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WORLD SHIPBUILDING (continued) from the high figure of almost 53 million gross tons reported in May 1983. It now stands at just over 33 million gross tons. The biggest de- crease has been in the tanker sector, which is down by 5 million gross tons, much of which has been sold for demolition. The 2 million gross ton increase in completions to a fig-

Table 3—Delivery Schedule of World Orderbook (In million gross tonnage)

World

Type 1985 1986 1987 1988 & after Total

Fleet at 6/30/84

Oil tankers 3.11 2.17 0.33 5.62 147.463

Ore & bulk carriers 10.50 3.62 0.52 — 14.65 103.681

Bulk/oil carriers 0.73 0.55 0.46 — 1.74 24.653

Containerships 1.48 0.97 0.024 — 2.48 16.913

General cargo 1.42 0.27 0.036 0.045 1.77 77.174

Specialized carriers 0.86 0.17 0.001 — 1.03 13.280

Miscellaneous 2.45 0.69 0.16 0.045 3.39 35.519

Total orderbook as of 12/31/84 20.56 8.45 1.54 0.137 30.69 418.682

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Phone: 861-7133 128 ure of 18 million gross tons has led to a decrease in the work in hand to approximately 30.7 million gross tons (Table 1).

As that table shows, new orders in 1984 were down by some 3.5 million gross tons compared with 1983.

However, it should be noted that almost 2.5 million gross tons of the total for 1983 was an unprecedented order for bulk carriers. The rate of ordering, on a quarterly basis, has shown a steady increase throughout the year.

The world orderbook now stands at almost 2 million gross tons less than at the same time last year. For the second year running, demoli- tions have exceeded 16 million gross tons, more than 75 percent being sold to Far East shipbreakers.

Except for 1982, the amount of tonnage ordered annually has re- mained fairly static since 1979, though the fortunes of the tradition- continued on page 36)

Merchant Vessels, 100 Gross Tons and Over, Completed During 1984 in Leading Shipbuilding Countries of the World

Country No. Total GT

Japan 902 9,711,381

South Korea 87 1,472,897

People's Republic of

China (inc. Taiwan) 61 1,150,842

Federal Republic of

Germany 109 516,590

Denmark 46 474,181

United Kingdom 46 444,743

USSR 210 395,584

German Democratic

Republic 58 366,841

Romania 18 365,211

Spain 92 354,955

Finland 30 340,358

Source Lloyd's Register Annual Summary of Merchant

Ships Completed During 1984

Composition of world fleet as at

June 30, 1984 (million gross tonnage!

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