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The Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6) seeks to progressively establish normal competitive conditions in the industry. It encourages transparency through data collection and analysis, and seeks to expand policy dialogue with non-OECD economies that have significant shipbuilding industries.
The Working Party is chaired by Ambassador Harald Neple, Permanent Representative of Norway to the OECD.
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15-Jul-2009
The economic downturn has hit shipbuilding hard. New orders have contracted by up to 90% and cancellations have increased, which is likely to result in significant excess shipbuilding capacity. This outlook is unlikely to improve for some time.
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from 09-Jul-2009 to 10-Jul-2009
Participants at this meeting considered in depth the impact of the current economic crisis on the world shipbuilding industry. As well as the OECD members, the meeting was attended by Romania as a full participant, and Brazil, China, Russia, Chinese Taipei and Ukraine as ad-hoc observers. Together, the participants accounted for around 95% of world shipbuilding production in 2008.
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from 04-Dec-2008 to 05-Dec-2008
This Workshop examined supply/demand and price/cost developments in the shipbuilding market, including the impacts of the current global economic crisis. It also explored the changing structure of the world’s shipbuilding industry, and both governments and industry had the opportunity of discussing what responses can be made to deal with the challenges created by the market and structural changes. The Workshop Programme and presentations can be consulted here .
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23-Jan-2009
This report analyses the interaction between the ship repair, ship conversion and shipbuilding industries, and examines the possibilities of shipbuilding yards engaging in simultaneous activities and the movement from one sector to the other in response to market pressures and opportunities.
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23-Jan-2009
This report on the shipbuilding industry in China is one in a series of such reports intended to provide an insight into the shipbuilding sectors of both OECD members and non-OECD economies. It benefited from detailed comments provided by the China Shipbuilding Economy Research Center.
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23-Jan-2009
This report on the shipbuilding industry in Vietnam is one in a series of such reports intended to provide an insight into the shipbuilding sectors of both OECD members and non-OECD economies. The report was prepared with the assistance of Vinashin (the Vietnamese State Shipbuilding Corporation), which provided detailed comments.
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13-Mar-2008
For more information about the activities of the OECD's Council Working Party on Shipbuilding, click here.
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29-Feb-2008
This information sheet provides a brief introduction to the purpose and activities of the OECD’s Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6), with particular focus on its co-operation with non-OECD economies with significant shipbuilding industries.
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29-Feb-2008
This Sector Understanding sets common rules for government supported export credits for ships, in particular concerning interest rates and the duration of credits. The latest update of the SSU came into force on 8 October 2007.
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08-Nov-2006
The OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding, in association with the major shipbuilding associations, has released a revised and updated system to calculate compensated gross tons (cgt). The new cgt system came into force on 1 January 2007, and all cgt users are encouraged to use the new system from that date. A copy of the document and user guide describing the new cgt system can be downloaded from this site.
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