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17.2. World seaborne trade and the merchant fleet
The volume of global trade flow shipped by sea is gradually but regularly growing
reaching 6.9 billion tonnes by the end of 2006. Estimates for the end of 2008
put the trade volume at 7.5 billion tonnes. A favourable factor for world trade
development is the progressing globalisation and liberalisation, which contribute
to market development, and create opportunities for developing countries,
with their relatively modern engineering and technological solutions, to join in
international trade.
Global trade growth rate for oil cargoes is assumed to reach 2.9% in 2007 and
3.1% in 2008, with dry bulk cargo figures 4.0% and 3.5%, respectively.
Growth of shipped volumes is noted in all cargo groups. In 2006, compared
with 2005 liquid bulk cargo volumes grew by 2.3% and dry bulk cargoes by
6.8%. Shipment of general cargo and containerised cargo grew by 5.7% (see Table
36).
Growing oil shipments resulted mainly from the rising demand for oil from
other than OECD countries. Russia has become the leader in oil production (9.4
billion barrels per day in 2006).
When it comes to group of countries, the clear leaders in oil production are
the OPEC countries (29.5 billion barrels per day in 2006). Angola, which is a new
OPEC member, plans to increase its oil output by 0.25 billion barrels per day in
2007 2 .
Table 36. Global seaborne trade in 1990, 1995, and 2000-2008 (in billion tonnes)
Year Crude oil
Oil
products
Iron ore Coal Grain
Bauxite
and
alumina
Phosphates
Other
cargo
1990 1190 336 347 342 192 52 35 1438 3932
1995 1415 381 402 423 196 50 30 1815 4712
2000 1608 419 454 523 230 53 28 2280 5595
2001 1592 425 452 565 234 51 29 2305 5653
2002 1588 414 484 570 245 54 30 2435 5820
2003 1673 440 524 619 240 63 29 2545 6133
2004 1754 461 589 664 236 68 31 2690 6493
2005 1784 495 652 710 251 73 31 2666 6662
2006 1814 517 711 755 262 75 31 2818 6982
2008 1917 555 789 821 280 82 31 3033 7507
Source: Review 2006. Fearnleys Annual Review. Fearnresearch 2007. Oslo 2007, p. 49.
2 Review 2006. Fearnleys’ Annual Review. Fearnresearch 2007. Oslo 2007, p. 9.
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