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Japan is world’s third largest shipping nation as owners control 12% of the fleet

Published
24 April 2025

Combined, Japanese shipowners currently own 12% of the global fleet’s deadweight tonnes capacity (DWT). This makes Japan the third largest shipowning country in the world and one of only three countries where shipowners control more than 10% of the global fleet’s DWT capacity.