Private investment in dual-fuel container ships and vehicle carriers
STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
180 billionUSD
Global · as of 31 Mar 2026
Private investment in dual-fuel container ships and vehicle carriers worldwide totalled 180 billion USD as of 31 March 2026 (WSC).
- Publisher
- WSC
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In total, 1,204 dual-fuel container ships and vehicle carriers are now delivered or on order, representing over $180 billion USD in private investment.
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- APA
- World Shipping Council. (2026). Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.worldshipping.org/news/dual-fuel-container-ship-and-vehicle-carrier-fleet-passes-1200-vessels-as-orders-and-deliveries-rise. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229B
- MLA
- World Shipping Council. "Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise." 2026, https://www.worldshipping.org/news/dual-fuel-container-ship-and-vehicle-carrier-fleet-passes-1200-vessels-as-orders-and-deliveries-rise. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229B.
- Chicago
- World Shipping Council. "Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise." 2026. https://www.worldshipping.org/news/dual-fuel-container-ship-and-vehicle-carrier-fleet-passes-1200-vessels-as-orders-and-deliveries-rise. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229B.
- BibTeX
- @misc{wsc2026private0d229b, author = {{World Shipping Council}}, title = {Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229B}, note = {Original source: https://www.worldshipping.org/news/dual-fuel-container-ship-and-vehicle-carrier-fleet-passes-1200-vessels-as-orders-and-deliveries-rise. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- World Shipping Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Dual-fuel container ship and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels as orders and deliveries rise
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229B