Total value of new orders contracted in a global shipbuilding industry during the first half of this year are estimated to be $36.9bn in total, which is similar to $37.2bn recorded a year ago.
According to Clarkson’s data, new order values by vessel type were tallied as $7bn in bulker segment, $5.8bn in containership and $4.9bn in tanker during the period from January to June, all showing an increasing trend against $9.5bn, $4bn and $7.5bn recorded last year, respectively. However, total new contract values contracted for offshore sector during the same period were only $13.4bn, greatly declined from the annual record of the previous year, or $45.6bn.
Major countries which placed newbuildings in the first half were from Europe, Asia and the North America. For instance, European owners placed new orders worth $18bn in total, which includes $4.3bn from France, $4.2bn from Norway, $3.4bn from Greece, $1.6bn from Germany and $1.4bn from Monaco. Owners from Asia placed orders worth $10.4bn in total; China placed $3.6bn new orders while Korea booked $2.1bn overall and so on. As for the North America, the US and Canada placed newbuildings worth $4bn and $1.2bn, respectively.
Particularly, such countries as France, Germany, China, Korea and etc., saw greatly expanded newbuilding orders against a year ago.