Marine transportation technology is the indispensable element requried for the marine exploration, ocean development, ocean resources management and maintaining China's maritime rights and interests. This paper identifies China's strategic needs for the the development of the marine transportation engineering capabilities and technology. At the same time, it also provides a in-depth analysis of the domestic and international development situation to map out the developmental direction and trends of future marine transportation engineering and technology in terms of the strategic positions, goals, strategic tasks and key areas of development for marine transportation equipment in China. Finally, this paper puts forward some policy measures and advice for the relevant departments of the industry to consider.