Clarkson new shipbuilding market data for June showed that new ship orders in June plummeted again, and Chinese shipyards continued to top the list!
According to data released by Clarksons on July 4, the global new ship orders in June this year were 2.56 million compensated gross tonnages (CGT, 84 ships), which was a decrease of 81% from the same period last year (13.26 million CGT, 527 ships) and an increase of 44% from the previous month (1.78 million CGT).
By country, Chinese shipbuilders received new orders of 1.37 million CGT (50 ships), with a market share of 53%, ranking first in the world; South Korean shipbuilders received new orders of 1.05 million CGT (18 ships), with a market share of 41%, following closely behind.
Data shows that the total global new ship orders from January to June this year were 19.38 million CGT (647 ships), a sharp drop of 54% compared with the same period last year (42.58 million CGT, 1,788 ships). During this period, Chinese shipbuilders had orders of 10.04 million CGT (370 ships), with a market share of 52%, a decrease of 65% compared with the same period last year, ranking first; Korean shipbuilders had orders of 4.87 million CGT (113 ships), with a market share of 25%, a decrease of 33% compared with the same period last year, ranking second.
As of the end of June, the global backlog of new ship orders was 163.74 million CGT, a decrease of 1.58 million CGT from the previous month. By country, Chinese shipbuilders had a backlog of 96.82 million CGT, an increase of 20.44 million CGT from the same period last year, a decrease of 990,000 CGT from the previous month, and a market share of 59%, ranking first in the market; Korean shipbuilders had a backlog of 35.42 million CGT, a decrease of 3.18 million CGT from the same period last year, a decrease of 890,000 CGT from the previous month, and a market share of 22%, ranking second; Japanese shipbuilders had a backlog of 13.77 million CGT, with a market share of 8%.
As of the end of June, the Clarksons Newbuilding Price Index was 187.11, up 0.42 points from the previous month (186.69), returning to the level of April (187.11). Compared with June 2020 (126.93), it increased by 47%, indicating that the upward trend of ship prices continued.
By ship type, the newbuilding price of large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers of 174,000 cubic meters is about US$255 million, the same as last month; the newbuilding price of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) is about US$126 million, up US$1 million from May; the newbuilding price of ultra-large container ships (22,000TEU-24,000TEU) is about US$273 million, the same as last month.