(16. Oktober) The world‘s commercial fleet has dropped to the lowest annual growth rate in over a decade, according to the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015.
The report suggests that the global commercial fleet has grown by 3.5% in a 12 month period from January 2014 to January 2015. The fleet totalled 89,464 vessels, with overall 1.75m in deadweight tonnage at the beginning of the year.