Japan Ship Exporters' Association Statistics for New Export Ship Orders
March/ 2004

(FY 2003 )OVERVIEW
InMarch2004 , Japan received

36 export orders totalling

1,876,567 G/T.

Vessel Type
2 general cargos
2 handysize bulk carriers
8 panamax bulk carriers
1 ore carrier
4 car carriers
2 suezmax oil tankers
2 panamax oil tankers
3 aframax tankers
6 product tankers
3 chemical tanker
3 VLCCs
Schedule Date
4.6 %FY 2004
9.4 %FY 2005
50.8 %FY 200635.2 % (*over FY2007)
FY 2007
Method of Payment
100 % in cash ( 24.6 % in yen and10.5 % through trading firms.

75.4 % in other foreign currencies).

*See attached file for further details.

Figures for FY2003( April, 2003

During the period between April, 2003
totaling 26,046,411 G/T.

toMarch, 2004)

andMarch, 2004

( FY 2003 ), Japan received 542 export orders

Schedule Date
1.9 %FY 200314.5 %FY 2004
28.6 %FY 2005
40.6 %FY 2006
14.4 % (*over FY2007)
FY 2007
Method of Payment
100 % in cash ( 34.8 % in yen and16.1 % through trading firms.

65.2 % in other foreign currencies).

New Orders of Export Ships placed by Owners during FY 2003 (April 03 to March 04)
in G/T.
Figures on owners placing orders with Japanese yards indicates that 72.1 % of orders are placed by Japanese related owners,
European and American shipping companies, 10.4 %;Greek shipowners, 6.4 %;2.9 %;
Hong Kong shipowners,
Chinese shipowners, 1.2 %;Oil companies, 0.0 %;7.0 %.
and others,*These figures are official JSEA statistics and may be used as such.

New Export Orders Placed in March 2004 (FY 2003)
Based on Fiscal Year

Description
General CargosBulk Carriers
Tankers
Combined Carriers
OthersTotal
FY 2002 / FY2003 (%)
In CGTJSEA (April 2004)
Apr 02 to Mar 03
February 2004
March 2004
Apr 03 to Mar 04
Jan 04 to Mar 04
Apr 03 to Nov 03
December 2003
January 2004
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
14
475,900
43
1,815,950
3199,800
5402,0000029,50053
2,427,250
7411,500
251 10,746,210 238 10,175,540
86
3,718,500
13532,300
3146,250
15
704,100 355 15,276,690
31
1,382,650
713,886,55090
5,690,354
5
271,600
13
856,7507
360,800
19
1,162,967 134
8,342,471
39
2,380,517
0
0
0
0
00
0
000
0
0
0
00
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
336 15,108,660 371 17,681,844
94
4,189,900
31
1,791,050
10507,05036
1,876,567 542 26,046,411
77
4,174,667* 144.9
189.3
475.3
111.0
40.9
92.2
172.4
** 85.4
7,288,257
8,620,533
1,882,055
932,421228,865874,806
12,538,680
2,036,092

Figures for shipbulding orders of 500 G/T and over for export as steel vessels placed with JSEA members are covered.
*FY 2001/FY2002**Calender Year 2002/2003

Export Ships Delivered in March 2004 (FY 2003)
Based on Fiscal Year

Description
General Cargos
Bulk Carriers
Tankers
Combined Carriers
OthersTotal
FY 2002 / FY2003 (%)
In CGTJSEA (April 2004)
Apr 02 to Mar 03
Apr 03 to Nov 03
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
Apr 03 to Mar 04
Jan 04 to Mar 04
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
No.
G/T
31
1,092,204
19697,008
258,526
5
202,7083
129,3962
16,69731
1,104,335
10
348,801
124
4,637,434
66
2,846,161
2
107,224
18
727,86813
429,06214
451,417 113
4,561,732
45
1,608,347
72
4,678,657
67
3,845,182
4
156,75915
807,4636
316,78611
626,036 103
5,752,226
32
1,750,285
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
21,188
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
115,87500
1
115,875
1
115,875
228 10,429,483 152
7,388,351
8
322,50938
1,738,039
23
991,11927
1,094,150 248 11,534,168
883,823,308* 94.7
115.9
67.6
137.2
86.9
93.8
110.6
** 106.9
5,277,721
3,593,281
170,179
956,141
599,868
546,237
5,865,706
2,102,246

Deliveries of new shipbuilding orders of 500 G/T and over for export as steel vessels placed with JSEA members are covered.
*FY 2001/FY2002**Calender Year 2002/2003

Export Ship Orderbook(As of the end of March 2004)
JSEA (April 2004)
G/T - (CGT)No.
OrderbookEnd of March 2003 (FY 2002)

A

New Orders (Apr 03 to Mar 04)

B542

Delivered (Apr 03 to Mar 04)

C△ 248AdjustmentsDOrderbook
End of March 2004 (A+B+C+D)

523

25,682,024(12,844,122)
26,046,411(12,538,680)△ 11,534,168(△ 5,865,706)△ 215,072(△ 120,735)

814

39,979,195(19,396,361)

Delivery schedule
FY 2004273

FY 2005251

FY 2006220

FY 200758

FY 2008(*over FY2008)12

12,846,491(6,505,981)
11,847,887(5,729,918)
11,527,717(5,381,069)
2,971,900(1,442,493)
785,200(336,900)