Official Statistics

Shipping fleet statistics: 2020

United Kingdom and world shipping fleets statistics on 31 December 2020.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 10 March 2021

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Note for publication

In March 2018, DfT proposed changes to the World Fleet release that included fewer tables, combining similar data tables to reduce duplication, and dropping tables with low user views. Following feedback that the proposal did not meet user needs, DfT have not made changes to the existing format of tables.

The Maritime Statistics team are still looking to make improvements to the table structure and in line with the code of practice will consult users before making any changes. DfT welcomes feedback on how these data are used and how to present it by contacting Maritime Statistics.

Gross tonnage on the UK Ship Register was 10 million at end of December 2020, a decrease of 5%, compared to the end of December 2019.

Based on commercial data supplied by IHS Global, at the end of 2020, the UK registered trading fleet:

• was the 24th largest trading fleet in the world
• accounted for 0.5% of the world fleet deadweight tonnage

The ‘UK fleet’ of ships either owned, parent owned or managed in the UK is larger than the UK registered trading fleet, comprising in total 4% of the world trading fleet, by deadweight tonnage.

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Published 10 March 2021