“On 1 September 2026, the global shipyard order book reached an estimated 203.2m Compensated Gross Tonnage (CGT), up 13% from 180.0m CGT a year earlier,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO. This is slightly below the all-time high of 210.4m CGT reached in May but remains above the previous record of 195.4m CGT ...