Clarksons

Greek shipowners are at the forefront of building greener greener eco-friendly ships, with Greek shipowners almost doubling their orders.

In the first half of 2024, the total carrying capacity (dwt) of ships under construction by Greek interests increased from 24.33 million dwt to 43.01 million dwt.

A new record was recorded in 2021 in the capacity of offshore wind industry, while the prospects for 2022 are also positive. Investments in new orders for newly built ships to install offshore wind turbines were also at historic highs.

The Greek-owned fleet remains the largest in the world with 5,774 ships, 410 million dwt and 242.3 million gt according to the data provided to ot.gr by the leading shipping brokerage house Clarksons. Also, the Greek-owned fleet in terms of gt constitutes 16.5% of the world fleet, while ten years ago it accounted for 13.6%.

By Nikos Roussanoglou

Greeks have returned to the top spot in the global chart of merchant fleet capacity, according to data from Clarksons, the world’s leading provider of integrated shipping services.