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In next the three years South Korea it will order the construction of 200 ships
Launched a five-year plan that it previews to entrust national the marine traffic to South Korean carriers and ships constructed and recorded in Korea
April 5, 2018
In next the three years South Korea it will commission the construction of beyond 200 ships, of which more than 140 to rinfusiere and 60 portacontainer (enclosed 20 of large-capacity), orders that will be supported by the Korea Maritime Promotion Corporation, the organism that will be instituted the next July and that the South Korean government has characterized which motor for I throw again of national the marine industry after the field is hit by the failure of the Hanjin Shipping that is formalized at the beginning last year(on 17 February and 25 August 2017).
It has announced today to Seul the minister South Korean of the Oceans and fishing, Kim Young-Choon, introducing a five-year plan for the reconstruction of national the marine industry, field - he has evidenced - than after the failure of the Hanjin has recorded a decrease of 10.000 billion won (9,4 billion dollars) of the value of the sales of the shipbuilding industry, that it is come down give about 39.000 billion won in 2015 to 29.000 billion in the next year, and a reduction at less than the half of the transported containerized volume of goods by sea, that it is passed by 1,05 million teu to August 2016 to 400 thousand teu in the autumn of 2017.
Between the actions previewed from the plan, measures are included in order to promote the transport by sea of goods strategic South Korean, initiative marked from the slogan "South Korean priorities to the goods" that the ministry has the intention of put into effect on falsariga of the American measures to safeguard of national the marine industry (Jones Act) that they entrust national the marine traffic to carriers Americans and ships only constructed in the USA and of American flag
"With the performance of the five-year plan - the minister has explained - we expect that the turnover of the navalmeccanica industry will go up to 51.000 billion won in the 2022 graces to a program of reconstruction of the marine industry who will allow us to throw again shipbuilding the naval one and to assure competitiveness to the logistics for the import-export".
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