3: Shipbuilding
 
 
 
 
| Table 3.5: The World's Total Newbuilding Orders according to Country of Building
 |  
|   | January 1, 2000
 | January 1, 2001 | July 1, 2001
 |  
Country of 
Building | 
Number 
of Ships | DWT 
(1,000)
 | Number 
of Ships | DWT 
(1,000)
 | Number 
of Ships | DWT 
(1,000)
 |  
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  
| South Korea | 387 | 40,337
 | 540 | 54,250 | 546
 | 55,155 |  
| Japan | 548 | 37,058
 | 567 | 41,370 | 596
 | 42,987 |  
| China | 260 | 8,786
 | 331 | 11,260 | 342
 | 13,117 |  
| Poland | 68 | 1,714
 | 109 | 3,448 | 107
 | 3,700 |  
| Croatia | 37 | 1,198
 | 45 | 1,984 | 59
 | 2,713 |  
| Germany | 63 | 1,216
 | 94 | 1,941 | 133
 | 2,635 |  
| Taiwan | 38 | 2,426
 | 31 | 1,984 | 25
 | 1,737 |  
| USA | 17 | 680
 | 22 | 1,401 | 18
 | 1,193 |  
| Philippines | 14 | 591
 | 11 | 537 | 13
 | 654 |  
| Spain | 24 | 576
 | 22 | 389 | 27
 | 635 |  
| Denmark | 14 | 1
 | 7 | 407 | 8 | 
629 |  
| Netherlands | 116 | 519
 | 109 | 604 | 86
 | 540 |  
| Italy | 21 | 307
 | 30 | 484 | 31
 | 528 |  
| Ukraine | 15 | 480
 | 15 | 473 | 12
 | 412 |  
| Brazil | 2 | 19
 | 9 | 115 | 11 | 
375 |  
| Turkey | 31 | 202
 | 47 | 317 | 53
 | 354 |  
| Rest of World | 227 | 2,281
 | 181 | 2,180 | 168
 | 2,095 |  
| Total | 1,882 | 
99,424 | 2,170 | 
123,144 | 2,235 | 
129,459 |  
 
 
 
 
 
													 
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