New commercial ship orders peaked in 2007 when around 85.5 million CGT worth of ships were ordered at shipyards worldwide. In 2020, the volume of new orders dropped to some 19 million CGT, a decrease of roughly 12 percent compared with 2019. Chinese yards received approximately 40 percent of the global new orders in 2020.
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Statista. (August 11, 2021). New orders and deliveries of commercial ships globally from 2002 to 2020 (in million CGT) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256923/global-new-orders-and-deliveries-of-ships-ctg/
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Statista. (2021). New orders and deliveries of commercial ships globally from 2002 to 2020 (in million CGT). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256923/global-new-orders-and-deliveries-of-ships-ctg/
Statista. "New Orders and Deliveries of Commercial Ships Globally from 2002 to 2020 (in Million Cgt)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256923/global-new-orders-and-deliveries-of-ships-ctg/
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New orders and deliveries of commercial ships globally from 2002 to 2020 (in million CGT) [Graph], Statista, August 11, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256923/global-new-orders-and-deliveries-of-ships-ctg/