Top private shipowners and shipbuilders joined state-owned financiers on the podium last week at the annual conference of the Shanghai Shipbrokers Club (SSC).

The Shipbro forum heard management of private shipowners and operators, including Seacon Ships Management and Union Faith Marine, as well as Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding, Keppel Nantong Shipyard and Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry, discuss the outlook for their sectors.