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Indian National Shipowners’ Association

3.16 World Merchant Fleet Development - By Ship Type

(Ships of 300 GT and over)
% share % share % share % share DWT %
No. of 1000 1000 1000
Year/Ship type of world of world of world of world change over
ships GT DWT TEU
total total total total prev. period
TOTAL FLEET
2017 January 1st 53060 100.0 1186898 100.0 1779086 100.0 22355 100.0 3.3
2018 January 1st 53938 100.0 1228672 100.0 1840338 100.0 23133 100.0 3.4
2019 January 1st 54672 100.0 1266660 100.0 1889112 100.0 24328 100.0 2.7
2020 January 1st 55655 100.0 1320140 100.0 1970526 100.0 25227 100.0 4.3
2021 January 1st 56899 100.0 1359675 100.0 2033626 100.0 25858 100.0 3.2
Average yearly growth
Jan. 1st 2017 - 2021 1.6 3.5 3.4 3.7
Crude Oil and Product Tankers
2017 January 1st 7642 14.4 254302 21.4 469887 26.4 1 0.0 5.5
2018 January 1st 7791 14.4 266176 21.7 492228 26.7 1 0.0 4.8
2019 January 1st 7860 14.4 268167 21.2 496031 26.3 1 0.0 0.8
2020 January 1st 8033 14.4 283253 21.5 524750 26.6 1 0.0 5.8
2021 January 1st 8184 14.4 290796 21.4 538819 26.5 1 0.0 2.7
Average yearly growth 1.7 3.4 3.5
Jan. 1st 2017-2021
Oil Chemical and Pure Chemical Tankers
2017 January 1st 5433 10.2 67580 5.7 108510 6.1 - - 6.6
2018 January 1st 5624 10.4 70914 5.8 113735 6.2 - - 4.8
2019 January 1st 5750 10.5 72940 5.8 117009 6.2 - - 2.9
2020 January 1st 5914 10.6 76244 5.8 122404 6.2 - - 4.6
2021 January 1st 6061 10.7 79109 5.8 127023 6.2 - - 3.8
Average yearly growth 2.8 4.0 4.0
Jan. 1st 2017-2021
Liquid Gas Tankers
2017 January 1st 1850 3.5 66918 5.6 59477 3.3 - - 9.2
2018 January 1st 1932 3.6 72133 5.9 64277 3.5 - - 8.1
2019 January 1st 1980 3.6 78062 6.2 68792 3.6 - - 7.0
2020 January 1st 2035 3.7 83802 6.3 73491 3.7 - - 6.8
2021 January 1st 2097 3.7 88175 6.5 77490 3.8 - - 5.4
Average yearly growth 3.2 7.1 6.8
Jan. 1st 2017-2021
Bulk Carriers
2017 January 1st 10015 18.9 383633 32.3 697350 39.2 55 0.2 2.7
2018 January 1st 10226 19.0 394985 32.1 718029 39.0 46 0.2 3.0
2019 January 1st 10377 19.0 401736 31.7 730271 38.7 42 0.2 1.7
2020 January 1st 10657 19.1 415461 31.5 755443 38.3 39 0.2 3.4
2021 January 1st 10996 19.3 433223 31.9 788197 38.8 35 0.1 4.3
Average yearly growth
Jan. 1st 2017-2021 2.4 3.1 3.1 -11.0
Other Bulk Carriers including OBOs
2017 January 1st 1389 2.6 43400 3.7 78135 4.4 1 0.0 -0.5
2018 January 1st 1419 2.6 43372 3.5 78087 4.2 1 0.0 -0.1
2019 January 1st 1458 2.7 48339 3.8 87740 4.6 1 0.0 12.4
2020 January 1st 1487 2.7 51459 3.9 93871 4.8 1 0.0 7.0
2021 January 1st 1547 2.7 51099 3.8 93519 4.6 1 0.0 -0.4
Average yearly growth 2.7 4.2 4.6 0.2
Jan. 1st 2017-2021
Container Ships
2017 January 1st 5183 9.8 217284 18.3 245895 13.8 20003 89.5 0.6
2018 January 1st 5190 9.6 224655 18.3 253071 13.8 20823 90.0 2.9
2019 January 1st 5301 9.7 236927 18.7 265672 14.1 22027 90.5 5.0
2020 January 1st 5360 9.6 245970 18.6 274656 13.9 22948 91.0 3.4
2021 January 1st 5418 9.5 252238 18.6 281440 13.8 23618 91.3 2.5
Average yearly growth 1.1 3.8 3.4 4.2
Jan. 1st 2017-2021

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