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Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee: Greek controlled shipping

For the 31st consecutive year the GSCC presents statistical data, in the form of 11 tables, attached hereto, on Greek controlled ships over 1,000 GT, registered under the Greek and other flags. The data has been provided by IHS Markit. The following is a short analysis, prepared by the Secretariat, of the data provided.

Information from Table 1, compared with corresponding data from the previous year, shows that, during the year to 19th of March, 2018, the Greek controlled fleet has increased in terms of number of vessels, DWT and GT. According to the data, as of 19.03.2018, Greek interests controlled 4,148 vessels of various categories, of 341,925,357 total DWT and 199,286,013 total GT. Compared with the previous year’s data, this represents an increase of 63 vessels, 13,161,590 DWT and 6,855,494 GT. The figures include 200 vessels of various categories on order from shipyards, a total of 23,953,312 DWT and 14,205,765 GT.
The fleet registered under the Greek flag has decreased in terms of ship numbers, DWT and GT, now comprising 723 ships, of 43,393,089 GT and 74,537,350 DWT.
The Greek controlled fleet is registered under some 41 flags.
Flag Analysis of Ships owned by Greek parent companies, which gives the total number of ships, total DWT and total GT, registered under each of the main registries used by Greek owners, compared with the corresponding table of last year, shows that Liberia gained 49 ships, Marshall Islands 33 ships, Malta 23 ships and Cyprus 3 ships.
On the other hand, a decrease has been recorded in the number of vessels under Panamanian flag, with a loss of 22, as well as Greece, which faced a loss of 24 ships this year, 672,557 in DWT and 317,788 in GT. Minor changes have been noted for all other flags.
Overall, Liberia and Marshal Island flags are at the forefront of the Greek owned fleet with 824 ships each on their register. In terms of DWT, they are at 65,079,135 and 65,916,386 respectively, representing 19% and 19.3% of total DWT of the Greek owned fleet.
The Greek flag follows with 723 ships of 74,537,350 DWT. However, it should be noted that the Greek flag remains the largest in terms of DWT, with 21.8% of the total DWT of the Greek owned fleet.
Malta comes next with 694 ships of 63,893,903 DWT, Panama with 355 ships of 24,169,452 DWT, Cyprus with 274 ships of 20,378,898 DWT and the Bahamas with 247 ships of 18,269,328 DWT.
With regard to the order book as to ship type, currently there are 74 oil tankers on order, 29 chemical & products tankers, 27 liquefied gas tankers, 57 ore & bulk carriers, 9 container ships, 4 other cargo ships and no passenger or cargo ships on order.
TABLES 2 & 3: Comparison between the world fleet and Greek owned fleet per ship type The following table presents the Greek controlled fleet in number of ships in comparison with the word fleet, providing the figures as to ship type. What is notable is that the Greek parent companies represent 26.4% of the world tanker fleet and 16.2% of the Ore and Bulk fleet. Overall, the Greek owned fleet as a percentage of the world fleet stands at 7.6 in terms of ship numbers, 13.8 in terms of GT and 16.4 in terms of DWT, as shown in table 4 of the attached data. The Greek registered fleet as a percentage of the world fleet, in terms of number of ships, GT, and DWT is 1.3, 3 and 3.6 respectively, according to the attached table 9. It should be noted, however, that for oil tankers the percentages are 8.5, 9.1 and 9.2 respectively.
TABLES 3 & 4: Ship Type of the World Fleet and the Greek Fleet
Despite the unstable market conditions, the slight increases and decreases are encouraging. On the one hand, the oil tankers and liquefied gas carriers have slightly increased both in DWT and number of ships in relation to the corresponding world fleet type for the year 2017. On the other hand, the remaining categories presented minor decreases, with the exception of ore & bulk carriers, which increased slightly in terms of vessels but decreased in DWT. Compared to the previous year, the percentages are as follows:
Oil Tankers
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 25.2
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 26.4
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 24.7
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 25.9
Chemical & Products Tankers
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 7.5
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 7.4
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 13.0
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 12.7
Liquefied Gas Carriers
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 11.2
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 11.4
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 10.9
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 11.1
Ore & Bulk Carriers
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 16.2
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 16.3
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 18.3
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 18.1
Container Ships
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 6.9
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 6.8
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 7.7
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 7.3
Cargo Ships
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 1.6
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 1.4
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 1.6
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 1.4
Other Cargo Ships
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 0.7
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 0.6
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2017: 1.3
Percentage in terms of total DWT 2018: 1.2
Passenger Ships
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2017: 4.1
Percentage in terms of number of ships 2018: 3.9
Percentage in terms of total GT 2017: 3.5
Percentage in terms of total GT 2018: 3.3
TABLES 5, 6 & 10: Average Age Analysis of Existing Ships owned by Greek Parent Companies, Registered ships and the World Fleet
The average age of the Greek controlled fleet in terms of ships increased slightly compared to the previous year, but, nevertheless, continues to be 2.8 years below the average age of the world fleet. The average age of the Greek controlled fleet in terms of ships now stands at 10.6 years as against 13.4 for the world fleet. In terms of GT and DWT, it is 9 and 8.9 years respectively, as against 9.3 and 8.9 of the world fleet. The average age of the existing Greek flag fleet notes a minor increase, in terms of ship numbers, GT and DWT, standing at 12.2, 8.9 and 8.8 years respectively as against 11.7, 8.8 and 8.7 years in 2017.
TABLE 7: Class Analysis of Greek Parent Companies
The following six major international classification societies have the majority of the Greek controlled fleet on their books:
1. Lloyd’s Register: 836 ships (834 ships in 2017),
2. ABS: 781 ships (768 ships in 2017),
3. ClassNK: 746 ships (744 ships in 2017),
4. BV: 677 ships (688 in 2017),
5. DNV GL: 655 ships (668 ships in 2017) and
6. RINA: 205 ships (191 ships in 2017).
TABLE 11: Class Analysis of Greek Registered Fleet
The following six major classification societies have the majority of the Greek registered fleet on their books:
1. ABS: 202 ships (207 ships in 2017),
2. Lloyd’s Register: 194 ships (223 ships in 2017),
3. DNV GL: 110 ships (117 ships in 2017),
4. RINA: 82 ships (80 ships in 2017),
5. BV: 64 ships (66 in 2017) and
6. ClassNK: 17 ships (20 ships in 2017).