Global shipping markets exhibited unprecedented growth in 2003. Most analysts and industry insiders put this down to the ‘The China Factor’.
Since China entered the World Trade Organisation in late 2001, soaring inward investment has created a voracious appetite for raw materials and energy products.
This shift in world trading patterns has driven growth in all of the major shipping market sectors: container liner shipping, dry bulk shipping and oil shipping over the past year.
But how will the China Factor change world trading patterns in the medium to long term? World Shipping (China) Annual Summit aims to tell you the answers.
China’s largest shipping group Cosco has joined up with internationally renowned maritime consultancy Drewry Shipping Consultants in London, and one of China’s largest shipping media groups Maritime China, to put this industry-leading event together.
Key Chinese government officials, senior figures from international companies and institutions engaged in shipping and related businesses, investment banks, and globally recognised research and consultancy experts and academics will be invited to speak on the structural impact of the China Factor both on global trade and the shipping markets.
World Shipping (China) Annual Summit will be held in Beijing during July and will create an exchange platform for what the future holds for raw material suppliers, trade partners, logistics providers and shipping companies.
For further information on the Summit visit www.shippingsummit.com
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