The world’s merchant fleet of vessels above 100 gt has achieved the 100,000-ship milestone for the first time this month, says data from Clarksons Research.
Namely, considering 100,001 ships overall, the average size of a vessel comes at 21,355 dwt, with the average age being 21.7 years.
In addition, the total value of the global fleet is estimated to $976bn across 2.1bn dwt and 1.4bn gt.
As for the owners of the fleet, Asian owners account for 46% of the deadweight, while European owners are in control 30% of the fleet.
Finally, since shipping crossed the 70,000 mark in February 2006, the average vessel size has grown by 57%.
