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According to latest records released by the Institute of Shipping &
Logistics Bremen the total world merchant fleet, comprising ships of 300
gross tones and over, stood at 1 January 2005, 39,932 ships with a tonnage
of 880.0 million deadweight and container ships with a total slot capacity
of 9.4 milllion TEUs.
Compared with last year’s figures, the tonnage increased by 5.7 per cent and
in TEU by 9.1 per cent.
The Institute said in the period 2001-05, the average growth rate for total
dwt tonnage supply was 3.3 per cent, which represents in absolute terms an
increase of 109 million dwt of tgeh world merchant fleet.
As of January 1 2005, the world tanker tonnage (oil products, iol/chemicals,
pure chemical and liquid gas) had a share of 41.4 per cent of the world
merchant fleet with a capacity of 368.4 million dwt.
The bulk carrier fleet at the beginning of 2005 had a share of 36 per cent
of the world merchant fleet, equaling 319 million dwt while container
tonnage share increased by 9.6 per cent bringing the total to 99 million dwt,
or slot capacity totalling 7.2 million TEUs.
Container ships made up 10.7 per cent of the world merchant fleet size.
The world order book, in terms of dwt, grew by 32.8 per cent compared to
last years´s January results.
As of January 1st, 2005, the order book stood at an all-time record
including 3,948 ships with 215.7 mill dwt and 91.5 mill cgt. The tanker
tonnage clearly dominates the world order book. |
