Facts & Figures

—Danish Shipping publishes a wide range of key figures and statistics about Danish shipping. Below, you can read our latest analyses of the shipping industry, which are regularly published. Further down, you can delve into our extensive selection of tables, figures, and facts. You can, among other things, see who owns the world's largest merchant fleet, which routes are the largest, and how many people are employed in Danish maritime shipping.

Knowledge bank - A sea of data

Danish Shipping continuously updates figures and the labor market, the merchant fleet, rates, and much more.

Commercial data

  • Monitor the development of global freight rates, port activity, and freight volumes

New construction and ship breaking

  • Monitor the development of newbuildings and recycling of Danish and foreign ships

Merchant fleet

  • Monitor the development of the global merchant fleet, segmented by countries and sectors

World trade

  • Monitor the development of the global economy and see the areas to which Danish shipping companies export

Employment

  • Monitor the employment trends within Danish shipping companies, including the number of seafarers and shore-based employees

Denmark's largest export industry

Shipping is by far Denmark's largest export industry. Last year we broke all records and exported more than DKK 530 billion. A large part of the increase is due to the abnormally high freight rates we saw after corona.

Ultraflash 2023

Ultraflash is short analyzes and background on a wide range of topics within shipping.

Ultraflash – Container transport at sea has been the fastest growing segment in the last 32 år

Ultraflash - Strong demand in the tanker market 1 year after the Ukraine war

Ultraflash - Danish container shipping companies are at the forefront when it comes to ordering new methanol container ships

Ultraflash – 2 out of 3 Danish seafarers live outside of the big cities

Ultraflash – Denmark is the EU’S third largest ferry nation

Ultraflash 2022

Ultraflash is short analyzes and background on a wide range of topics within shipping.

Ultraflash - Record earnings have come to an end for container and bulker vessels

Ultraflash - Danish Shipowners Are Ordering More New Vessels And Half Of Them Are Green

Ultraflash - Danish shipping export continues to grow (Danish)

Ultraflash - Danish Shipping Is More And More Global

Ultraflash - Ship building is getting more expensive (Danish)

Ultraflash - World offshore win continues to grow (Danish)

Ultraflash - Growth in employment for Danish shipping companies (Danish)

Takes up more than a quarter

In 2022, Danish shipping accounted for no less than 27 percent of Denmark's total exports.

Ultraflash 2021

Ultraflash is short analyzes and background on a wide range of topics within shipping.

Ultraflash - International ferries are still affected by corona

Ultraflash - Tanker rates continue to rise

Ultraflash - Danish seafarers live in rural areas

Ultraflash - The Danish operated merchant fleet continues to grow 

Ultraflash - The seaborne trade is back on track and higher than before the Covid-19 outbreak

Ultraflash - Danish offshore vessels focus on wind

Ultraflash - U.S. offshore vessels 14 years older than European vessels

Ultraflash - Skibsfarten fastholder en høj eksport i 2020 (Danish)

Ultraflash - The Danish Flagged Merchant Fleet sets a new record

Maritime strongholds (Danish)

A review of the importance of Blue Denmark for the Danish economy in collaboration with Danish Maritime, Danske Ports and Danish Shipping- and Ports.

Maritime Højborge (pdf)

Renewable energy for PtX fuels in shipping (Danish)

Teknisk rapport for Danish Shipping and Green Power Denmark

PtX studie (pdf)