On December 2, during the China Maritime 2025, Xu Peng, Party Secretary and Chairman of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), Wang Guoqiang, Deputy Party Secretary, Director and General Manager, Zhu Yonghong, Party Member and Chief Accountant, and Peng Yuanpu, Hu Xianfu and Zhao Tongbin, Party Members and Vice General Managers, held talks in Shanghai with key leaders of some of CSSC’s important partners. They had in-depth exchanges and reached consensus on strengthening deeper and higher-level pragmatic cooperation and promoting the healthy development of the industry.
Xu Peng held separate discussions with key executives from Hyundai GLOVIS, Shandong Ocean Group, Southwest Shipping, MSC, DNV, ABS, and Dalian University of Technology. He also witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between Jiangnan Shipyard (a subsidiary of CSSC) and Southwest Shipping for the construction of two very large ammonia carriers.
Xu Peng stated that CSSC is willing to continuously enhance its comprehensive capabilities, further coordinate the group’s high-quality resources, and provide the industry and partners with better products and services. CSSC aims to leverage the respective strengths of its partners to further solidify the foundation of cooperation, deepen strategic alignment, and enhance collaborative innovation. Together, CSSC will build an open and integrated industrial ecosystem, strengthen talent exchange and collaboration, accelerate the implementation of cooperative initiatives, and establish systematic and comprehensive cooperative mechanisms. By working hand in hand and achieving mutual success, CSSC will jointly contribute to the sustained and healthy development of the industry.
Wang Guoqiang held separate discussions with the principal executives of SEASPAN, Seacon Shipping Group, and MSC Newbuilding, and witnessed the signing of a letter of intent between CSSC and Seacon Shipping Group for two 210,000 DWT bulk carriers.
Wang Guoqiang stated that CSSC has a profound and long-standing cooperative relationship with shipowners worldwide, boasting a solid foundation and broad prospects for collaboration. CSSC will further strengthen communication and exchanges with global shipowner clients, provide full-stack solutions for partners across the globe, and achieve high-quality development featuring mutual creation and shared benefits. Going forward, adhering to the business philosophy of “Everything for users, everything serves users, everything respects users”, CSSC will continue to demonstrate its development philosophy of open cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results, integrity and fraternity, and dedication to society to its industry peers and friends from all walks of life.
Zhu Yonghong, Peng Yuanpu, Hu Xianfu, and Zhao Tongbin met with relevant leaders from Bank of Communications Financial Leasing, Agricultural Bank of China Financial Leasing, Zhejiang Bank Financial Leasing, Winning International, Bahri New Shipbuilding, Shell Shipping, Everllence, H-Line, GRIMALDI, WARTSILA, and Ausene Group. The parties held in-depth discussions and reached broad consensus on further strengthening communication, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation, and achieving common development.
Key figures from relevant partners stated that CSSC holds a leading position in the global maritime industry and is a major force in China’s shipbuilding industry. In recent years, CSSC has consistently adhered to a customer-centric approach, fully adapted to industry development trends, continuously strengthened technological innovation, and achieved a series of new successes in its business development.
The partners look forward to deepening strategic mutual trust with CSSC in the future, continuously broadening the scope and depth of cooperation, establishing a regular communication mechanism, better promoting complementary strengths and resource sharing, strengthening multi-level and multi-domain collaboration, advancing the establishment of a closer partnership, and jointly creating a new pattern of win-win development.