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Annual Review 2021

3.10 World Merchant Fleet Development By Ship Type

(Ships of 300 GT and over)
2017 January 2018 January 2019 January 2020 July 2021 July DWT %
Category of Ships 1000 1000 1000 1000 change over share of
No. No. No. 1000 DWT No. No.
DWT DWT DWT DWT previous year total
Crude oil and product tankers 7642 469887 7791 492228 7860 496031 8099 532216 8243 546958 2.8 26.4
Oil chemical/chemical tankers 5433 108510 5624 113735 5750 117009 5977 124994 6094 128308 2.7 6.2
Liquid gas tankers 1850 59477 1896 64277 1980 68792 2066 75430 2138 80913 7.3 3.9
Bulk carriers 10015 697350 10226 718029 10377 730271 10872 775338 11175 803977 3.7 38.8

Other bulk carriers including ore 1389 78135 1419 78087 1458 87740 1538 92795 1575 94703 2.1 4.6
Container ships 5183 245895 5190 253071 5301 265672 5370 276556 5493 287154 3.8 13.9
Conventional cargo ships 12388 51892 12342 51364 12252 51534 12248 49225 12465 49833 1.2 2.4
Special cargo ships 1558 37179 1596 38506 1649 40554 1936 45605 1969 46708 2.4 2.3
Pure car carriers 779 12231 782 12427 785 12561 764 12329 759 12248 -0.7 0.6
Reefer ships 762 4325 742 4142 724 4020 706 3889 696 3866 -0.6 0.2
Ro-ro cargo ships 1561 7530 1592 7612 1636 7830 1663 7952 1728 8120 2.0 0.4
Passenger ships/cruise 1786 2341 1902 2440 2005 2550 2104 2726 2175 2724 -0.1 0.1
Passenger Ro-Ro cargo ships 2714 4335 2800 4420 2895 4546 3017 4677 3078 4773 2.1 0.2

Total 53060 1779086 53902 1840338 54672 1889112 56360 2003733 57588 2070283 3.3 100.0
Source: ISL Shipping Statistics & Market Review

3.11 Additions to World Merchant Fleet - By Ship Type

(Ships of 300 GT and over)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 DWT %
Category of Ships 1000 1000 1000 1000 change over share of
No. No. No. 1000 DWT No. No.
DWT DWT DWT DWT previous year total
Crude oil and product tankers 205 26261 254 33017 242 24247 253 32530 143 18803 -42.2 21.5
Oil chemical/chemical tankers 226 7081 200 5521 202 4794 213 6192 179 5037 -18.7 5.7
Liquid gas tankers 126 5976 107 4749 96 5886 86 5083 90 4648 -8.6 5.3

Bulk carriers 519 43778 401 32905 235 17548 369 30664 423 38950 27.0 44.4
Other bulk carriers including ore 27 2162 29 4024 40 9787 55 9596 39 8828 -2.2 9.8
Container ships 132 10133 153 12500 175 14070 165 11377 137 9228 -18.9 10.5
Conventional cargo ships 96 540 82 515 72 466 147 765 104 614 -19.8 0.7
Special cargo ships 64 2013 48 1785 50 1364 62 1871 30 1077 -42.4 1.2
Pure car carriers 24 376 24 467 15 254 5 82 8 134 62.8 0.2
Reefer ships 3.00 41.00 8 85 6 62 2 20 -67.3 -

Ro-ro cargo ships 27 170 32 275 26 206 43 286 18 102 -64.3 0.1
Passenger ships/cruise 57 108 66 99 71 120 100 146 46 97 -33.5 0.1
Passenger Ro-Ro cargo ships 63 109 71 119 98 142 89 132 61 117 -11.5 0.1
Total 1566 98707 1470 96018 1330 78969 1593 98788 1280 87655 -11.3 100.0
Source: ISL Shipping Statistics & Market Review

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