China's shipbuilding ranked first in the world for 3 major indicators in the first half of the year.
2013-07-15 09:27
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to June 2013, the national shipbuilding completion volume was 20.60 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year decrease of 36%, of which marine vessels accounted for 6.68 million compensated gross tons.
Newly received ship orders amounted to 22.90 million deadweight tons, a year-on-year increase of 113.2%, of which marine vessels accounted for 8.92 million compensated gross tons.
As of the end of June, the volume of shipbuilding orders on hand decreased by 13.4% year-on-year to 108.98 million deadweight tons, an increase of 1.9% compared to the orders on hand at the end of last year, among which marine vessels accounted for 38.10 million compensated gross tons, and export vessels accounted for 87.3% of the total.
Additionally, during the period, China's shipbuilding completion volume, new order volume, and orders on hand accounted for 35.3%, 46.1%, and 44.3% of the world market share respectively, all ranking first globally.
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