SURPLUS TANKER CAPACITY

Surplus carrying capacity of the world's tanker fleet at the end of 1975 was about 37 percent - 114 million tons out of 255.7 million tons-according to UK broker John I. Jacobs and Co., and the surplus could rise to 150 million tons at the end of 1976. The surplus was made up of 41.3 million tons of laid up tankers, 2.1 million tons of laid up combined carriers, the equivalent of 55.6 million tons for 18 percent slow steaming by tankers and 15 million tons for various inefficiencies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Development Agency Centre

  800 rene-Leveque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec H3B 1X9,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18
• Serial:
  • Transport Development News
  • Publisher: Transportation Development Agency Centre

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fleet management; Statistics; Tankers
• Old TRIS Terms: Fleet statistics; World tanker fleet
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142630
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Development Agency Centre
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM