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Table 1
World Orderbook as of July 2000

Self-propelled vessels of 100 gross tons and over

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Rank Country of build Number of vessels Total gross tons
1 Korea (South) 373 23,033,607
2 Japan 374 16,476,608
3 China, People's Republic of 191 4,215,232
4 Germany 71 1,966,963
5 Italy 53 1,875,957
6 China, Republic of (Taiwan) 37 1,663,082
7 Poland 80 1,611,161
8 Croatia 32 707,276
9 Finland 8 681,600
10 France 14 654,144
11 UnitedStates 20 579,081
12 Romania 80 578,297
13 Spain 29 529,153
14 Denmark 12 462,025
15 Netherlands 120 421,654
16 Ukraine 17 385,654
17 Russia 45 292,686
18 Philippines 9 233,176
19 Turkey 43 227,376
20 Bulgaria 15 160,822
  Total top 20 1,623 56,755,554
  Top 20% of total 90.0 98.4
  World total 1,793 57,655,516

SOURCE: Lloyds Maritime Information Service, World Orderbook data, as of March 2001.

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