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This chart breaks down the major players in shipbuilding, by the gross tonnage (GT) of merchant ships built in 2023.
Data is sourced from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and excludes military vessels, yachts, fishing vessels, offshore platforms, and barges.
It measures the internal volume of a ship and is not related to the ship's weight, but rather its overall size and capacity.
A very large container ship with a capacity of around 20,250 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) would have 220,000 GT.