China received 81.8% of global shipbuilding orders in nine months — ECNS

China received 81.8% of new shipbuilding orders worldwide during the first nine months of 2026. Ship production in the country reached 58.05 million deadweight tonnes over this period, up 50.7% from a year earlier.

Growth in orders

As ECNS reports, citing data from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the volume of new orders increased by 163.2% year on year to 175.29 million deadweight tonnes.

As of the end of September, Chinese shipbuilders' backlog stood at 399.13 million deadweight tonnes. This is 64.8% higher than in the same period of the previous year.

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Share of the global market

According to the ministry, China accounted for 63.6% of global shipbuilding output and 72.4% of the global order backlog. A deadweight tonne is a measure of a vessel's carrying capacity, expressed in metric tonnes.

Chinese companies also secured 74.1% of new global orders for vessels with environmentally friendly propulsion systems. Compared with the first half of the year, China's share in this segment increased by 5.7 percentage points.