I. Dry bulk carrier capacity
As of December 31, 2022, there were 2,427 dry bulk ships (over 10,000 tons, excluding heavy cargo ships, multi-purpose ships and other general cargo ships, the same below) carrying 79.824 million deadweight tons (some ships changed deadweight tons after inspection, with a total increase of 0.1 million deadweight tons). An increase of 192 vessels, 4.884 million deadweight tons, or 6.5% growth in tonnage from the end of 2021. In 2022, a total of 299 vessels with 807.0 DWT were added. In addition to 11 vessels with 569,000 DWT that were forced to be scrapped, 96 vessels with 2,618,000 DWT were withdrawn from the market through structural adjustment.
The average age of dry bulk carriers in coastal interprovincial transport is 10.6 years, down 0.4 years from the end of 2021. Among them, there were 253 old ships (more than 18 years old) and 23 ships (more than 28 years old), accounting for 10.4 percent and 0.9 percent of the total. From the end of 2021, the proportion of old ships and special inspection ships decreased by 1.1% and 0.4%, respectively.
2. Container ship capacity
By December 31, 2022, there were 350 container ships (more than 700TEU, excluding multi-purpose ships, the same below) with 830,000TEU of container capacity, 28 more than that by the end of 2021, and 42,000 TEU of container capacity, an increase of 5.4%. An additional 47 ships of 81,000 TEU in 2022; There is no compulsory scrapping of ships; A total of 19 container ships (39,000 TEUs) were withdrawn from the market ahead of schedule.
The average age of container ships for coastal interprovincial transport is 9.3 years, which decreased by 0.6 years from the end of 2021. Among them, 32 old ships (more than 20 years old) and three special inspection ships (more than 29 years old) accounted for 9.1 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. Compared with the end of 2021, the number of old ships decreased by 2.7%, and the number of special inspection ships was the same as that at the end of 2021, the number of ships decre