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Number of vessels built in given year<br />

20<br />

18<br />

16<br />

14<br />

12<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

1971<br />

1973<br />

1975<br />

1977<br />

1979<br />

Graph 10: Age Profile AHTS 8,000 � 9,999 BHP<br />

1981<br />

1983<br />

1985<br />

1987<br />

1989<br />

1991<br />

Year Built<br />

When considering medium sized AHTS vessels, we note that this sector of the fleet at January 2008 had<br />

an average age of just over 13 years which is set to decrease to just under 11 years by 2011 when the<br />

newbuild order book is included (see Graph 11).<br />

Number of vessels built in given year<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

1975<br />

1977<br />

1979<br />

1981<br />

Graph 11: Age Profile AHTS 10,000 � 13,999 BHP<br />

1983<br />

1985<br />

1987<br />

1989<br />

1991<br />

1993<br />

Year Built<br />

The large AHTS category (Graph 12) at January 2008 had the youngest average age of any segment of<br />

only 8 years which is set to decrease to just over 7 years by 2011, after taking into account the newbuild<br />

orderbook.<br />

88<br />

1993<br />

1995<br />

1995<br />

1997<br />

1997<br />

1999<br />

1999<br />

2001<br />

2001<br />

2003<br />

2003<br />

2005<br />

2005<br />

2007<br />

2007<br />

2009<br />

2009<br />

180<br />

160<br />

140<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

Total fleet size<br />

Total fleet size

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