major shipbuilding nations in 2020.
Nearly 5,600 container ships were serving sea routes worldwide in 2022. China, Japan, and South Korea were the world's Number of container ships in the global merchant fleet from 2011 to 2022
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Other statistics that may interest you Water transportation industry worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Transport volume of worldwide maritime trade 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Seaborne trade - goods loaded and unloaded 2006-2021
- Premium Statistic Carrying capacity of the world merchant fleet 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Global merchant fleet by type - capacity 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of merchant ships by type 2022
Shipbuilding
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Ports and terminals
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- Premium Statistic Largest container ports worldwide based on throughput 2022
- Premium Statistic Global container port capacity 2002-2024
- Premium Statistic Global container port capacity by terminal operator 2018&2023
- Premium Statistic Breakdown of automated container terminals by country or territory 2021
- Premium Statistic Major marine terminal operators worldwide based on throughput 2021
Container shipping
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- Premium Statistic Projected size of the container shipping market worldwide 2020-2028
- Premium Statistic Capacity of container ships in seaborne trade 1980-2023
- Premium Statistic Global number of container ships 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Size of container ship fleet 2022, by nationality of operator
- Premium Statistic Leading container ship operators - owned and chartered TEUs 2024
General and bulk cargo shipping
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- Premium Statistic Dry cargo in international maritime trade 1970-2021
- Premium Statistic Main bulk cargo in international maritime trade 1970-2021
- Premium Statistic Tanker freight in international maritime trade 1970-2021
- Basic Statistic Capacity of general cargo vessels in seaborne trade 1980-2022
- Premium Statistic Capacity of oil tankers in seaborne trade 1980-2022
Freight forwarding
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Ocean cruise industry
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- Premium Statistic Size of the ocean cruise ship market worldwide 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of global ocean cruise passengers 2009-2027
- Premium Statistic Number of global ocean cruise passengers 2019-2023, by source market
- Premium Statistic Average passenger capacity of ocean-going cruise vessels worldwide 2018-2026
Maritime choke points
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- Premium Statistic Panama Canal: number of transits 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of transits in the Suez Canal 1976-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of transits through the Turkish Straits 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of transits through the Malacca Straits 2000-2017
- Basic Statistic Oil flows - Strait of Hormuz 2014-2020
Maritime safety
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Further related statistics
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- Forecast for global number of containerships by nominal TEU 2011-2014
- Number of container ships of the global - fleet based on nominal TEUs
- Clyde port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Tees and Hartlepool port inward sea freight in the UK 2000-2020
- Felixstowe port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Dover port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019
- Southampton port outward sea freight in the UK 2000-2020
- Dover port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Belfast port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Sullom Voe port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019
- Tees & Hartlepool port outward sea freight in the UK 2000-2021
- Hull port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Felixstowe port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019
- Liverpool port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Forth port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- CO2 emission reductions in international shipping: container ships
- Ship turnaround time in port in Australia 2017
- Number of port calls from container ships in major ports in Denmark 2019
- Forth Prots: inward sea freight in the United Kingdom 2000-2019
- Container import export throughput at Busan port South Korea 2013-2022
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- Forecast for global number of containerships by nominal TEU 2011-2014
- Number of container ships of the global - fleet based on nominal TEUs
- Clyde port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Tees and Hartlepool port inward sea freight in the UK 2000-2020
- Felixstowe port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Dover port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019
- Southampton port outward sea freight in the UK 2000-2020
- Dover port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Belfast port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Sullom Voe port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019
- Tees & Hartlepool port outward sea freight in the UK 2000-2021
- Hull port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Felixstowe port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2019
- Liverpool port inward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Forth port outward sea freight in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- CO2 emission reductions in international shipping: container ships
- Ship turnaround time in port in Australia 2017
- Number of port calls from container ships in major ports in Denmark 2019
- Forth Prots: inward sea freight in the United Kingdom 2000-2019
- Container import export throughput at Busan port South Korea 2013-2022
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UNCTAD. "Number of container ships in the global merchant fleet from 2011 to 2022." Chart. November 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198227/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011/
UNCTAD. (2022). Number of container ships in the global merchant fleet from 2011 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198227/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011/
UNCTAD. "Number of Container Ships in The Global Merchant Fleet from 2011 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198227/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011/
UNCTAD, Number of container ships in the global merchant fleet from 2011 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198227/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Number of container ships in the global merchant fleet from 2011 to 2022 [Graph], UNCTAD, November 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198227/forecast-for-global-number-of-containerships-from-2011/