Name: 美國造船業崩潰！恐威脅國家與經濟安全 | 60 Minutes (Collapse of U.S. shipbuilding poses national and economic security risks | 60 Minutes)
Uploaded: 2026-03-23T21:38:23.000Z
Duration: 13 min 8 s
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程度副詞

The war in Iran is highlighting the importance of ships, not just warships, but

伊朗的戰爭凸顯了船隻的重要性，不只是 warships，還有

cargo vessels, like those carrying oil or gas trapped near the Strait of Hormuz.

cargo vessels，像是那些載運石油或天然氣，被困在 Strait of Hormuz 附近。

轉承詞

But American shipbuilding is in shambles due to decades of shortsighted policies and neglect.

但美國的 shipbuilding，因為幾十年來短視的政策和疏忽，已經一片混亂。

Our submarine building program is sluggish, and our commercial shipbuilding is nearly extinct.

我們的 submarine building program 慢吞吞，commercial shipbuilding 幾乎滅絕了。

China makes roughly 1,000 cargo ships a year; the U.S.

中國一年大約生產 1,000 艘 cargo ships；美國

The Trump administration has called this a national security crisis, but can this ship be turned around?

川普政府稱這是 national security crisis，但這艘船能被挽救嗎？

This is the Philadelphia Shipyard, one of only two left in the U.S.

這裡是 Philadelphia Shipyard，美國僅存的兩間造船廠之一。

Once a symbol of American might and innovation, ships built here helped win our independence in the 18th century and World War II in the 20th.

這裡曾是 American might 和創新的象徵，在這裡建造的船隻，幫助我們贏得了 18 世紀的獨立和 20 世紀的第二次世界大戰。

This shipyard has become a symbol of American industrial decline, a money loser falling decades behind our global rivals.

這座造船廠已成為美國工業衰退的象徵，一個賠錢貨，遠遠落後我們的 global rivals。

而且它還在使用 1942 年的 crane。

Now, talk about a metaphor of how far behind we are.

現在，這簡直是我們落後程度的隱喻。

A lot of times people call it a dinosaur.

Almost everything that you've seen out there.

David Kim, the new head of the Philly Shipyard, showed us around.

Philadelphia Shipyard 的新負責人 David Kim 帶我們參觀。

He works for Hanwha, a giant shipmaker from South Korea, the country making most ships after China.

他為來自 South Korea 的大型 shipmaker Hanwha 工作，該國是僅次於中國製造最多 ships 的國家。

Hanwha bought the yard in 2024 for $100 million, then poured in another $100 million and tasked Kim, a Korean-American born and bred in Texas, to bring it into the 21st century.

Hanwha 於 2024 年以 1 億美元收購了該船廠，然後又投入了 1 億美元，並指派在德州出生長大的韓裔美國人 Kim，將其帶入 21 世紀。

How many ships do you actually make here?

Here at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, we deliver 1 to 1 and a half ships a year, versus our yard in Korea where they deliver basically one a week.

在 Hanwha Philly Shipyard，我們一年交貨 1 到 1.5 艘 ships，相較之下，我們在韓國的船廠一週就能交貨一艘。

One a year for delivery versus one a week?

is considered a national security threat because if there's a conflict with China, for instance, Beijing could weaponize its substantial merchant fleet and cut us off from global goods.

被視為 national security crisis，因為如果發生與中國的衝突，例如，北京可能會武器化其龐大的 merchant fleet，並切斷我們與 global goods 的聯繫。

Hanwha plans to spend $5 billion in Philly and has already sent 50 trainers from Korea to teach American workers.

Hanwha 計畫在 Philly 投入 50 億美元，並且已經從韓國派遣了 50 名訓練師來教導美國工人。

Our aspiration is to get to up to 20 ships a year here at the shipyard.

我們的目標是讓這個船廠一年能生產高達 20 艘 ships。

And we're looking to grow the workforce by, call it, 7 to 10 thousand people.

我們希望將人力增加 7 到 10 千人。

Only there's a huge shortage in the U.S. of skilled labor in shipbuilding, including welders and pipe fitters.

只是美國在 shipbuilding 領域，包括焊工和管路工，有嚴重的技術勞工短缺。

This work is grueling: freezing in winter, scorching in summer, and it's dangerous.

這工作非常辛苦：冬天凍得要命，夏天熱得像烤箱，而且很危險。

And while the yard has a training program, it can only train 20 or so new hires at a time,

雖然船廠有訓練計畫，但一次只能訓練大約 20 名新進員工，

Still, apprentices Justin, Jeff, and Meg told us this beats their old jobs.

不過，學徒 Justin、Jeff 和 Meg 告訴我們，這份工作比他們以前的工作好多了。

我以前在 Amazon 做過雜貨揀貨員。

Before this job, I was a cake decorator at a bakery.

在這份工作之前，我曾在一家麵包店做過蛋糕裝飾師。

If you were to pitch this job and this place to a friend, what would you say?

如果你要推薦這份工作和這個地方給朋友，你會怎麼說？

I would tell my friend that instead of paying out of pocket to go to a trade school, you're getting paid while you learn here, the entire time.

我會告訴我的朋友，與其自己花錢去讀技職學校，你可以在這裡邊做邊學，全程都有薪水。

但工作條件不是真的很辛苦嗎？

Granted, I'm more tired, but it's more fulfilling to me.

說實話，我會比較累，但對我來說更有成就感。

Makes you feel like you're something, part of something bigger.

讓你覺得自己很重要，是更大事的一部分。

But not only are workers scarce and the yard outdated, the Philly Shipyard has to bring key components to the U.S., such as propellers and even the engine.

但不僅是工人短缺、廠房老舊，費城造船廠還得把關鍵零件，像是螺旋槳，甚至是引擎都運來美國。

So ships that take six months to build in Korea or China can take twice as long here and cost five times as much.

所以，在韓國或中國需要六個月才能造好的船，在這裡可能要花兩倍的時間，而且貴上五倍。

There's no doubt that we have challenges and headwinds,

毫無疑問，我們面臨著挑戰和逆風，

but I also think we have a unique moment in time.

但我也認為我們正處於一個獨特的時刻。

Michael Coulter, who's Hanwha's top executive in charge of U.S.

Hanwha 在美國的營運總管 Michael Coulter 表示，

operations, says the way to lower prices is scale up production.

降低價格的方法就是擴大生產規模。

So you're saying if we build more ships, then the cost per ship will come down?

所以你的意思是，如果我們造更多船，每艘船的成本就會降低嗎？

He took us to Hanwha Shipyard in Korea, where nine ships are being built at once, four in a row like Lego sets the size of football fields.

他帶我們參觀了韓國的 Hanwha Shipyard，那裡同時在建造九艘船，四艘一排，就像樂高積木一樣，尺寸大到像足球場。

Steel chunks bigger than buildings hover over the ground.

比建築物還大的鋼塊懸停在半空中。

They're lifted above the water, or they just glide by.

它們被吊到水面上，或是就這樣滑過去。

He showed us how far ahead they are technologically: rows and rows of robots.

他向我們展示了他們在技術上的領先程度：一排排的機器人。

But even with all the automation, the human workforce keeps growing.

但即使有這麼多自動化，人力卻不斷增加。

There are over 26,000 workers on site, many getting around on low-tech because this place is so vast.

現場有超過 26,000 名工人，因為這個地方太大了，很多人靠著低科技的交通工具移動。

And the yard keeps hiring, training 400 workers at once, way more than the 20 in Philly.

而且這個船廠還在持續招聘，一次訓練 400 名工人，遠比費城的 20 人多。

And they're taught using cutting-edge virtual reality.

他們透過最先進的虛擬實境來學習。

It's a dance of tech, cranes, trucks, and bikes.

這是一場科技、起重機、卡車和自行車的協奏曲。

And this yard also builds military vessels, including submarines, which the U.S.

這個船廠也建造軍艦，包括潛艦，這正是美國。

desperately needs since our fleet is aging and we can barely make new ones.

迫切需要的，因為我們的艦隊正在老化，而且我們幾乎無法製造新的。

From a Hanwha perspective, we build great submarines.

從 Hanwha 的角度來看，我們建造很棒的潛艦。

government that if they so wish, we will build submarines for them in the United States and in Philadelphia, just like we do in Korea.

政府，如果他們願意，我們可以在美國和費城為他們建造潛艦，就像我們在韓國做的一樣。

Is the ultimate goal for your company to build nuclear submarines for the U.S.

貴公司最終的目標是不是要為美國海軍建造核動力潛艦？

美國的潛艦計畫走錯方向了，我們認為我們可以幫忙。

Submarine program in the United States is heading in the wrong direction, and we think we can help.

Hanwha 表示想協助美國的另一種方式是

Another way Hanwha says it wants to help the U.S.

is with transporting liquefied natural gas, or LNG, hoping to build these giant LNG tankers in Philly.

是透過運輸液化天然氣，也就是 LNG，希望能在費城建造這些巨大的 LNG 船。

The United States is the largest producer of natural gas.

And yet we don't have any LNG ships that we make ourselves.

然而我們沒有任何自己製造的 LNG 船。

While we export LNG on foreign carriers to over 30 countries.

我們將 LNG 透過外國貨輪出口到三十多個國家。

One country we don't send it to is other parts of the United States.

其中一個我們沒辦法運送 LNG 的地方就是美國境內其他地區。

Colin Greybow, a trade expert at the Libertarian Cato Institute, explains that a century-old law called the Jones Act requires that any cargo shipped between U.S.

自由主義智庫 Cato Institute 的貿易專家 Colin Greybow 解釋，一項稱為瓊斯法案（Jones Act）的百年老法規定，任何在美國之間運送的貨物