In the January-April period this year, the aggregate shipbuilding output in China amounted to 12.8 million dead weight tons (dwt), up 9.3 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 19.85 million dwt, rising by 29.0 percent year on year. As of the end of April this year, ship orders on the books of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises totaled 115.06 million dwt, up 12.3 percent year on year.
In the January-April period, the shipbuilding output and the new shipbuilding order volume of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises accounted for 44.9 percent and 65.5 percent of the overall respective volumes globally, while as of the end of April ship orders on the books of the Chinese enterprises accounted for 51.3 percent of ship orders on the books of shipbuilding enterprises globally.