SWS is number one

According to Chinese government data, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) ranks number one for newbuilding orders with 4 million DWT last year. Hudong Zhonghua bagged 2 million DWT and Dalian New Shipyard 1.8 million. NACKS captured 1.6 million DWT and New Century got 1.4 million DWT.

In ship completion, Dalian New Shipyard delivered 844,000DWT, NACKS 698,000, Hudong Zhonghua 650,000 and SWS 500,000. In orderbook as at the end of last year, SWS secured 5.1 million DWT. Dalian New Shipyard owns 3.2 million DWT. Hudong Zhonghua has 2.8 million DWT and New Century owns 2.4 million DWT.