La industria de la construcción naval de Singapur ha evolucionado durante las últimas 4 décadas. Comenzó como una instalación regional de reparación y construcción, concentrándose principalmente en las necesidades domésticas cuando comenzó. La industria actual incluye ingeniería en alta mar, construcción de plataformas y servicios de apoyo.
La primera plataforma autoelevadora fue ofrecida por la industria en 1969. Solo le tomó 5 años a la industria convertirse en uno de los mayores constructores de autoelevadores del mundo. La construcción naval de Singapur prospera gracias a la innovación, los precios justos y la artesanía de calidad en todos los sectores. Durante la última década, se ha prestado mucha atención a la mejora de la seguridad y la artesanía.
Como muchas industrias relacionadas con el mar, los cambios en las regulaciones y las mejores prácticas han creado desafíos. Sin embargo, la industria ha podido mantener su posición global general.
Estadísticas informativas de la industria de la construcción naval de Singapur
# 1. La industria de la construcción naval de Singapur genera alrededor de $10 mil millones en facturación anual. En 2012, la industria logró una facturación total de 15.010 millones de dólares singapurenses (Asociación de Industrias Marinas de Singapur / DBS Bank)
# 2. Más de 100.000 trabajadores están empleados directamente debido a la industria de la construcción naval en Singapur. (Asociación de Industrias Marinas de Singapur)
# 3. Más de 6.000 embarcaciones se reparan cada año a través de la industria de la construcción naval de Singapur. El año pico para este servicio se produjo en 2010, cuando más de 8.600 embarcaciones solicitaron reparaciones. (Asociación de Industrias Marinas de Singapur)
# 4. A pesar de los altos niveles de facturación, solo se botaron 110 buques en 2012. Esto se debe a que el enfoque principal de la industria está en el sector de alta mar. El sector actual de la construcción naval de esta industria logró una facturación de solo S$ 1,13 mil millones en 2012. (Asociación de Industrias Marinas de Singapur)
#5. In 2003, the industry’s total turnover was S3.79 billion. At its peak in 2009, it had a turnover of S$16.83 billion. The industry has been able to achieve a turnover of more than$10 billion every year since 2007. ((Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)
#6. 2008 was the best year for vessels launched by the shipbuilding industry in Singapore, with 139 vessels launched for a GRT of 197,074. In terms of GRT, the best year for the industry was 2007, with 349,429 GRT newly launched. (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)
#7. As of February 2014, the total number of available docks for the shipbuilding industry numbers 34. The total number of graving docks was 19, while the number of floating docks and shiplifts was 15. Only 3 graving docks had a total deadweight capability of over 1 million DWT. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#8. In 2015, the total turnover for Singapore’s offshore and marine industry fell by 14.5% to a total value of S$14.73 billion. Employment was also off 10.4% in the industry in 2015, dropping total workers to 95,500. (Straits Times)
#9. In 2016, due to cancellations and global financial uncertainty, the total turnover fell again to S$13.06 billion, the lowest annual turnover since 2007. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#10. The shipbuilding sector of the industry has seen the largest hits in the declines experienced in the last decade. In 2007, the shipbuilding sector accounted for S$1.83 billion of the total turnover. In 2016, it accounted for just S$200 million of the sector, the lowest turnover levels in the past 10 years. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#11. The total turnover of the shipbuilding sector between 2013-2016 does not equal the value of the sector in 2007. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#12. In 2016, there were 4,717 total registries on the Singapore shipping registry, accounting for 88,023,000 GT. It was the first year that there was a decline in the total number of registries, even though the GT went up by over 2 million. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#13. Total vessel arrivals at Singapore ports rose by over 6,000 in 2016 compared to the year before. With the exception of 2013, which saw more than 139,000 arrivals, 2016 was the busiest year in the past decade for the industry in this area. (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)
#14. The number of tanker arrivals in Singapore hit record highs in 2016, with more than 23,500 arrivals documented for the first time. A record in GT was also set, at more than 780 million. (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)
#15. In 2015, shipyards in Singapore were able to secure S$4.9 billion in new orders, which was a 49% decrease in the total number of new orders secured for the year before. Most of the new orders that were secured were for non-drilling solutions. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#16. At the end of FY2015, the Singapore shipbuilding industry had a total order book standing of over S$19 billion, with deliveries scheduled through the end of FY2022. This was a 20.6% decline in total orders from the year before. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#17. The rate of accidents in the workplace declined in 2015, with 22% fewer cases being reported than the year before. In total, there were 390 workplace accidents reported to the industry, with four of those incidents resulting in a fatality. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#18. Because of fewer employees, the workplace fatality rate rose from 3.8 to 4.2 per 100,000 workers in 2015 within the shipbuilding industry. The severity rate of accidents rose 1.5% to 137 days lost per million hours worked from the year before as well. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
#19. The Singapore shipbuilding industry was able to deliver 9 new jack-up rigs and 3 semi-submersible rigs in 2015. This included the world’s largest jack-up rig to date. (Association of Singapore Marine Industries)
Singapore Shipbuilding Industry Trends and Analysis
There are certainly challenges that must be faced by the Singapore shipbuilding industry. As a whole, the industry is performing reasonably well, though the overall value of the turnover is less than it was a decade ago. Where the industry is weakest is within the offshore sector. At its peak, the offshore sector achieved S$11.2 billion in turnover. At its weakest point, it achieved just S$4.96 billion.
The ship repair and shipbuilding sectors, though they have also experienced declines, have been relatively more stable. Yet, with the exception of 2012 and 2013, shipbuilding has been on a sharp decline.
Some of this can be attributed to a slowdown in the global shipping rates. There has also been a slowdown in new drilling projects.
Puede haber una sólida reputación de calidad y equidad dentro de la industria, pero los singapurenses están siendo superados por otros líderes mundiales en la construcción naval. Corea domina el mercado. India está haciendo una jugada para hacerse con una mayor parte de los pedidos de libros a nivel mundial. Eso significa que la industria de la construcción naval de Singapur también debe centrarse en la innovación si tiene la oportunidad de mantenerse completamente competitiva en el cambiante mercado global.
