container freight rates, enabling shipping companies to invest their profits into increasing their shipping capacity.
The contracting activity at shipyards worldwide was generally growing between May 2020 and March 2021, while April and May of 2021 saw fewer orders for new ships than the previous months. Orders for new container ships accounted for most of the new orders at the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. This surge in demand for new container ships was caused by the growing New orders of commercial ships globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by ship type (in million dwt)
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- Premium Statistic Size of the global shipbuilding market 2020-2030
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- Premium Statistic Global shipbuilding order book 2022, by vessel type
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Companies
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- Premium Statistic Leading Chinese shipbuilding companies on the Fortune China 500 ranking 2022
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Shipbreaking
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- Premium Statistic Number of commercial vessels dismantled worldwide 2013-2022
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- Premium Statistic Shipping tonnage sold for demolition worldwide 2014-2021
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- Profit/(loss) of the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri Group 2011-2019
- Number of total rival vessel arrivals at Hong Kong ports Q3 2019, by vessel type
- Share of EEDI-compliant new build fleet worldwide by ship type 2017
- Number of employees of the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri Group 2011-2019
- Number of total ocean vessel arrivals at Hong Kong ports Q3 2019, by vessel type
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Statista. (August 13, 2021). New orders of commercial ships globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by ship type (in million dwt) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257607/global-contracting-activity-by-ship-type/
Statista. "New orders of commercial ships globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by ship type (in million dwt)." Chart. August 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257607/global-contracting-activity-by-ship-type/
Statista. (2021). New orders of commercial ships globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by ship type (in million dwt). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257607/global-contracting-activity-by-ship-type/
Statista. "New Orders of Commercial Ships Globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by Ship Type (in Million Dwt)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257607/global-contracting-activity-by-ship-type/
Statista, New orders of commercial ships globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by ship type (in million dwt) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257607/global-contracting-activity-by-ship-type/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
New orders of commercial ships globally from May 2020 to May 2021, by ship type (in million dwt) [Graph], Statista, August 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257607/global-contracting-activity-by-ship-type/