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"Much starker choices-and graver consequences-in" period, China classification society (CCS) classification not only realized the international navigation ships tonnage of one hundred million tons, at the same time also implements all kinds of transport ships and high-tech comprehensive coverage of the vessel, the CCS inspection and authentication of the ship weathered the global reputation of the highest three port state organization strict inspection, and keep for a long time in Paris memorandum, Tokyo mou, the United States coast guard annual list of best performance classification society, more and more international famous owner ships in CCS. These brilliant achievements reflect the overall improvement of CCS technology level and service capability, as well as the high recognition of the CCS brand in the industry. And those milestones and happy events in the development of CCS, while attracting attention, inspire people to forge ahead.

The size of the fleet grew by leaps and bounds

Fleet scale is one of the important marks that measures international influence of classification society. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the fleet size of CCS has maintained a steady but increasing trend, with the average annual growth rate ranking among the top members of the International Association of Classification Societies. The quality and structure of the fleet have also been improved and further optimized.

Statistics show that as of August 20, 2020, the size of the CCS inspection fleet reached 157.477 million gross tons. That is an increase of 62% over the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan. Looking back on these five years, scenes of highlight moments were recorded by history. 2016 is a year of special significance for CCS. This year, CCS celebrated its 60th birthday. President of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS); With the entry of "Yuanzhenhai" super-large ore carrier into the CCS class, CCS inspection fleet has broken through the milestone of 100 million tons and officially joined the "100 million tons club", which has achieved a good start for the development of the "13th Five Year Plan". It is only four years since the clarion call of CCS to enter the 100 million tons ship class society in 2012. On September 29, 2018, the 15,000TEU container ship "Maersk Hong Kong" of Maersk Line, an international shipping giant, broke the CCS classification record again, with the CCS international navigation classification fleet exceeding 100 million gross tons. Setting new records is not only an important point of fleet size, but also a landmark. Behind the "100 Million Tons of Classification Society", CCS not only means that the customer influence and comprehensive strength of CCS has reached a new level, but also laid a solid foundation for CCS to achieve the goal of building itself into an international first-class classification society.

In 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which attracted worldwide attention, was successfully held, ushering in a new journey of building China into a transport power in a new era. CCS inspection fleet achieved rapid and high-quality growth in this year, a large number of very large ore carriers, very large container ships, such as high-tech, high value-added ships to join the CCS fleet. The total size of the CCS inspection fleet reached 13,205 ships with a gross tonnage of 115.86 million, up 7.36 percent and 12.26 percent, respectively, year on year. In addition, with the rapid development of CCS fleet internationalization, the ship age also shows a younger trend. In this year, the average age of the CCS fleet for international navigation and classification dropped from 9.4 years at the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan to 8.95 years, becoming the classification society with the largest number of ships inspected and certified and the smallest average age of ships in the international classification society at that time. In the following years, CCS maintained its leading position and showed strong momentum for development.

In 2018, the overall CCS inspection fleet size increased 24.9% from the end of 2017 to 144.67 million gross tons, the highest annual growth rate of CCS fleet during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, in addition to the first time that the international sailing classified fleet exceeded 100 million gross tons. In this year, we also welcomed the intensive delivery of 20,000 TEU large container ships, 400,000 tons of VLX ore carriers and other high technology and high added value VLX ships, which further witnessed the rapid growth of CCS comprehensive strength.

In 2019, a special year marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, CCS also delivered a brilliant answer to the industry. This year, the CCS inspection fleet continued to grow, reaching 155.12 million gross tons, an increase of 7.2% compared with the tonnage at the end of 2018. A number of large, high-tech and overseas shipowner's new shipbuilding projects were carried out smoothly, and the first inspection of the construction of a 135,000-ton luxury cruise ship was conducted, significantly increasing the pace of internationalization and international influence.

The outbreak of novel coronavirus in the Spring Festival of 2020 has brought different degrees of impact to the work and life of people all over the world, and CCS is no exception. The business development is facing unprecedented challenges in this year. In the first half of the year, CCS closely focused on the deployment of the national transportation work in 2020, combined with the characteristics of the epidemic work, actively responded to the situation, and made overall plans to promote various work. In the first half of 2020, the CCS inspection fleet size has achieved bucking the trend of growth, and the fleet structure is constantly optimized.

The gold content of the fleet increased rapidly

Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and so has China's economic development. Promoting high-quality development is essential to maintaining sustained and sound economic development; it is also necessary to adapt to the changing principal contradiction in Chinese society and to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and fully building a modern socialist country; and it is also necessary to follow the laws of economic development. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, CCS earnestly implemented the new development concept, increased scientific research efforts to enhance the advanced standard, improved and improved the service quality and service system, and promoted the fleet size to leapfrog growth, fleet quality to effectively improve, and gradually realize the full coverage of fleet types.

During the period of "much starker choices-and graver consequences-in", CCS increasing scientific research strength, a group of very large ships joined CCS fleet, high technology, high added value, realizes the VLCC combined 300000 tons, 400000 tons of VLOC, 21000 teu container ship, 17.4 cubic liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier and luxury cruise ships, large LPG ship (VLGC), polar expedition, coast guard ship, semi-submersible vessel, large vehicle and jianghai direct steamer universal coverage in the field of high and new ship form, special form. Especially since 2018, CCS high value-added, very large ships are ushered in a full eruption, so that the industry gradually recognized the rapid improvement of the comprehensive strength of CCS.

With shipping market downturn for a long time, the shipping industry is facing an more and more difficult situation, both shipping market downturn, frequently introduced at the same time, to face all kinds of maritime new rules, as well as a variety of science and technology is widely used in the field of shipping and the impact of high technology, large-scale, friend ship, intelligence has become a new round of competition in the highlands. Who can lead the trend, who will be able to take advantage of the new competition.

In the aspect of large-scale ships, CCS has made use of its technical advantages and accumulated experience to launch a series of large ore ships and large container ships together with Chinese shipowners in the market competition, which has enhanced the market competitiveness of the enterprise. Take large ore carrier as an example. In recent years, CCS has gradually accumulated rich experience through a series of large ore carrier projects, new shipbuilding projects, and national scientific research projects. With the large demand for ore carriers for China's iron ore imports, in recent years, many types of ore carriers, such as 230,000 tons, 250,000 tons, 298,000 tons and 320,000 tons, have been successively built to be classified into CCS. In particular, the 250,000 tons ore carrier is the first in the industry and the first in the world. This type of ore carrier has won many awards at home and abroad. The 400,000-ton Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) project is the largest project of CCS to serve China's mineral transport customers during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. It is reported that there are a total of 30 VLOC of 400,000 tons, which are being built in 5 shipyards. CCS is the only one of all the classification societies that has participated in the classification inspection, which carries out the drawing/construction inspection on all vessels.

In the aspect of ship intelligence, CCS shows outstanding performance and has made outstanding achievements. Intelligent shipping is a key area for China to build itself into a maritime and transportation power. The new business model will have a profound impact on or reshape or subvert the old business model. In 2015, it took the lead in releasing the world's first Intelligent Ship Code, which provides technical support for leading Chinese fleets to occupy the first opportunity and strongly promotes the development of intelligent Chinese ships. On November 28, 2017, the world's first CCS smart ship "Dazi" was named and delivered, marking the further improvement of CCS's ability to lead the development of the industry with standards. At present, many shipping companies, with the advantages in the CCS in intelligent navigation upgrade fleet, from the "great wisdom" delivery to the "constellation series" operation of ultra large container ship, and then apply for CCS intelligent ship additional signs of a large number of bulk carrier, container ship, large oil tanker, very large ore carriers and polar vessel, and so on, all reflect CCS in the relevant specification standards of excellence, and bring our shipping enterprises in the global competition advantage. Ship intelligent has become the inevitable trend of shipping development, both owner and shipyard, are thinking about the future of the ship intelligent direction, also needs corresponding ship intelligent system specification, the intelligent ship specification to fill the vacancies, industry is also the world's first covers the intelligent ship from whole life cycle of design, construction to operation of classification rules. In December 2019, CCS again launched the updated Smart Ship Code 2020. Released from the world's first specification, to the world's first intelligent classification, to the intelligent navigation, intelligent ship to the nation development plan to provide strategic support, such as depth of participation in international affairs, building intelligent ship standard specification system, a series of actions clearly reflects the CCS from 64 years ago in the field of technology to run to the later and run, and then to part leading today.

In terms of green ship, CCS using previously started "green ship plan", was launched in 2012 the world's first "green ship specification", and have compiled the ship design of energy efficiency index (EEDI) validation guide the ship energy efficiency management certification standard specification of green ships in inland water and other technical documents, laid the foundation for the development of green ship type. After also released a "natural gas power ship specification" the standard of shipping of liquefied natural gas to fuel the floating liquefied natural gas storage and gasification unit code for construction and equipment specifications, such as "standard of green ship" has a new upgrade for the green ecological ship specification, help shipping industry continuously made new fruit at the same time, also led the shipping, shipbuilding green fashion design and building idea of Chinese shipbuilding industry transformation, and promote a positive role in guiding and promoting the overall competitiveness, but also attracted a large number of large, high technology, high value-added green ship to join fleet level CCS, Such as 400,000 tons of ultra-large ore carriers, 21000TEU container ships, 300,000 tons of VLCC, 174,000 cubic meters of LNG carriers, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ship carriers, 13500TEU intelligent container ships, etc. CCS's research on low-carbon, energy-saving, green and environment-friendly ship type projects has actively promoted the development of green shipping in China, effectively enhanced the market competitiveness of shipping and shipbuilding enterprises in China, and fully reflected the strong leadership of CCS once again.

We will accelerate the building of first-class fleets

According to the "Opinions of the Ministry of Transport on Building a First-Class China Classification Society", by 2025, CCS is expected to reach the international leading level in terms of scale, technology, service, management and internationalization, and become an international first-class classification society with strong innovation ability, high service level, good economies of scale and high brand reputation. Clearly, the size of the fleet, the age of the vessel, the quality of the vessel and the port state inspection (PSC) retention rate are key elements in the process of building a first-class international classification society.

During the period of "much starker choices-and graver consequences-in", as CCS in the standard system and constantly improve and improve service quality, as well as the complete coverage of global service network, fleet, vigorous development, CCS ships to further enrich and optimize the structure and form, CCS class fleet modernization and internationalization level, CCS service owner's ability and level is entered into a new level, the international well-known owner also follow. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the tonnage ratio of non-five-star flag ships in the international fleet increased from 54.89% at the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan period to 63.78%(as of August 20, 2020).

For the existing fleet operation management, CCS will cooperate with ship owners to improve fleet management level through its own technology and services, reduce the risk of PSC inspection ship detention, and maintain the competitiveness of the fleet. In terms of PSC performance, fleet youth and other indicators, CCS fleet has been one of the best classification society in IACS for many years in a row, in the United States Coast Guard (USCG) inspection is known for strict inspection to achieve zero retention of the miraculous, and 41 CCS class ships issued by the USCG certificate of "21st Century Quality Ships". Since 2009, Chinese flag ships have maintained a good level in the Paris Memorandum and Tokyo Memorandum, and CCS has thus become one of the classification societies with the best record in this series, maintaining the international image of CCS fleet and winning honor for the motherland. With the improvement of the status of CCS in the international maritime industry, these achievements have greatly expanded the popularity and reputation of CCS. The overall recognition of CCS by international famous ship owners in the European Union, Singapore and other places has been greatly improved, attracting more and more shipping giants to join the CCS fleet. Overseas famous ship owners such as Maersk Line (Maersk), Mediterranean Line (MSC), France CMA-CGM and so on, among which, Greece Marmaras Shipping Company will transfer all its 26 bulk carriers into CCS class. In addition, the United States, Greece, Germany, Cyprus, the Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, Bulgaria and other owners have also chosen to join the CCS class. By the end of the first half of 2020, 15 of the world's top 30 shipowners by gross tonnage have cooperated with CCS in ship classification business, accounting for 50%. After entering the "13th Five-Year Plan", CCS's service areas and customers' recognition of international flag countries have been further improved, and more and more governments of countries or regions have been authorized to conduct statutory inspection for ships flying the flags of these countries or regions. By the end of August 2020, CCS had received authorization from governments of 52 countries or regions. Maersk and other international shipping giant choose to join in CCS classification as well as more and more behind the government and district decided to authorize to CCS, is CCS service capabilities and international influence of growing strong evidence that the international first-class for accelerating the construction of CCS classification society, further enhance the ability of service industry and service national strategy provides a strong power.