Nei primi nove mesi dell'anno fiscale 1999 sono cresciuti del 166% gli ordini ai cantieri giapponesi per la costruzione di navi destinate al mercato estero

La Japan Ship Exporters' Association ha reso noto che lo scorso gennaio i cantieri giapponesi hanno ricevuto 27 ordini per la costruzione di navi destinate al mercato estero per complessive 1.513.140 tonnellate di stazza lorda, con un incremento del 1418% rispetto alle 106.700 tsl relative ai 3 ordini ricevuti nel gennaio 1999.
Nel consuntivo stilato dal ministero giapponese dei Trasporti, che tiene conto delle commesse che hanno ottenuto l'approvazione e che riguardano sia navi destinate all'esportazione che al mercato nazionale, figurano invece in gennaio ordini per 1.326.750 tsl (25 navi), con una diminuzione del 32,7% rispetto al mese precedente (643.760 tsl e 38 navi in meno) e un incremento del 20,8% rispetto a gennaio 1999.

Nel periodo aprile 1999 - gennaio 2000 (anno fiscale 1999) gli ordini registrati dalla Japan Ship Exporters' Association sono stati 243 per un totale di 9.235.250 tonnellate di stazza lorda, con un incremento del 166% rispetto al periodo aprile 1998 - gennaio 1999 quando gli ordini furono 111 per 5.564.141 tsl.

Japan Ship Exporters' Association
Figures for New Export Ship Orders

January 2000 (FY1999)
Vessel Type
	1	handysize bulk carrier
	7	handymax bulk carriers
	5	panamax bulk carriers
	3	capesize bulk carriers
	2	lumber carriers
	1	chip carrier
	4	VLCCs
	3	product tankers
	1	ferry
Completion dates	FY1999	10.6%
	FY2000	59.0%
	FY2001	19.0%
	FY2002	7.1%
	FY2003	4.3%
Method of payment	100% in cash and yen. 6.9% in yen and 93.1% in foreign currency. 8.4% through trading companies.

April 1999 to January 2000 (FY1999)
Completion dates	FY1999	6.8%
	FY2000	42.6%
	FY2001	39.9%
	FY2002	9.9%
	FY2003	0.8%
Method of payment	100% in cash. 17.9% in yen and 82.1% in foreign currency. 22.2% 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
( April 1999 to January 2000)
Based On FISCAL YEAR

Month	1st Half		3rd Quater		January		TOTAL
Description	No.	G/T	No.	G/T	No.	G/T	G/T	No.
General Cargo		3	13,800	10	391,780	0	0	13	405,580
Bulk Carrier		114	3,918,980	65	2,246,320	19	764,140	198	6,929,440
Tanker		16	850,150	7	299,400	7	724,500	30	1,874,050
Combined Carrier		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others		0	0	1	1,680	1	24,500	2	26,180
Sub Total (A)		133	4,782,930	83	2,929,180	27	1,513,140	243	9,235,250
FY1998(B)		76	3,738,441	32	1,719,000	3	106,700	111	5,564,141
FY1997(C)		156	6,913,903	71	2,907,280	13	614,600	240	10,435,783
(%)	A/B		127.9%		171.0%		1418.1%		166.0%
	A/C		69.2%		101.1%		246.2%		88.5%

NOTE: COVERS NEW SHIPBUILDING ORDERS OF 500G/T OVER
FOR EXPORT AS STEEL VESSELS PLACED WITH JSEA MEMBERS

Export Ships Delivered in FY1999
( April 1999 to January 2000 )
Based on FISCAL YEAR

Month	1st Half		3rd Quater		January		TOTAL
Description	No.	G/T	No.	G/T	No.	G/T	G/T	No.
General Cargo		11	215,320	5	177,211	4	119,881	20	512,412
Bulk Carrier		65	2,159,909	22	897,857	22	794,146	109	3,851,912
Tanker		19	1,014,115	17	1,273,482	7	714,767	43	3,002,364
Combined Carrier		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others		0	0	1	7,400	0	0	1	7,400
Sub Total (A)		95	3,389,344	45	2,355,950	33	1,628,794	173	7,374,088
FY1998(B)		103	3,266,361	47	1,513,616	25	1,025,571	175	5,805,548
FY1997(C)		106	3,411,475	50	1,315,609	35	1,165,287	191	5,892,371
(%)	A/B		103.8%		155.7%		158.8%		127.0%
	A/C		99.4%		179.1%		139.8%		125.1%

NOTE: COVERS NEW SHIPBUILDING ORDERS OF 500G/T OVER
FOR EXPORT AS STEEL VESSELS PLACED WITH JSEA MEMBERS

Export Ship Orderbook in January
(at the end of January 2000)

	No.	G/T
Orderbook End of March (A) FY1998	351	18,304,090
New Orders (B) ( April 1999 to January 2000 )	243	9,235,250
Delivered & etc (C) ( April 1999 to January 2000)	173	7,374,088
Adjustments (D)		1,870,702
Increasing-Decreasing (E) (B-C-D)	57	-9,540

Orderbook End of January 2000 (A) +(E) (FY1999)	408	18,294,550

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

January 2000(FY1999)
Details	Domestic	Export
	2,910gt	1,323,840gt
Cargo ships	0	2
Bulk carriers	0	14
Container ships	0	5
Car carrier	0	1
LNG carriers	0	2
Chemical tanker	1	0
Total number	1	24
16 pure exports ships were ordered. Method of payment 18 vessels were paid for in dollars and cash. The rest were paid for in yen and cash Delivery
Year	Number
FY2000	14
FY2001	10
FY2002	1
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 January 2000 (FY00)

Item		April 1999 to January 2000				January 2000
		No.	GT	DW	Amount million Yen	No.	GT	DW	Amount million Yen
Domestic	Cargo	11	105,741	121,121		1	2,910	4,500
	Tanker	1	3,815	4,999		0	0	0
	Others	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Sub-total	13	111,556	127,340		1	2,910	4,500
Export	Cargo	183	6,556,510	10,232,043		22	1,137,840	1,730,705
	Tanker	44	1,868,045	2,726,950		2	186,000	132,800
	Others	2	45,300	9,286		0	0	0
	Sub-total	229	8,469,855	12,968,279		24	1,323,840	1,863,505
Grand Total	Cargo	194	6,662,251	10,353,164		23	1,140,750	1,735,205
	Tanker	45	1,871,860	2,731,949		2	186,000	132,800
	Others	3	47,300	10,506		0	0	0
	Total	242	8,581,411	13,095,619	734,427	25	1,326,750	1,868,005	118,632