The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published data on construction and demolition volumes ships built in 2022 resulting in 55.6 million gross tonnage of new shipbuilding carried out last year, with a decrease of -8.6% on 2021. 95.3% of Total constructions of 2022 was carried out in the Asian shipyards totalled 53.0 million tons of gross tonnage of new ships (- 9.9%). Following the European shipyards with less than 2,5 million GRT (+32.6%), equal to 4.4% of the total. In Italian shipyards only, the Production amounted to 731 thousand tons of gross tonnage (+46,5%).

As for ship dismantling, last year in the world there were a total of 7.5 million tonnes of gross tonnage, half compared to 2021 being the decrease of the -49,3%. In 2022 almost all demolitions (the 95.9%) occurred in Asian shipyards which totalled 7.2 million GRT (-50.1%); Following the European shipyards with 92 thousand tons of gross tonnage of ships dismantled (- 52.6%) and America with 81 thousand GRT (-53.4%). Last year in Italy were not Dismantling ships compared to dismantling for less than 5 thousand GRT made in 2021.