In the January-June period this year, the aggregate shipbuilding output in China amounted to 25.02 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 18.4 percent year on year, as announced by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI).
In the given period, China’s new ship orders amounted to 54.22 million dwt, rising by 43.9 percent year on year. As of the end of June this year, ship orders on the books of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises totaled 171.55 million dwt, up 38.6 percent year on year.
In the January-June period this year, the shipbuilding output and the new shipbuilding order volume of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises accounted for 55.0 percent and 74.7 percent of the overall respective volumes globally, while as of the end of June this year ship orders on the books of the Chinese enterprises accounted for 58.9 percent of ship orders on the books of shipbuilding enterprises globally.