Carrying capacity of the world merchant fleet 2013-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 8, 2023
In 2021, the carrying capacity of the global merchant fleet amounted to nearly 2.1 billion tons deadweight. This represented an increase of almost five percent compared with the previous year when the capacity reached some two billion tons deadweight.

Carrying capacity of the global merchant fleet from 2013 to 2021 (in million dwt)

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Release date

2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2013 to 2021

Supplementary notes

As of January 1 of each year.
Only includes merchant vessels.
The figures for 2013 through 2020 were taken from previous editions.
Figures have been added up.

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