Active Shipyards who have at least one ship order decreased 57% than 2009 because of financial crisis. Clarkson reported the finding in recent. Nowadays, there are 402 active shipyards on the world in total including 140 shipyards in China. However, there are 931 active shipyard in the world as the biggest number.
Moreover, Clarkson have no confidence in the shipbuilding industry. It says more than 240 active shipyards will deliver the final new ship before 2017 without new order. Therefore, a great number of shipyards without large orders will have a huge challenge of survive as the new orders continue to decrease.