2025 North Bund International Shipping Forum releases eight industry achievements
On October 20, 2025, the 2025 North Bund International Shipping Forum was held as scheduled, and eight achievements focusing on the forefront of the industry were released on site.
The forum released three key achievements on site, namely "China has preliminarily established a technical specification system for green ships and offshore facilities", "Establishment and service measures of the Chart Service Innovation Alliance and release of innovative achievements for the S-100 series products", and "Compilation of the completion and delivery of the" Shenda ".
Among them, the Chart Service Innovation Alliance aims to build a modern maritime security system and enhance the comprehensive level of chart production and data resource development and utilization in China. The first batch of service measures launched by the alliance covers the needs of multiple fields of marine economy. Including S-100 data products, providing international standard data such as next-generation electronic nautical charts, high-density water depth, tidal currents, etc; Integrating official nautical charts and land map elements into one map, providing integrated marine geographic information; Personalized services for nautical chart thematic element data, supporting the massive demand for thematic data in fields such as shipping and scientific research.
The "Shenda" is a new type of deep diving working mother ship of the Ministry of Transport's salvage system. It is a deep diving working mother ship with strong operational capabilities independently designed and constructed by China, representing the level of emergency rescue and deep-water marine engineering equipment in China.
At the Financial and Insurance Forum, three new achievements were also released. Among them, the Oil Transport Professional Committee of the China Coastal Bulk Freight Index Editorial Committee officially initiated the establishment of the China Coastal Finished Oil Freight Standard System. This system is a comprehensive optimization based on the China Coastal Refined Oil Freight Index, designed more scientifically and reasonably, and has great potential for promotion and regulatory value.
The total tonnage of China Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association's P&I insurance membership has exceeded 100 million, which has also been announced as a result. The total tonnage of insured members of the association has increased from 470000 at the beginning of its establishment in 1984 to 100 million currently, with an average annual growth rate of 14%. This achievement marks a solid step forward for the China Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association in promoting the implementation of the task of "improving the underwriting capacity and global service level of shipping insurance"; This marks the further consolidation of the association's position as an Asian protection and indemnity association, and the further enhancement of its international competitiveness and influence.
The Shanghai Shipping Insurance Association has released the "Electric Vehicle Shipping Fire Reduction Plan". This plan focuses on the maritime safety issues in the global electric vehicle export field, providing technical support and systematic solutions to effectively resolve major risks in the maritime transportation of new energy vehicle exports, and helping to maintain the stability of China's shipping finance and industrial chain security. It is a milestone cross industry achievement.
The "Digital and Intelligent Forum" has released two achievements. Among them, Shanghai Jiao Tong University released the "Unmanned Production Line Established by the Shipbuilding Group" in the form of a video, which achieved technological breakthroughs in the field of intelligent manufacturing through automation equipment and digital twin technology, realizing unmanned operations throughout the entire process.
China COSCO Shipping Bulk Transport Co., Ltd., China COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and China Classification Society signed a cooperation framework agreement on "Conceptual Digital Ships Based on Digital Delivery". This agreement, guided by the "White Paper on Digital Ships", based on the "Digital Delivery Guidelines for Ships" released by China Classification Society, and using the 325000 deadweight ton mineral sand ship demonstration project as a practical carrier, not only marks a new chapter in tripartite cooperation, but also adds new impetus to the digital transformation of the shipping industry. This paragraph needs to be expressed in a different way at the beginning