信德海事网-专业海事信息咨询服务平台 登录 | 注册 [ 设为首页 ] [ 加入收藏 ] 中文版 ENGLISH WeChat Mobile --> --> ENGLISH   >   PEOPLE --> Reflections on China, Dry Bulk and the Year Ahead 2026-02-24 12:02 By： xinde marine news 分享： --> --> --> 评论 --> --> By Dimitris Monioudis, Chair of INTERCARGO’s Technical Committee As the shipping industry marks Chinese New Year, it offers a natural moment to pause and reflect on direction, momentum and the forces shaping global trade. For dry bulk shipping in particular, those reflections increasingly lead back to China. My recent engagement at Marintec China and Pudong Shipping Week once again underlined China’s central role in the global maritime landscape and its growing influence on how the dry bulk sector is evolving. Having engaged with China’s maritime industry for more than 25 years, and with Shanghai in particular, the pace and scale of change still catches me off guard. What stood out most during my December visit was not simply the volume of activity or the scale of investment, but how quickly ideas are now being translated into operational reality. Marintec and Pudong Shipping Week provided a concentrated snapshot of a maritime ecosystem that is confident, technically capable and increasingly focused on practical outcomes. China is no longer only a global centre for shipbuilding and maritime trade. It is increasingly shaping how technologies are developed, tested, refined and, in some cases, applied at scale. That shift was visible not only in formal sessions, but in the tone of conversations taking place on the exhibition floor and in smaller, informal meetings throughout the week. From a dry bulk perspective, this matters. Dry bulk shipping remains fundamental to the functioning of the global economy, enabling the movement of essential commodities that underpin industrial activity, food security and energy supply. Yet the sector also operates under intense pressure, balancing commercial realities with rising regulatory expecta