Greek Merchant Fleet (Provisional Data), July 2020

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

Piraeus, September 22, 2020

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY

PRESS RELEASE

GREEK MERCHANT FLEET: July 2020 (Provisional data)

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data on the Greek Merchant Fleet (for vessels of

100 GRT1) for July 2020. Particularly:

• The Greek Merchant Fleet decreased by 2.0% in July 2020 compared with July 2019, while an increase of 1.1% was recorded in July 2019 compared with July 2018 (Table 1).
• The gross tonnage of the Greek Merchant Fleet, for vessels of 100 GRT and over, recorded a decrease of 4.6% in July 2020 compared with July 2019. A decrease of 0.4% was recorded in July 2019 compared with July 2018 (Table 1).

Graph 1: Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over: January 2017 - July 2020

	1,890			45,500
	1,880			45,000
	1,870			44,500
Ships	1,860			44,000	GRT
1,850			43,500
Number of			Thousands
1,840			43,000
1,830			42,500
1,820			42,000
	1,810			41,500
	1,800			41,000
	Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July
	2017	2018	2019	2020
		Number of Ships	Tonnage

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1 GRT: Gross Tonnage

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Table 1. Number and tonnage of Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over, by types of ships, July 2018 - 2020

July

2018	2019	Change %	2020	Change %
2019/2018	2020/2019

Types	Number	Tonnage	Number	Τοnnage	Number	Tonnage	Number	Τοnnage	Number	Tonnage
of ships	of Ships	(GRT)	of Ships	(GRT)	of Ships	(GRT)	of Ships	(GRT)	of Ships	(GRT)
Cargo	417	12,939,904	417	12,373,917	0.0	-4.4	404	12,003,962	-3.1	-3.0
Tankers	514	28,992,716	509	29,372,684	-1.0	1.3	477	27,773,437	-6.3	-5.4
Passenger	670	1,310,182	696	1,311,251	3.9	0.1	708	1,293,042	1.7	-1.4
ships
Other	260	91,972	260	89,122	0.0	-3.1	256	92,709	-1.5	4.0
Total:	1,861	43,334,774	1,882	43,146,974	1.1	-0.4	1,845	41,163,150	-2.0	-4.6

Graph 2a: Number of Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over, by types of ships,

July 2018 - 2020

of Ships

800		1,882	2,000
	1,861	1,845
		1,800
700
			1,600
600
			1,400
500			1,200
400			1,000

Cargo

Tankers

Passenger ships

Number

300

200

100

800

600

400

200

Other

Total (right axis)

0				0
2018	2019	2020

Graph 2b: Tonnage of Greek Merchant Ships of 100 GRT and over, by types of ships,

July 2018 - 2020

35,000

43,33543,147

50,000

45,000

GRT Thousands

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

41,163

40,000

35,000

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

Cargo

Tankers

Passenger ships

Other

Total (right axis)

0

2018

2019

2020

0

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Table 2. Distribution of the Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over, by tonnage groups,

July 2018 - 2020

July

		2018			2019		Change %			2020		Change %
					2019/2018				2020/2019
Tonnage	Number	Tonnage		Number	Τοnnage		Number	Tonnage		Number	Τοnnage		Number	Tonnage
Groups	of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)
[100-500)	788	196,730		816	202,270		3.6	2.8		815	202,111		-0.1	-0.1
[500-3,000)	353	435,525		353	434,417		0.0	-0.3		352	436,272		-0.3	0.4
[3,000-7,000)	74	329,241		76	337,723		2.7	2.6		76	338,391		0.0	0.2
[7,000-10,000)	24	204,176		25	211,833		4.2	3.8		25	213,640		0.0	0.9
[10,000-20,000)	46	674,985		50	734,304		8.7	8.8		48	701,143		-4.0	-4.5
[20,000-30,000)	73	1,922,595		68	1,793,657		-6.8	-6.7		67	1,761,874		-1.5	-1.8
[30,000+	503	39,571,522		494	39,432,770		-1.8	-0.4		462	37,509,719		-6.5	-4.9
Total:	1,861	43,334,774		1,882	43,146,974		1.1	-0.4		1,845	41,163,150		-2.0	-4.6

Graph 3: Distribution of Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over, by tonnage groups,

July 2018 - 2020

Number of ships

900		1,861	1,882	1,845		2,000
800						1,800
700						1,600
600						1,400
						1,200
500
						1,000
400
						800
300						600
200						400
100						200
0							0
2018	2019	2020

[100-500)

[500-3,000)

[3,000-7,000)

[7,000-10,000)

[10,000-20,000)

[20,000-30,000)

[30,000+

Total (right axis)

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Table 3. Distribution of Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over, by age groups,

July 2018 - 2020

July

	2018			2019		Change %			2020		Change %
			2019/2018				2020/2019
Age	Number	Tonnage		Number		Τοnnage		Number	Tonnage		Number	Τοnnage		Number	Tonnage
Groups	of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships		(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)		of Ships	(GRT)
(0-5)	158	8,719,811		168	9,618,610	6.3	10.3		138	8,052,276		-17.9	-16.3
[5-10)	229	12,556,482		173		10,427,216		-24.5	-17.0		177	10,829,058		2.3	3.9
[10-15)	271	10,771,747		277	11,046,691	2.2	2.6		262	10,163,830		-5.4	-8.0
[15-20)	196	7,012,214		228		8,040,675		16.3	14.7		213	7,703,535		-6.6	-4.2
[20-25)	95	752,414		105	617,845	10.5	-17.9		125	1,321,434		19.0	113.9
[25-30)	119	657,468		96		422,398		-19.3	-35.8		98	121,471		2.1	-71.2
[30+	793	2,864,638		835	2,973,539	5.3	3.8		832	2,971,546		-0.4	-0.1
Total:	1,861	43,334,774		1,882	43,146,974	1.1	-0.4		1,845	41,163,150		-2.0	-4.6

Graph 4a: Distribution of Greek Merchant ships 100 GRT and over, by age groups,

July 2018 - 2020

Number of Ships

900		1,861	1,882	1,845		2,000
				1,800
800
700						1,600
600						1,400
500						1,200
						1,000
400						800
300						600
200						400
100						200
0							0
2018	2019	2020

(0-5)

[5-10)

[10-15)

[15-20)

[20-25)

[25-30)

[30+

Total (right axis)

Graph 4b: Tonnage of Greek Merchant ships of 100 GRT and over, by age groups,

July 2018 - 2020

GRT (Thousands)

14,000		43,335	43,147			50,000
	41,163		45,000
12,000
						40,000
10,000						35,000
8,000						30,000
						25,000
6,000						20,000
4,000						15,000
						10,000
2,000						5,000
0						0
2018	2019	2020

(0-5)

[5-10)

[10-15)

[15-20)

[20-25)

[25-30)

[30+

Total (right axis)

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