According to Clarkson's latest statistics (as of October 9, 2024), 116 new orders were signed in September 2024, with a total of 3,865,556 CGT. Compared with the 180 new orders signed in August 2024, totaling 5,736,893 CGT, the number decreased by 64 ships month-on-month, and the revised gross tonnage decreased by 32.62% month-on-month. Compared with the 245 new orders signed in September 2023, totaling 3,960,462 CGT, the number of new orders signed in the world decreased by 129 year-on-year, and the revised gross tonnage decreased by 2.40% year-on-year
In terms of ship type, there are 3 bulk carriers, with a total of 228,000 deadweight tons; 13 chemical tankers with a total of 475,000 deadweight tons; 34 container ships, with a total of 403696 TEUs; 25 liquefied gas carriers, totaling 3,131,500 cubic meters; 23 other ship types, totaling 227,740 CGT; There are 18 offshore vessels, with a total of 215,366 CGT.
From the perspective of order types, bulk carriers signed 2 new Kamsar bulk carriers and 1 Handysize bulk carrier; Container ships signed 16 new post-Panamamax container ships, 12 Panamamax container ships and 6 handysize container ships.
In terms of shipyard countries, there were 116 global new ship orders in September, totaling 3,865,556 CGT, of which 81 Chinese shipyards received 3,120,998 CGT; Japan shipyard received 3 ships, totaling 36074CGT; Korea shipyards received 20 vessels, totaling 633,609 CGT. The revised gross tonnage accounted for 80.74%, 0.93% and 16.39% of the global new ship orders, respectively.
From January to September 2024, 2,003 new orders were signed, totaling 128,657,789 dwt, compared with 2,099 new orders signed in the same period in 2023, totaling 95,973,456 dwt, the number of ships and dwt, a year-on-year decrease of 4.57% and an increase of 34.06%, respectively. In terms of ship type, there are 406 bulk carriers, with a total of 34659303 deadweight tons; 230 oil tankers, with a total of 33228496 deadweight tons; 312 chemical tankers, with a total of 10212551 deadweight tons; 254 container ships, with a total of 2982415 TEUs; 207 liquefied gas carriers, totaling 23776200 cubic meters; 282 offshore vessels, totaling 1,676,713 CGT; 312 other ship types, with a total of 5,946,672 CGT.