World Shipbuilding Deliveries

Most recent update: October 11, 2010.

Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping's "World Fleet Statistics" (now published by IHS Fairplay)

The tables below show the changes since 1964 in the output of all the major shipbuilding nations.

Notes:

(1)  The Far East passed Western Europe in 1966 (the year I emigrated).

(2)  Korea passed Japan in 2006.

(3)  China passed Japan in 2009.

(4)  The Far East now has over 90% of the market.

 

 

 

 

Year Far East Americas Western Europe Eastern Europe All Others Total
000GT % 000GT % 000GT % 000GT % 000GT % 000GT
1964 3,764 38.7% 250 2.6% 4,937 50.8% 416 4.3% 357 3.7% 9,724
1965 4,886 41.5% 218 1.9% 5,673 48.2% 547 4.7% 439 3.7% 11,763
1966 6,505 46.1% 192 1.4% 6,328 44.9% 686 4.9% 394 2.8% 14,105
1967 7,223 47.7% 209 1.4% 6,568 43.3% 641 4.2% 516 3.4% 15,157
1968 8,352 49.6% 367 2.2% 6,801 40.4% 744 4.4% 581 3.4% 16,845
1969 9,175 49.0% 464 2.5% 7,758 41.4% 721 3.8% 621 3.3% 18,739
1970 10,192 48.6% 375 1.8% 8,696 41.4% 799 3.8% 918 4.4% 20,980
1971 11,242 46.1% 626 2.6% 10,529 43.2% 868 3.6% 1,123 4.6% 24,388
1972 13,016 48.7% 708 2.6% 10,694 40.0% 1,193 4.5% 1,138 4.3% 26,749
1973 14,897 49.0% 1,132 3.7% 11,942 39.3% 1,030 3.4% 1,408 4.6% 30,409
1974 17,360 51.8% 897 2.7% 12,585 37.5% 1,229 3.7% 1,470 4.4% 33,541
1975 17,489 51.1% 771 2.3% 13,057 38.2% 1,373 4.0% 1,513 4.4% 34,203
1976 16,765 49.4% 1,222 3.6% 12,625 37.2% 1,162 3.4% 2,148 6.3% 33,922
1977 12,676 46.0% 1,392 5.1% 10,879 39.5% 899 3.3% 1,686 6.1% 27,532
1978 7,348 40.4% 1,475 8.1% 6,736 37.0% 995 5.5% 1,640 9.0% 18,194
1979 5,386 37.7% 2,017 14.1% 4,743 33.2% 687 4.8% 1,456 10.2% 14,289
1980 6,856 52.3% 1,284 9.8% 3,161 24.1% 511 3.9% 1,289 9.8% 13,101
1981 9,670 57.1% 1,076 6.4% 4,328 25.6% 506 3.0% 1,352 8.0% 16,932
1982 10,158 60.4% 715 4.3% 3,957 23.5% 609 3.6% 1,381 8.2% 16,820
1983 8,739 54.9% 639 4.0% 4,138 26.0% 650 4.1% 1,745 11.0% 15,911
1984 12,335 67.3% 354 1.9% 3,661 20.0% 573 3.1% 1,411 7.7% 18,334
1985 12,567 69.2% 760 4.2% 3,102 17.1% 620 3.4% 1,108 6.1% 18,157
1986 12,461 74.0% 653 3.9% 2,160 12.8% 608 3.6% 963 5.7% 16,845
1987 8,427 68.7% 419 3.4% 2,162 17.6% 638 5.2% 613 5.0% 12,259
1988 7,923 70.0% 60 0.5% 1,936 17.1% 1,011 8.9% 382 3.4% 11,312
1989 9,900 68.4% 184 1.3% 2,408 16.6% 1,439 9.9% 551 3.8% 14,482
1990 11,193 69.7% 278 1.7% 2,796 17.4% 1,208 7.5% 579 3.6% 16,054
1991 12,077 71.8% 288 1.7% 2,984 17.8% 1,011 6.0% 450 2.7% 16,810
1992 13,710 72.4% 334 1.8% 2,925 15.5% 1,232 6.5% 727 3.8% 18,928
1993 14,924 72.7% 337 1.6% 3,627 17.7% 1,076 5.2% 574 2.8% 20,538
1994 14,576 74.1% 352 1.8% 3,146 16.0% 1,159 5.9% 436 2.2% 19,669
1995 16,972 74.9% 198 0.9% 3,773 16.7% 1,209 5.3% 500 2.2% 22,652
1996 19,290 74.7% 214 0.8% 4,294 16.6% 1,453 5.6% 586 2.3% 25,837
1997 20,332 79.6% 154 0.6% 3,336 13.1% 1,100 4.3% 615 2.4% 25,537
1998 19,445 76.4% 324 1.3% 3,777 14.8% 1,200 4.7% 718 2.8% 25,464
1999 22,253 80.0% 197 0.7% 3,516 12.6% 1,193 4.3% 663 2.4% 27,822
2000 26,498 83.6% 102 0.3% 3,355 10.6% 1,185 3.7% 556 1.8% 31,696
2001 25,968 83.0% 131 0.4% 3,419 10.9% 1,205 3.9% 569 1.8% 31,292
2002 27,760 83.2% 153 0.5% 3,399 10.2% 1,452 4.3% 619 1.9% 33,383
2003 30,832 85.3% 321 0.9% 3,227 8.9% 1,180 3.3% 571 1.6% 36,131
2004 34,653 86.3% 317 0.8% 2,675 6.7% 1,792 4.5% 734 1.8% 40,171
2005 41,218 87.8% 456 1.0% 2,411 5.1% 1,845 3.9% 1,040 2.2% 46,970
2006 45,230 86.8% 313 0.6% 3,095 5.9% 2,157 4.1% 1,323 2.5% 52,118
2007 49,342 86.1% 193 0.3% 3,908 6.8% 2,009 3.5% 1,868 3.3% 57,320
2008 59,613 88.1% 213 0.3% 3,598 5.3% 2,101 3.1% 2,165 3.2% 67,690
2009 70,266 91.2% 369 0.5% 2,643 3.4% 1,719 2.2% 2,076 2.7% 77,073

 

 

Year Far East Americas Western Europe Eastern Europe S/T Major Countries All Other Countries World Total Year
Japan Korea China Taiwan S/T Brazil U.S.A. S/T Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden U.K. S/T Croatia Poland Romania FSU S/T
1964 3,764 na  na  na  3,764 na  250 250 278 117 530 827 462 276 369 236 1,034 808 4,937 178 238 na  na  416 9,367 357 9,724 1964
1965 4,886 na  na  na  4,886 na  218 218 209 164 485 1,035 399 148 460 225 1,266 1,282 5,673 230 317 na  na  547 11,324 439 11,763 1965
1966 6,495 10 na  na  6,505 na  192 192 472 130 441 1,411 530 324 442 374 1,130 1,074 6,328 332 354 na  na  686 13,711 394 14,105 1966
1967 7,217 6 na  na  7,223 na  209 209 425 169 420 1,312 496 292 530 375 1,361 1,188 6,568 259 382 na  na  641 14,641 516 15,157 1967
1968 8,349 3 na  na  8,352 na  367 367 518 175 630 1,505 499 265 610 455 1,097 1,047 6,801 326 418 na  na  744 16,264 581 16,845 1968
1969 9,168 7 na  na  9,175 na  464 464 591 185 691 2,095 364 486 618 637 1,263 828 7,758 295 426 na  na  721 18,118 621 18,739 1969
1970 10,100 2 na  90 10,192 na  375 375 518 241 859 1,643 546 632 702 649 1,539 1,367 8,696 385 414 na  na  799 20,062 918 20,980 1970
1971 11,132 16 na  94 11,242 136 490 626 728 199 1,086 2,261 872 572 884 830 1,864 1,233 10,529 397 471 na  na  868 23,265 1,123 24,388 1971
1972 12,857 15 na  144 13,016 226 482 708 952 214 1,030 1,713 902 750 825 1,083 2,028 1,197 10,694 671 522 na  na  1,193 25,611 1,138 26,749 1972
1973 14,751 14 na  132 14,897 168 964 1,132 1,004 186 1,170 2,233 837 852 984 1,319 2,290 1,067 11,942 446 584 na  na  1,030 29,001 1,408 30,409 1973
1974 16,894 313 na  153 17,360 164 733 897 1,076 192 1,046 2,472 953 942 964 1,561 2,181 1,198 12,585 720 509 na  na  1,229 32,071 1,470 33,541 1974
1975 16,991 410 na  88 17,489 295 476 771 969 267 1,150 2,848 792 1,028 1,052 1,593 2,188 1,170 13,057 638 735 na  na  1,373 32,690 1,513 34,203 1975
1976 15,868 814 na  83 16,765 407 815 1,222 1,034 249 1,673 2,227 715 634 758 1,320 2,515 1,500 12,625 597 565 na  na  1,162 31,774 2,148 33,922 1976
1977 11,708 562 110 296 12,676 380 1,012 1,392 709 361 1,107 1,973 778 240 567 1,813 2,311 1,020 10,879 421 478 na  na  899 25,846 1,686 27,532 1977
1978 6,307 604 31 406 7,348 442 1,033 1,475 346 357 440 1,253 339 315 325 821 1,407 1,133 6,736 293 702 na  na  995 16,554 1,640 18,194 1978
1979 4,697 495 na  194 5,386 665 1,352 2,017 263 289 720 818 231 277 364 630 460 691 4,743 225 462 na  na  687 12,833 1,456 14,289 1979
1980 6,094 522 na  240 6,856 729 555 1,284 208 200 283 722 248 122 208 395 348 427 3,161 149 362 na  na  511 11,812 1,289 13,101 1980
1981 8,400 929 30