April 2010 - Newly Approved Orders for Ship Construction in Japan
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Publication Name: MLIT Statistics
Issue Number: April 2010 (FY 2010)
Publish Date: 17/05/2010
April 2010 - Newly Approved Orders for Ship Construction in Japan as approved by the Japanese Government*

April 2010 (FY 2010)
 
Newly approved orders totaled 1,532,142GT (38 vessels) in April 2010.
April’s figures in GT were 140,518GT less (4 vessels more) than last month’s figures.
April’s figures in GT were 25,937GT more (1 vessel more) than achieved in the same month in 2009(FY2009).

1. Details
 
Domestic / Export ( 3,852GT / 1,528,290GT)
 
General cargo ship ( 0 / 1 )
Bulk carrier ( 0/ 24 )
Container carrier ( 0 / 4 )
Car carrier ( 0 / 4)
Product tanker ( 1 / 1 )
Chemical tanker ( 0 / 1 )
LPG carrier ( 0 / 1 )
Heavy lifter ( 0 / 1 )
Total number ( 1 / 37 )
 
A total of 14 pure export ships were ordered. 
( U.K. x 2,  Singapore x 1, Denmark x 2,  Germany x 1, Turkey x 1, Panama x 1,  Bermuda x 1, Hong Kong x 2, Taiwan x 3 )

2. Method of Payment

A total of 2 vessels were paid for in US-Dollar cash payments, 29 vessels were paid for in Japanese-Yen cash payments, and 7 vessels were paid for in Japanese-Yen and US-Dollar cash payments
 
3. Delivery Schedule

FY 2010    - 32
FY 2011    -   6
 
>>For figure for New Order in Ship Construction in April 2010(FY2010), please click attached file(PDF file, 3 pages).

Note
 *These figures had previously been referred to as "Japanese Government Statistics for New Orders in Ship Construction". The above statistics represent the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) approval for ship construction. This approval may be issued at any point in time following completion of a contract. MLIT figures record both domestic and export ships of 2,500 GT or 90m in length and over.　

For further information and enquiries, please contact:
Japan Ship Centre (JETRO)
May, 2010
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