Lo scorso maggio sono cresciuti del 66,9% in tonnellaggio gli ordini ai cantieri navali giapponesi

Nello scorso mese di maggio gli ordini ricevuti dai cantieri navali giapponesi - secondo una rilevazione governativa - sono stati relativi alla costruzione di 18 navi di stazza superiore a 2.500 tonnellate e di lunghezza superiore a 90 metri, per complessive 485.615 tonnellate di stazza lorda. In confronto al mese precedente si è verificato un calo del 54,4 per cento del tonnellaggio ordinato all'industria navale giapponese, con 2 unità e 579.085 tonnellate in meno rispetto ad aprile. Nel raffronto con il mese di maggio del 1998 è stata invece registrata una crescita del 66,9 per cento. Questi dati sono riferiti ai contratti di costruzione approvati dal governo, con atto che avviene generalmente alcuni mesi dopo l'emissione degli ordini.

La Japan Ship Exporters' Association ha reso noto invece che lo scorso mese di maggio i cantieri membri dell'associazione hanno ricevuto ordinazioni per 16 navi di stazza superiore a 500 tonnellate destinate al mercato estero, per un totale di 669.000 tonnellate di stazza lorda.

Ministry of Transport (MOT) figures
New Orders for Ship Construction in Japan
as approved by Japanese Government*

New Orders for Ship Construction in Japan
as approved by Japanese Government*

May 99 (FY99) New orders totalled 485,615 G/T( 18 Vessels ) in May 99. May's figure in G/T is 54.4% lower (579,000G/T less, 2 vessels less) than April's figure. May's figure in G/T is 66.9% higher than that achieved in the same month in 98. Details
	Domestic	Export
	58,215gt	427,400gt
Cargo ships	0	2
Bulk carriers	1	5
Oil tanker	1	0
Chemical tanker	0	1
Product tanker	0	1
LPG carrier	0	1
Car carriers	0	2
Ro/Ro ships	2	0
Reefers	0	2
Total number	4	14
5 pure exports ships were ordered. Method of payment 2 vessels were paid for in dollars and cash. The rest were paid for in yen and cash

Delivery
Year	Number
FY1999	14
FY2000	4

Note

* This figure was formerly called "Japanese Government Statistics for New Orders in Ship Construction".
* The above statistics represent the Japanese Ministry of Transport approval for ship construction. The approval may be issued at any point after a few months of contract signing.
* MOT figures record both domestic and export ships of 2,500G/T and 90m length over.

New Orders in Ship Construction for May 1999 (FY99)

Item		April 99 to May 99				May 99
		No.	GT	DW	Amount million Yen	No.	GT	DW	Amount million Yen
D o m e s t i c	Cargo	3	54,400	84,128		3	54,400	84,128
	Tanker	1	3,815	4,999		1	3,815	4,999
	Others	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Sub-total	4	58,215	89,127		4	58,215	89,127
E x p o r t	Cargo	25	988,100	1,463,136		11	314,500	378,660
	Tanker	9	504,000	799,923		3	112,900	147,025
	Others	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Sub-total	34	1,492,100	2,263,059		14	427,400	525,685
G r a n d T o t a l	Cargo	28	1,042,500	1,547,264		14	368,900	462,788
	Tanker	10	507,815	804,922		4	116,715	152,024
	Others	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Total	38	1,550,315	2,352,186	132,480	18	485,615	614,812	57,633

Figures as on 7 June 1999

Japan Ship Exporters' Association
Figures for New Export Ship Orders

May 1999 (FY1999)

Comment
Japan received 16 export orders of 669,000 G/T in May 1999 (FY99).

Vessel Type	2	handysize bulk carriers
	4	handymax bulk carriers
	2	panamax bulk carriers
	1	capesize bulk carrier
	3	LPG carriers
	2	LNG carriers
	1	product tanker
	1	chemical tanker

Completion dates	FY1999	24.9%
	FY2000	38.9%
	FY2001	22.3%
	FY2002	13.9%

Method of payment

100% in cash and yen. 25.8% in yen and 74.2% in foreign currency.
12.2% through trading companies.

April 1999 to May 1999 (FY1999)

Japan received 24 export orders of 1,120,400 G/T from April 1999 to May 1999 (FY99).

Completion dates	FY1999	19.5%
	FY1999	44.9%
	FY2000	27.3%
	FY2002	8.3%

Method of payment

100% in cash and yen. 33.8% in yen and 66.2% in foreign currency.
22.1% through trading companies.

Please note

* These figures are different from those recently published by the Japanese Ministry of Transport that cover both domestic and export orders.

*These figures are official JSEA statistics and may be used as such. However, they are not Japanese Government figures.

New Orders Placed in FY1999 ( May 99)
Based On FISCAL YEAR

Month		April		May		TOTAL
Description		No.	G/T	No.	G/T	No.	G/T
General Cargo		0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulk Carrier		6	218,200	9	304,400	15	522,600
Tanker		2	233,200	7	364,600	9	597,800
Combined Carrier		0	0	0	0	0	0
Others		0	0	0	0	0	0
Sub Total (A)		8	451,400	16	669,000	24	1,120,400
FY1998(B)		15	754,151	6	141,790	21	895,941
FY1997(C)		19	746,850	38	1,193,250	57	1,940,100
(%)	A/B		59.9%		471.8%		125.1%
	A/C		60.4%		56.1%		57.7%

Note: covers new shipbuilding orders of 500g/t over
for export as steel vessels placed with JSEA membersExport Ships Delivered in FY1998 ( May 99 )
Based on FISCAL YEAR

Month		April		May		TOTAL
Description		No.	G/T	No.	G/T	No.	G/T
General Cargo		1	4,362	3	19,306	4	23,668
Bulk Carrier		13	384,553	5	182,302	18	566,855
Tanker		1	28,546	4	73,978	5	102,524
Combined Carrier		0	0	0	0	0	0
Others		0	0	0	0	0	0
Sub Total (A)		15	417,461	12	275,586	27	693,047
FY1998(B)		11	278,674	19	647,203	30	925,877
FY1997(C)		15	502,458	15	385,377	30	887,835
(%)	A/B		149.8%		42.6%		74.9%
	A/C		83.1%		71.5%		78.1%

Note: covers new shipbuilding orders of 500g/t over
for export as steel vessels placed with JSEA membersExport Ship Orderbook in May
(at the end of May 1999)

	No.	G/T
Orderbook End of March (A) FY1998	351	18,304,090
New Orders (B) ( April 99 to May 99 )	24	1,120,400
Delivered & etc (C) ( April 99 to May 99)	27	693,047
Adjustments (D)		32,573
Increasing-Decreasing (E) (B-C-D)	-3	394,780

Orderbook End of May 99 (A) +(E) (FY1999)	348	18,698,870