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WORLD SHIPBUILDING Total orderbook by ship type as at December 31 (million gross tonnagei Total orderbook by leading countries as at December 31 (million gross tonnage) CHINA line Prov Taiwan! BRAZIL POLAND Laid up shipping as at December 31 (monthly figures not plotted) All ships 1975 '76 '77 79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 TOTAL 26m gt TOTAL 26m gt Percentage of new orders placed Annual orders and completions Year Japan Korea (South) EEC Comecon Rest of World Year Annual volume of orders placed Annual completions % % % % % thousand gross tonnage 1975 49.25 3.72 13 44 8.37 25.22 1975 13 793 34 203 1976 56.01 2.47 10.56 10.00 20.96 1976 12 937 33 922 1977 52.13 5.67 13.11 7.96 21.13 1977 11 091 27 532 1978 43.25 3.71 14.89 11.49 26.66 1978 8 026 18 194 1979 49.47 6.20 14.02 6.82 23.49 1979 16 843 14 289 1980 52.66 8.96 12.11 4.22 22.05 1980 18 969 13 101 1981 48 00 8.08 14.04* 6.06 23.82 1981 17 230 16 932 1982 49.75 9.57 13.47* 9.44 17.77 1982 11 232 16 820 1983 56.56 19.21 7.40* 5.14 11.69 1983 19 480 15911 1984 56.73 14.69 9.95* 3.75 14.88 1984 15 594 18 334 1985 49.82 10.83 13.52* 9.29 16.54 1985 13 000 est. 18 000 est. est. est. est. est. est. Percentage of orders placed in principal shipbuilding countries Country of build 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Japan 43.3 49.5 52.7 48.0 49.7 56.6 56.7 49.8 Korea (South) 3.7 6.2 9.0 8.1 9.6 19.2 14.7 10.8 China, People's Republic of\ Taiwan. Province of ' 3.5 2.6 3.7 5.4 2.6 2.8 5.6 5.9 Germany, Federal Republic of 3.6 4.4 2.2 4.4 4.4 2.4 3.2 5.5 Romania 0.8 0.3 1.3 2.0 2.0 - 0.4 4.8 Yugoslavia 2.0 2.8 1.7 0.7 2.4 1.2 0.6 3.0 Italy 2.7 1.0 1.6 0.5 2.6 0.2 0.3 2.8 Brazil 3.7 2.7 0.3 3.3 2.7 1.7 2.3 2.1 Poland 6.3 4 6 1.0 0.9 1.7 2.1 0.9 2.1 France 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 2.0 Bulgaria 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.7 1.6 United Kingdom 1.9 1.4 2.7 2.9 2.5 0.6 1.0 1.4 Finland 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.0 0.4 2.1 1.3 Netherlands 2.0 0.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.0 1.0 India 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.0 Spain 2.4 4.4 5.2 5.3 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.9 Turkey 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.9 Rest of the World 19.9 14.8 12.7 11.4 13.4 9.5 9.0 3.1 World 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Gross tonnage 8 025 679 16 843 354 18 969 044 17 230 094 11 231 759 19 480 030 15 593 541 13 000 000 1 70 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
