CCTV News: Since the beginning of this year, many independent brand car companies in China have stepped up their efforts to deploy overseas markets, increased investment in the formation of ocean-going transport fleets, and took capacity into their own hands. What does this mean for independent car companies entering the international market? How is their fleet size? Let’s learn about it together.

On May 15, at Shanghai Haitong International Automobile Terminal, this 9500-stop ro-ro ship independently built by SAIC Group was officially delivered and rushed to Europe for the first time. This ro-ro-ro ship named "Anji Ansheng" is currently one of the largest car transport ships with a maximum navigation speed of 19 knots.

Not only SAIC, in late April this year, the car transport ship BYD "Shenzhen" with a load capacity of more than 9,000 parking spaces was delivered in Jiangsu, and then the voyage to Brazil began. It is understood that BYD has launched four ocean-going car transport ships.

On January 21 this year, Chery's first ocean-going car transport ship was forthcoming in Europe. The second car transport ship will be launched in June this year, and the third is being built. GAC has jointly built a Robo-Ro-Ro-Road Transportation Company with China Merchants Shipbuilding to ensure the stability of the entire vehicle's position in overseas markets. It has also released the "European Strategy", and plans to complete the construction of European transit warehouses by 2025 to achieve localized coverage of the entire chain of "manufacturing-transportation-service".

Independent shipping reduces costs and improves the global supply chain

Many Chinese independent brand car companies have formed their own ocean-going transport fleets, which not only helps reduce transportation costs and ensures the safety and stability of the supply chain.

At present, "increasing efforts to expand overseas markets" has become the consensus of most Chinese auto companies. However, for a long time, the automobile shipping market has been dominated by Japanese and Korean companies. The high rental costs have greatly increased the cost of products. In addition, the sometimes delayed ship schedules and tight cabin space pressures have greatly compressed the profit space of Chinese auto companies.

On the other hand, as China's automobile export scale continues to expand, existing international shipping resources are difficult to meet China's growing automobile export demand. But the positive thing is that China's shipbuilding industry has ranked first in the global market for 15 consecutive years, and has accumulated strong technology and sufficient production capacity. Therefore, many car companies have begun to actively strive for the initiative of ocean shipping, which not only ensures the safety and stability of the supply chain, but also helps reduce transportation costs.

Liu Yan, Deputy Secretary-General of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers: From "borrowing ships to sea" to "building ships for a long voyage", it not only effectively enhances the resilience and stability of the supply chain, but also further breaks the international shipping monopoly, grasps the voice of China's automobile industry in the global value chain, so that Chinese brands can better "go global".