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World Fleet Development

Mill. dwt

Chemical Bulk Combined

Start Tankers carriers carriers carriers Others Total 1996 261.0 9.5 241.3 20.7 140.9 673.4 1997 265.1 10.0 250.0 17.3 149.1 691.5 1998 268.5 11.0 260.7 16.9 155.3 712.4 1999 273.2 11.9 260.4 16.1 160.9 722.6 2000 276.0 13.5 264.8 15.2 166.7 736.2 2001 281.3 15.0 274.0 14.6 169.3 754.3 2002 274.9 15.0 287.4 13.8 174.7 765.9 2003 278.8 15.4 295.0 12.6 181.2 783.0 2004 287.9 17.3 303.3 12.2 189.6 810.3 2005 304.1 18.0 320.7 11.7 200.5 855.0 2006 326.9 19.2 341.9 11.7 213.3 913.1 (Source: R.S. Platou Shipbrokers a.s., The Platou Report 2006, www.platou.com)

Deliveries

Mill. dwt

Chemical Bulk Combined

Start Tankers carriers carriers carriers Others Total 1996 10.8 0.7 17.2 0.3 6.9 35.9 1997 7.0 1.0 18.6 0.3 8.1 35.0 1998 11.7 1.0 11.5 0.0 8.8 33.0 1999 19.1 1.7 13.5 0.4 6.5 41.2 2000 19.2 1.7 13.6 0.0 8.5 43.0 2001 13.1 0.2 20.6 0.0 10.5 44.4 2002 22.7 0.8 13.6 0.0 10.4 47.5 2003 27.9 2.0 11.8 0.2 11.2 53.1 2004 26.4 0.8 18.3 0.0 11.9 57.4 2005 28.0 1.5 22.3 0.0 13.8 65.6 (Source: R.S. Platou Shipbrokers a.s., The Platou Report 2006, www.platou.com)

New Orders

Mill. dwt

Chemical Bulk Combined

Start Tankers carriers carriers carriers Others Total 1996 12.1 1.4 12.7 0.2 8.9 35.3 1997 27.7 1.8 17.9 0.2 4.4 52.0 1998 18.0 0.8 10.4 0.0 5.3 34.5 1999 15.3 1.0 18.5 0.0 8.3 43.1 2000 34.9 0.9 14.5 0.2 17.5 67.9 2001 26.2 0.7 8.7 0.0 10.5 46.1 2002 17.7 1.6 21.9 0.0 8.4 49.6 2003 47.9 1.4 27.9 0.0 27.5 104.7 2004 34.0 2.2 28.8 0.0 28.1 93.1 2005 24.0 0.9 16.8 0.0 25.9 67.6 (Source: R.S. Platou Shipbrokers a.s., The Platou Report 2006, www.platou.com)

Orderbook

Mill. dwt

Chemical Bulk Combined

Start Tankers carriers carriers carriers Others Total 1996 17.1 2.0 31.8 0.7 15.3 66.9 1997 17.5 2.7 27.1 0.5 18.3 66.1 1998 38.2 3.5 26.4 0.4 14.5 83.0 1999 42.1 3.3 25.5 0.4 13.7 85.0 2000 32.6 2.6 30.5 0.0 15.5 81.2 2001 47.0 1.8 34.3 0.2 24.5 107.8 2002 59.7 2.3 22.4 0.2 27.9 112.5 2003 53.1 3.0 30.3 0.2 22.9 109.5 2004 72.8 2.4 48.4 0.0 41.2 164.8 2005 79.8 3.9 60.6 0.0 56.2 200.4 2006 76.5 3.3 61.4 0.0 68.1 209.3 (Source: R.S. Platou Shipbrokers a.s., The Platou Report 2006, www.platou.com)

Tonnage Sold for Scrapping, Lost &

Other Removals

Mill. dwt

Chemical Bulk Combined

Start Tankers carriers carriers carriers Others Total 1996 6.7 0.1 8.5 1.9 0.7 17.9 1997 3.6 0.1 7.9 2.3 2.5 16.4 1998 7.0 0.0 11.8 1.3 3.0 23.1 1999 16.3 0.1 9.1 0.9 3.9 30.3 2000 13.9 0.2 4.4 0.6 3.1 22.1 2001 19.5 0.2 7.2 0.8 4.0 31.7 2002 18.9 0.4 6.0 1.2 3.9 30.4 2003 18.8 0.1 3.5 0.7 2.8 25.9 2004 10.2 0.1 0.8 0.5 1.0 12.7 2005 5.1 0.3 1.1 0.0 1.0 7.5 (Source: R.S. Platou Shipbrokers a.s., The Platou Report 2006, www.platou.com)

Age Profile for Tankers (incl. Chemical Carriers)

Mill. dwt - 1.1.2006

Year of build

Size -85 86-90 91-95 96-00 01-05 Total 10-69,999 23.3 8.9 8.7 13.5 24.4 78.9 70-119,999 6.6 10.6 11.5 15.4 33.5 77.5 120-199,999 5.0 4.6 11.5 12.3 18.1 51.5 200,000+ 4.2 14.0 36.8 34.2 49.0 138.2

Total 39.2 38.0 68.5 75.4 117.2 346.1 (Source: R.S. Platou Shipbrokers a.s., The Platou Report 2006, www.platou.com)

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