BIMCO Analysis: Japan Remains a Shipping Giant, Controlling 12% of Global DWT

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In BIMCO’s “Shipping Number of the Week” analysis for the current week (ending April 25, 2025), Chief Shipping Analyst Niels Rasmussen focuses on the current size and composition of Japan’s merchant fleet.

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According to Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO, Japanese shipowners collectively control 12% of the global fleet’s deadweight tonnes (DWT) capacity. This positions Japan as the third largest shipowning country worldwide, and one of only three nations where...

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