This statistic shows the ownership type of the leading 20 ship companies worldwide as of 2020. With regards to ship owners, 35% of them are from the public sector, 30% are state-owned, and 35% are private. In the case of operators/charterers, roughly half of them are public, 20% state-owned, and one in four are from the private sector.
Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type
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Shell. (July 7, 2020). Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/
Shell. "Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type." Chart. July 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/
Shell. (2020). Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/
Shell. "Breakdown of The Leading 20 Ship Owners and Operators Globally in 2020, by Ownership Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/
Shell, Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/ (last visited May 23, 2024)
Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type [Graph], Shell, July 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/