Recently, good news came from the Thick Plate Sales Department of Shandong Steel Marketing Corporation: Shandong Steel has won bids for two large polar cruise ship projects for a well-known domestic shipyard, totaling more than 15,000 tons of thick plates. Among them, high-end products such as FH40 high-grade ship plates (Introduction) and narrow tolerance ship plates account for more than 60%, further consolidating Shandong Steel Group's position in the high-end polar ship sector.
With global warming, the strategic value of the "Ice Silk Road" is becoming increasingly prominent, and polar development and polar shipping are becoming new growth poles for the global marine economy. "The development and promotion of polar steel has become a prerequisite for entering the supply chain of polar shipbuilding and polar resource extraction equipment. Since the beginning of this year, we have focused on the core goal of 'high market share and high profitability' and have been working hard to cultivate high-end niche markets such as marine engineering vessels and energy equipment," said Zhou Ping, senior marketing specialist of the Thick Plate Sales Department of the Marketing Headquarters.
In the early stages of project bidding, the Heavy Plate Sales Department of the Marketing Headquarters, together with the technical and production departments, conducted multiple on-site visits to gain a proactive understanding of user needs. The production, sales, and R&D team strictly controls the performance and quality stability of products, precisely matching the high standards required for steel in polar vessels, such as low-temperature toughness and corrosion resistance. Ultimately, thanks to its comprehensive end-to-end support service plan, it stood out from the fierce competition and successfully won the bid for the project.