Shipping and World Trade: Top Containership Operators
Shipping and World Trade Facts: Top Containership Operators | The international shipping industry is responsible for the carriage of around 90% of world trade.
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Shipping and World Trade: Largest beneficial ownership countries
Graph and Table to show the tonnage of dead weight for various countries
Shipping and World Trade: The World’s Major Shipping Flags
Graph and Table detailing key statistics about Major Flag States in the Shipping Industry
Shipping and World Trade: World Seaborne Trade
It is difficult to quantify the value of volume of world seaborne trade in monetary terms, as figures for trade estimates are traditionally in terms of tonnes or tonne-miles, and are therefore not comparable with monetary-based statistics for the value of the world economy.
Shipping and World Trade: Global Supply and Demand for Seafarers
The worldwide population of seafarers serving on internationally trading merchant ships is estimated at 1,892,720 seafarers, of which 857,540 are officers and 1,035,180 are ratings.
Environmental Performance: IMO Agreement to Reduce Atmospheric Pollution from Ships
Graph to show variation of Sulphur emissions between emission controlled areas and outside emission controlled areas
Environmental Performance: IMO Agreement on Technical Regulations to Reduce Ships’ CO2
Diagram showing the IMO's plan for ship improvements from 2013-2050
Environmental Performance: Improvements to Energy Efficiency of Ship Engine Oil
Graph to show the Oil consumed per hour by a ship on average and how this has varied over time
Environmental Performance: Reduction in the Quantity of Spilled Oil
The amount of oil spilled by ships varies from year to year and figures for a particular year can be distorted by a single large incident. However, in general terms, shipping has shown a marked downward trend in the amount of oil spilled each year.
Environmental Performance: Comparison of CO2 Emissions by Different Modes of Transport
The shipping industry is a small contributor to the total volume of atmospheric emissions compared to road vehicles and air transport (see graph below) as well as public utilities such as power stations, and atmospheric pollution from ships has reduced in the last decade.