New orders by major ship types 2011-2016
This statistic illustrates the annual volume of new ship orders worldwide by type from 2011 to 2016, in million compensated gross tonnage. The tonnage of new ship orders experienced a sharp decline in the first half of 2016. From 2014 to 2015, the ship orders increased in all segments but the container ships. The volume in million compensated gross tonnage decreased during this timeframe from 9.1 million to 5.4 million.