Currently the order book is dominated by Chinese yards, with 35% of orders being fulfilled in China, the US is second with 13%. Korea and Singapore are being drawn to the offshore market as vessel sizes increase, spurred by favorable workloads in time and cgt terms. Japan is also becoming a more attractive country to place orders in as the Yen weakens and Japanese shipbuilding quality and slot availability remains high according to Luthwaite. According to the report from China Ship Industry Association, Chinese OSV market will remain its top position in the world and welcome a further prosperity in offshore equipment market in 2014. Under this background, CDMC Events will be presenting the 2nd Asia OSV Summit 2014 on Nov 13,14, 2014 in Shanghai, China.

Key topics to be involved including Analysis of Emerging Offshore Activity in Asia, Demand of Offshore Support Vessels Owners and Operators, Discoveries: Offshore Projects and Future Growth Opportunities and Challenges, Expanding the Boundaries in Deep Water Operations, Offshore Engineering and OSV Operations in the South China Sea, Learn From the E&P Market in the Future Development Direction, Overview of the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Industry in Catering for Various Markets and Fleet Management and the New Development Strategy and etc.

Partial previous attendees are from Seatronics, Expro Group, Sumitomo Corp, Prosafe Offshore Limited, Alatas Crane Services Worldwide Hong Kong Ltd, Oceaneering International Inc, Scottish Development International, Braemar Technical Services (Offshore) VN, Tenaris, Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd, MES-Engineering VietNam JSC Co., PT AIG Insurance Indonesia (AIG) and etc.

The conference enjoyed good reputation from last edition, delegates from Zamil Offshore commented:” Asia Offshore Support Vessel Summit 2013 held in JW. Marriott-Kuala Lumpur June 20-21 was a good opportunity for Zamil Offshore to meet offshore marine industry players from not only from South East Asia but also from different global companies. The summit topics as well as the form constituted good platform for exchange of technical performance and market trends information”, “Very well-organized conference with a pleasant atmosphere. I greatly appreciated the good networking platform the conference provided” Delegates from Wartsila.

Under the theme of tackling the opportunities of OSV industry development, more than 330 Offshore Support Vessel senior management personnel will attend the upcoming conference, more than 25 International Speakers will share their opinions, 20+ Sessions will be conducted, 40 one-on-one Partnering Meetings, 3 Roundtable Discussions as well as the Award Ceremony will be made.

The event will address ever-changing industry trend relevant to ship-owners, shipbuilders and energy companies. In an innovative interactive format, this summit brings you professional information and personalized commercial solutions to help connect different players in the OSV ecosystem.

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CDMC, Contact:Elva QIU,  Email:elvaq@cdmc.org.cn