Japanese vessel owners currently control 12% of the global fleet’s deadweight tonnage (DWT), making Japan the world’s third-largest shipowning nation. According to Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO, Japan is one of only three countries—alongside China and Greece—where owners hold more than 10% of global DWT capacity.
The global fleet, totaling 2.4 trillion deadweight tonnes (DWT), is owned by 16,622 ship owners across 178 countries. Of these, 604 are based in Japan, with fleet...
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