Switzerland’s Mediterranean Shipping Company, the largest container shipping company in the world in terms of cargo capacity, ordered three container ships from Dalian in March 2021 and another six in January 2022. In a near perfect encapsulation of the growing worry over “dual-use” technology, the same dry dock where the Type 003 currently sits was previously occupied by a CMA CGM container ship.Ĭompanies from other leading democracies are likewise pumping capital into China’s shipbuilding industry. These orders include some of the world's largest container ships powered by liquified natural gas (LNG), many of which were built at Jiangnan. French shipping titan CMA CGM has placed at least 46 orders totaling several billion dollars with a handful of Chinese shipyards since 2017. It should raise more than a few eyebrows in Taipei that Taiwan’s premier shipping company is pouring money into the coffers of shipyards assembling warships for the Chinese navy.Įvergreen is by no means the only foreign firm that relies on China’s shipbuilding prowess. The island lives under constant pressure from Beijing, which seeks to unify Taiwan with the Chinese mainland, by force if necessary. Buying merchant ships from China presents a real security concern for Taiwan.
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