop, organised by the OECD Shipbuilding committee, aims at providing a platform to bring together experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss and address these critical issues.
Participants will explore economic outlooks, labour and other challenges, and their significant impact on Shipbuilding Committee non-members' industry and policies on the global market. The afternoon sessions will focus on policy measures to create a level playing field and the role of the Shipbuilding Committee in fostering fair competition and innovation. Through these discussions, the workshop aims to develop actionable insights and collaborative strategies to support a level playing field in the global shipbuilding industry.
OECD Shipbuilding Committee Members and Associates: Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Türkiye, United Kingdom
Agenda
All times CET
9:30-9:45. Opening remarks
by Jens Lundsgaard, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
9:45-11:00. Session I: Shipbuilding market overview and trends
Speakers:
- Market overview: Secretariat of the Shipbuilding Committee (hereafter “Secretariat”) on shipbuilding market trends and past discussions on a shipbuilding agreement
- Shipbuilding market trends: Tan Wei Loon, Data Transformation Associate Director, and Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global Intelligence & Analytics
- Shipping market trends: Jan Hoffman, Head of Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
11:00-11:15. Coffee break
11:15-12:30. Session II: The influence of major non-Shipbuilding Committee economies on the global maritime industry
Speakers:
- Non-Shipbuilding Committee shipbuilding industry: Secretariat, on policy and market developments in non-Shipbuilding Committee economies
- Shipbuilding industries in other non-Shipbuilding Committee economies and policy measures affecting them: Phan Nguyen Hai Ha, Director of Maritime Shipping and Services Department at Viet Nam Maritime Administration (VINAMARINE), Ministry of Transport of Viet Nam; and Sittisak Choomura, Chief of Ship Engineering and Innovation Group from Ship Standard Bureau, Marine Department of Thailand
12:30-14:00. Lunch break
14:00-15:30. Session III: Expert and stakeholder perspectives on the key challenges for the global shipbuilding industry
Speakers:
- Workers’ perspectives on level playing field challenges: Walton Pantland, IndustriaALL, on selected labour issues in the shipbuilding sector
- Stakeholder perspective on the market distortion in the United States: Roy Houseman, Legislative Director, United Steelworkers; and Peter Greenberg, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- Economic benefits of building zero-emission capable vessels in East Asia: Hae Jeong Cho, Associate Researcher, ICCT Marine Program, on estimating the additional revenues that China, Korea and Japan could earn by building zero-emission capable vessels (ZECVs) instead of conventional vessels
15:30-15:45. Coffee break
15:45-16:55. Session IV: What can governments and the Shipbuilding Committee do for levelling the playing field? Panel discussion by selected economies
Panelists: Japan, Norway, Türkiye, United Kingdom
16:55-17:00. Concluding remarks
by Halvor Hvideberg, Ambassador and Chair of Shipbuilding Committee, Permanent Representative of Norway to the OECD
17:00. Reception
