UNCTAD data regarding merchant fleet from perspective of flag of registry gives possibility to look on fleet development in terms of DWT and ship’s type already since 1980’s. It depends on the internet connection and time required by the browser to make connection with the Google data studio.ĭevelopment of registered worlds’ fleet (ships > 100GT) Generally, the internet browser often needs a bit of time to load the dashboards. Appropriately adjusted dashboard will allow a lot easier data exploring. Analysis and visualization of beneficial owner countries with Google Data studio dashboardsīesides, by using those two buttons below, you can adjust the size of dashboards for them to fit better in your screen. Interactivity allows possibility to gain insight from a perspective of individual country with one or few clicks. Therefore this post offers a bit of help as the annual data regarding “M erchant fleet by flag of registration and by type of ship”and annual data regarding “Merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership” are converted in four interactive dashboards and several graphs. However it’s time consuming to go deep in data and understand the principles of how Unctad data center and tables are organized. Public data source which offers reliable data to follow world’s merchant fleet development is UNCTAD statics and data are available via their data center. It is important for any visualisation of world’s merchant fleet development to give good overview of present situation and trends.

World’s merchant fleet can be analysed from different perspectives such as ownership, flag, growth in terms of DWT or number of ships, type of ships etc.

World fleet register