The newbuilding orderbook peaked in mid-2022 and orders for shipbuilders are in decline. Is this drop in contracting set to continue in 2023 and how easy is it to find dock space if you do want to order a vessel?

For listeners interested in specific industry sectors only we have taken the Seatrade Maritime Podcast Shipping markets outlook 2023 episode and split into four mini-episodes focusing on a specific sector.

In the fourth, and final, part of our shipping market outlook series we are focusing on the shipbuilding sector with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) Managing Director Adam Kent. Speaking to the Seatrade Maritime Podcast who says, “We saw the orderbook peak based on our analysis in about June 2022.”

The episode covers

• The current orderbook
• Yard utilisation
• Order outlook for 2023
• The impact of IMI in Saudi Arabia

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