{
  "meta": {
    "key": "container_ship_capacity",
    "title": "Container Ship Capacity",
    "unit": "dwt",
    "category": "Economy",
    "source": "UNCTADstat merchant fleet (Clarksons Research data)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.MerchantFleet",
    "verified": "2026-10-20",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/container_ship_capacity",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/container_ship_capacity.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/container_ship_capacity.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to UNCTADstat merchant fleet (Clarksons Research data). This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Container Ship Capacity\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/container_ship_capacity, data verified 2026-10-20. Underlying source: UNCTADstat merchant fleet (Clarksons Research data)."
  },
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      "value": 10290114,
      "label": "10.3M dwt at the start of 1980"
    },
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      "year": 1981,
      "value": 11060523
    },
    {
      "year": 1982,
      "value": 12108264
    },
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      "year": 1983,
      "value": 12809767
    },
    {
      "year": 1984,
      "value": 14088790
    },
    {
      "year": 1985,
      "value": 17266770
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    {
      "year": 1986,
      "value": 18732552
    },
    {
      "year": 1987,
      "value": 20180653
    },
    {
      "year": 1988,
      "value": 21489531
    },
    {
      "year": 1989,
      "value": 22295221
    },
    {
      "year": 1990,
      "value": 22346000
    },
    {
      "year": 1991,
      "value": 23611000
    },
    {
      "year": 1992,
      "value": 27251890
    },
    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 29844257
    },
    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 32045907
    },
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 38923350
    },
    {
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 43805665
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 48732522
    },
    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 56076257
    },
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 61154933
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 63580494
    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "value": 69124018
    },
    {
      "year": 2002,
      "value": 77328677
    },
    {
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 83281350
    },
    {
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 91621149
    },
    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 100226403
    },
    {
      "year": 2006,
      "value": 112702160
    },
    {
      "year": 2007,
      "value": 128321475
    },
    {
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 144654719
    },
    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 161918957
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 169157522,
      "label": "2010s: a steady 10.6M dwt a year"
    },
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      "year": 2011,
      "value": 183691408
    },
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      "year": 2012,
      "value": 196820992
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 206322135
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 216199135
    },
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      "year": 2015,
      "value": 228229988
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 244338846
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 245683478
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    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 253632593
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 266129351
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    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 275040953
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 282255840
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 294290654
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 307661387
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 331798282
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 364116429,
      "label": "+32.3M dwt in 2024, the record"
    },
    {
      "year": 2026,
      "value": 388530831,
      "label": "388.5M dwt, 1 Jan 2026"
    }
  ]
}