China Shipbuilding Industry Co., the nation’s largest maker of vessel equipment, plans to raise at least 6.4 billion yuan ($937 million) selling shares as China tries to pare its reliance on Japanese and Korean marine engines.

The Shanghai initial public offering will help fund 22
projects, boosting the company’s capacity to make engines and other
parts, according to a stock exchange statement today. The price range
for the sale, comprising as many as 1.995 billion shares, or a 30
percent stake, will be announced on Dec. 3.

Chinese companies have raised 141.5 billion yuan in mainland initial
public offerings this year, 37 percent more than in the whole of last
year, as a state stimulus helps the nation’s economy weather a global
recession. The government wants locally made components to account for
80 percent of Chinese-made vessels by 2015, as part of a wider drive to
surpass South Korea as the world’s biggest shipbuilding nation.

“In the mid and long-term, China Shipbuilding will benefit from the
government’s push to develop the local industry,” said Zhou Fengwu, an
analyst at Orient Securities Co. in Shanghai. “At present though, the
ship-equipment industry is in the same boat as the shipbuilders, which
are all suffering from falling orders.”

Orders Slump

The nation’s new-ship orders fell 70 percent to 16.9 million deadweight
tons in the first nine months, according to the China Association of
National Shipbuilding Industry, as the global recession and slumping
trade damped demand. The total backlog stood at 192.4 million
deadweight tons at the end of September, down 6 percent from the
beginning of the year, according to the group.

Calls to China Shipbuilding, which also makes military products,
including missile launchers and telecommunications equipment, went
unanswered. China International Capital Corp. will manage the stock
offering. The shares will be sold to institutional investors on Dec. 4
and retail investors on Dec. 7.

Chinese shipbuilders delivered 23 million tons in the first nine
months, compared with 20.7 million tons for the whole of 2008. China’s
ship-equipment makers reported a 43 percent increase in industrial
output to 43.8 billion yuan in the period, according to the
association.

China Shipbuilding has benefited from government subsidies, which
accounted for 21 percent of profit in the first half. Last year, net
income rose 52 percent to 1.22 billion yuan, the statement said. Sales
jumped 41 percent to 16.1 billion yuan.

Shipbuilding Push

Parent China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. and China State Shipbuilding
Corp. make more than 70 percent of dry-bulk vessels worldwide. China
wants to surpass South Korea as the world’s biggest shipbuilder by
2015.

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp., which owns 97 percent of the unit
selling shares, will keep at least 65 percent after the sale to
maintain management control.

Chinese investors’ enthusiasm for new stock offerings has waned
following more than 60 sales since June. China Merchants Securities Co.
climbed 8.4 percent on its trading debut on Nov. 17, the smallest
first-day gain this year, after raising 11.1 billion yuan in a share
sale.

The Shanghai Composite Index has also fallen about 7 percent since
reaching a year-to-date high on Aug. 4. The index had jumped 91 percent
this year up to then.

Global shipbuilding contracts fell 85 percent in the first nine months,
according to Clarkson Plc, the world’s largest shipbroker. South Korea
and China won 88 percent of those orders. The two nations hold 73
percent of the total global ship-order backlog, according to Clarkson.

Shipowners have canceled new ships or asked for delivery delays as
shrinking global trade and lower rates cause them to report losses.
Container lines worldwide may lose at least $20 billion in 2009, the
Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said on Oct. 7, citing Drewry
Shipping Consultants Ltd., as an increase in new vessels has created a
capacity glut.

Source: Bloomberg

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