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　　On the morning of June 3,Shanghai International Shipping Research Center released for the first time three reports:global port development report(2010),China Shipping prosperity report(first quarter of 2011),and China Shipping prosperity report(2010 review and 2011 forecast).The report shows that in 2010,with the general recovery of the global economy,the port industry has achieved a steady recovery;it is expected that in 2011,China's shipping industry will generally maintain a"cautious and optimistic"development trend,but the operation pressure of shipping enterprises will be greater.

　　Shanghai Port:Double Champion wins second place

　　After considering the development of transportation production,infrastructure,operation and management and sustainable development,the report ranked the comprehensive development of 50 major ports in the world.Among them,Singapore port won the first place with 90.01 comprehensive development index,Shanghai Port ranked second with 87.91,and Hong Kong ranked third with 87.85.

　　The staff of the research center said that although Shanghai port was the"double champion"in container throughput and cargo throughput in the world in 2010,its comprehensive development level still ranked behind Singapore port.The key lies in the improvement of comprehensive management level and sustainable development of Shanghai port.

　　The market capacity has been surplus,and the willingness to invest is still high

　　According to the statistics of China Shipping prosperity report(2010 review and 2011 forecast),the overall development trend of China's shipping industry is good in 2010.However,in 2011,considering the impact of factors such as the slowdown of global economic recovery and the adjustment of China's economic structure,the report holds a"cautious and optimistic"attitude towards the overall prosperity of China's shipping industry,and predicts that China's shipping industry may experience a"double dip".

　　The data in China shipping business report(first quarter of 2011)also supports this forecast.In the first quarter of 2011,China's shipping boom index was 102.02 points,down 11.43 points from the previous period,approaching the boom dividing line.More than half of the shipping companies believe that the current development of China's shipping industry is"average".

　　According to the staff of the research center,among the shipping enterprises,port enterprises and shipping service enterprises,the overall operation of China's shipping industry is the most sluggish this year.According to statistics,in the first quarter of 2011,the business climate index of shipping enterprises was only 84.47 points,down 15.17 points from the previous period,and entered the recession range.

　　The report points out that one of the main reasons for the increase in operating pressure of shipping enterprises is the drop in freight rates,the rise in costs and the compression of profit margin.In addition,there is a risk of imbalance between supply and demand in China's shipping industry.After investigation,China's shipping market has excess capacity,but the willingness to invest in transport capacity is still high.Under the condition that the profit space is compressed,the continuous delivery of transport capacity will aggravate the risk of imbalance between supply and demand in the shipping market.(excerpt from Shanghai Wenwei PO)