The total value of the Greek-owned fleet is valued by VesselsValue, at the levels of 156.14 billion dollars, occupying 3rd place worldwide, after China which is in 2nd place with a fleet value of 190.1 billion dollars and Japan which occupies 1st place with a fleet value of 196.6 billion dollars
Based on the ranking of the top 10 countries, based on all ship types covered (Bulker, Tanker, Container, Reefer, Small Dry, LNG, LPG, Vehicle Carriers, RoRo, Cruise, OSV , OCV, MODU and CTV), on the 4th position is occupied by the USA with a fleet value of 98.68 billion dollars, while Singapore follows in 5th with 65.9 billion dollars, and South Korea in 6th place with 80.3 billion dollars.
Also, in 7th place with a fleet value of 64.34 billion dollars is Germany, in 8th place with 56.69 billion dollars is Norway, in 9th place is Britain with 54.09 billion dollars and in 10th place is Switzerland with 47, 6 billion dollars
It should be noted that the Greek-owned tanker fleet has a value of 56.28 billion dollars, placing Greece in the 1st position in this market. Our country is also in 2nd place worldwide in the fleet of LNG carriers, with the Greek-owned fleet having a value of 29.1 billion dollars.
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