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Cruise shipping: tables
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Table 1.
Development of world merchant fleet, 1988-1999
| Ship type |
Average growth rate %
|
| Bulk carriers |
3.4 |
| Cargo passenger |
-5.6 |
| Chemical tankers |
4.0 |
| Container ships |
9.0 |
| General cargo (multi-deck) |
-2.5 |
| General cargo (single-deck) |
4.9 |
| Liquid gas tankers |
5.3 |
| OBO carriers |
-5.8 |
| Oil tankers |
2.2 |
| Passenger ships |
9.6 |
| Reefer ships |
1.4 |
| Ro-ro cargo ships |
4.3 |
| Ro-ro/passenger ships |
7.7 |
| Special ships |
0.8 |
| Average |
2.8 |
Source: ISL Bremen (1998)
Table 2.
Development of cruise shipping, 1980-1998
(ships of 1,000 gt. and over)
| |
1980 |
1998 |
Growth |
| No. ships |
147 |
225 |
53% |
| Total GT |
2,045,000 |
6,307,000 |
208% |
| Passengers |
1,500,000 |
7,500,000 |
400% |
Source: ISL, 1998; Thomas, 1995 cited in Couper, 1997; Wild, 1999
Table 3.
Top 10 cruise ports 1999
|
Port
|
Passenger total
(out, return & transit)
million
|
| Miami |
2.84 |
| San Juan |
1.68 |
| Port Canaveral |
1.35 |
| St Thomas |
1.33 |
| Cozumel |
1.20 |
| Port Everglades |
1.07 |
| Nassau |
1.00 |
| Grand Cayman |
0.97 |
| Los Angeles |
0.93 |
| Singapore |
0.90 |
Source: GP Wild (International ) Ltd
Table 4.
Demand for seafarers in cruise fleet, 1996-2004
| Year |
No. seafarers |
Net growth rate by % |
| 1996 |
80,000 |
- |
| 1999 |
99,000 |
23 |
| 2004 |
130,000 |
31 |
| 2004* |
168,000 |
70 |
* with pending orders
Source: Peisley, 1996; Wild, 1999
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