Shipyards
222 yards with at least five vessels in this register.
The yard that built a ship sets the ceiling on how efficient it can ever be. Hull form, machinery and the design index are fixed at delivery; everything after that is operation. Comparing ships from the same yard and the same years therefore isolates the operator, and comparing yards to each other isolates the design.
Yard names come from Wikidata. They record the yard as it is known today, which is not always the name on the builder's plate: Korean and Japanese yards in particular have been merged and renamed repeatedly.
| Shipyard | Vessels | Median GT | Median EEOI | Build years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD Hyundai Mipo | 981 | 29,266 | 15.1 | 1981–2024 |
| HD Hyundai Heavy Industries | 760 | 74,962 | 12.6 | 1978–2025 |
| Hanwha Ocean | 655 | 90,104 | 10.1 | 1989–2025 |
| Samsung Heavy Industries | 563 | 81,380 | 11.0 | 1986–2024 |
| Oshima Shipbuilding | 469 | 31,926 | 8.2 | 1970–2024 |
| HD Hyundai Samho | 460 | 81,360 | 9.8 | 2001–2024 |
| Tsuneishi Shipbuilding | 360 | 42,930 | 7.7 | 1983–2025 |
| Imabari Shipbuilding | 324 | 30,655 | 9.4 | 1980–2024 |
| Shin Kurushima Dockyard | 307 | 21,213 | 15.2 | 1983–2020 |
| Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding | 211 | 44,127 | 9.0 | 2008–2025 |
| Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | 205 | 41,254 | 10.2 | 1996–2025 |
| Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | 197 | 63,704 | 7.4 | 2007–2017 |
| Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding | 195 | 91,412 | 5.0 | 2004–2025 |
| CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company | 192 | 29,579 | 11.3 | 1995–2024 |
| SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. | 181 | 29,828 | 10.4 | 2006–2017 |
| Pella Sietas | 179 | 9,962 | 48.0 | 1978–2012 |
| CSC Jinling | 161 | 26,646 | 20.7 | 2000–2020 |
| Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company | 147 | 44,543 | 13.2 | 1992–2024 |
| Yangzhou Binjiang Shipbuilding | 140 | 32,839 | 8.3 | 1996–2018 |
| Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Headquarters | 137 | 48,040 | 9.8 | 1979–2023 |
| HJ Shipbuilding & Construction | 134 | 54,214 | 18.0 | 1995–2018 |
| Fincantieri | 133 | 56,738 | 161.9 | 1980–2025 |
| Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding | 128 | 9,530 | 32.4 | 2001–2022 |
| Japan Marine United Corporation | 122 | 43,500 | 6.1 | 1992–2024 |
| SLKB Komarno – Slovak Shipyard Komárno | 119 | 2,451 | 30.7 | 1991–2012 |
| Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. | 119 | 36,313 | 8.4 | 2008–2022 |
| Chengxi Shipyard | 115 | 32,521 | 8.1 | 2001–2021 |
| Iwagi Zosen | 115 | 34,794 | 9.5 | 1990–2020 |
| Hakodate Dock | 110 | 19,816 | 10.4 | 1993–2020 |
| Onomichi Dockyard | 104 | 28,465 | 10.0 | 1994–2023 |
| Sasebo Heavy Industries | 104 | 41,759 | 7.7 | 1996–2020 |
| Shinkurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding | 103 | 41,963 | 47.1 | 1990–2023 |
| Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard | 102 | 18,480 | 28.7 | 1998–2021 |
| Bodewes Shipyards | 99 | 3,454 | 29.5 | 1987–2024 |
| Imabari Shipbuilding Hiroshima Shipyard | 99 | 90,090 | 9.8 | 1979–2018 |
| Jiangnan Shipyard | 99 | 40,160 | 20.9 | 1991–2025 |
| Ferus Smit | 97 | 4,184 | 26.1 | 1987–2023 |
| STX Offshore & Shipbuilding | 97 | 30,863 | 10.8 | 2002–2019 |
| Tsuneishi Kure Dock | 97 | 20,236 | 12.4 | 1975–2020 |
| Qingshan Shipyard | 96 | 15,549 | 11.9 | 1997–2018 |
| Shikoku Dockyard | 95 | 17,944 | 15.5 | 1981–2021 |
| Namura Shipbuilding | 89 | 39,832 | 7.5 | 1995–2018 |
| IHI Marine United | 88 | 31,572 | 9.3 | 1991–2013 |
| Mangalia Shipyard | 87 | 57,045 | 16.7 | 1998–2017 |
| Mitsui Tamano Shipyard | 84 | 31,247 | 7.7 | 1984–2018 |
| Szczecin Shipyard | 81 | 16,803 | 26.6 | 1979–2011 |
| Shimanami Shipyard | 81 | 17,033 | 11.2 | 1998–2020 |
| CSBC Corporation, Taiwan | 81 | 42,382 | 21.8 | 1984–2021 |
| Shin Kasado Dockyard | 80 | 35,333 | 6.5 | 1986–2020 |
| HD Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding | 78 | 29,991 | 8.1 | 2009–2023 |
| Kitanihon Shipbuilding | 77 | 12,136 | 19.8 | 1991–2023 |
| Stocznia Gdynia | 76 | 30,047 | 43.6 | 1987–2009 |
| HHIC Phil | 74 | 70,704 | 12.5 | 2008–2019 |
| Minaminippon Shipbuilding | 70 | 40,975 | 17.9 | 1987–2022 |
| Damen Shipyards Galați | 68 | 6,167 | 53.0 | 1973–2014 |
| Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding Co Ltd | 66 | 25,546 | 9.5 | 2007–2020 |
| Meyer Werft | 66 | 71,304 | 51.7 | 1972–2023 |
| Odense Steel Shipyard | 65 | 91,921 | 14.2 | 1989–2012 |
| Meyer Wismar | 62 | 25,406 | 26.9 | 1965–2021 |
| Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | 60 | 29,032 | 85.0 | 1994–2022 |
| I-S Shipyard | 59 | 17,030 | 9.2 | 2008–2020 |
| Damen Shipyards Bergum | 58 | 2,545 | 36.1 | 1982–2017 |
| Sumitomo Heavy Industries | 58 | 56,172 | 9.0 | 1981–2022 |
| Brodosplit | 57 | 36,168 | 16.9 | 1988–2019 |
| Daehan Shipbuilding | 54 | 62,524 | 5.7 | 2007–2023 |
| Uljanik | 54 | 37,474 | 62.8 | 1989–2019 |
| Volharding Shipyards | 53 | 6,296 | 40.9 | 1994–2011 |
| Chantiers de l'Atlantique | 52 | 78,798 | 38.3 | 1984–2024 |
| Fukuoka Shipbuilding | 52 | 11,752 | 17.5 | 1989–2022 |
| Peene-Werft | 44 | 14,308 | 30.7 | 1991–2011 |
| Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding | 44 | 10,596 | 45.2 | 2002–2024 |
| Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry | 42 | 46,800 | 53.4 | 2001–2022 |
| 3. Maj | 41 | 27,527 | 17.7 | 1993–2023 |
| AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding | 41 | 12,210 | 24.9 | 2011–2020 |
| Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 | 40 | 5,352 | 46.6 | 1970–2022 |
| Universal Shipbuilding | 39 | 49,448 | 6.6 | 2003–2012 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery | 39 | 61,321 | 46.8 | 1984–2017 |
| Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding | 38 | 36,357 | 10.3 | 2009–2023 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works | 36 | 60,248 | 14.9 | 1988–2011 |
| Rolandwerft | 36 | 8,273 | 55.5 | 1983–2009 |
| Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries | 35 | 83,747 | 7.1 | 2008–2017 |
| Volkswerft | 35 | 25,674 | 25.1 | 1993–2016 |
| Barkmeijer Shipyards | 35 | 2,999 | 28.0 | 1984–2015 |
| Hijos de J. Barreras | 34 | 16,361 | 267.0 | 1980–2022 |
| Scheepswerf Peters, Kampen | 34 | 3,318 | 32.6 | 1995–2013 |
| Damen Yichang Shipyard | 33 | 6,988 | 66.3 | 1999–2024 |
| Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | 33 | 27,059 | 22.5 | 1980–2008 |
| Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 32 | 30,816 | 9.1 | 1994–2019 |
| Peters Werft | 31 | 2,827 | 53.4 | 1982–2009 |
| Sakaide Works | 31 | 45,812 | 15.1 | 1996–2016 |
| Schichau Seebeckwerft | 30 | 25,710 | 52.9 | 1975–2011 |
| Kleven Verft | 29 | 6,944 | 36.5 | 1975–2019 |
| Gdańsk Shipyard | 26 | 10,584 | 35.7 | 1983–2014 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 26 | 33,635 | 59.9 | 1972–2017 |
| Ankerløkken Verft | 26 | 23,206 | 17.4 | 1972–2009 |
| Lindenau Shipyard | 26 | 21,353 | 24.5 | 1997–2010 |
| Bulyard | 25 | 13,965 | 19.2 | 1993–2012 |
| Asakawa Shipbuilding | 25 | 8,260 | 20.3 | 1998–2016 |
| Aker Finnyards | 24 | 34,231 | 129.9 | 1998–2008 |
| Ulstein Verft | 24 | 3,918 | 1,394.5 | 1994–2020 |
| Royal Niestern Sander | 23 | 4,695 | 37.7 | 2001–2024 |
| Van der Giessen de Noord | 23 | 15,187 | 34.1 | 1986–2003 |
| Cassens Werft GmbH | 23 | 3,796 | 66.2 | 1985–2009 |
| Vard Tulcea | 23 | 7,713 | 50.4 | 1997–2019 |
| ENVC Shipyard | 23 | 7,064 | 46.2 | 1989–2009 |
| Constanța Shipyard | 22 | 25,864 | 17.6 | 2003–2020 |
| Incat | 22 | 6,346 | — | 1996–2021 |
| Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding | 22 | 40,542 | 7.9 | 2009–2024 |
| Frederikshavn Shipyard | 22 | 14,406 | 37.1 | 1979–1999 |
| Ruse Shipyard | 22 | 3,172 | 38.7 | 1998–2011 |
| Royal IHC | 21 | 11,136 | 960.0 | 1995–2011 |
| Nuovi Cantieri Apuania | 21 | 25,675 | 71.3 | 1981–2013 |
| Fosen Yard | 21 | 16,140 | 240.4 | 1985–2024 |
| Kvaerner Masa-Yards | 20 | 84,264 | — | 1992–2004 |
| Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding | 20 | 32,654 | 7.7 | 1986–2017 |
| Scheepswerf Pattje | 20 | 2,829 | 30.8 | 1974–2017 |
| Wärtsilä | 20 | 28,534 | — | 1972–1986 |
| Yangfan Group Co. | 20 | 9,996 | 59.0 | 2002–2015 |
| NKK | 19 | 87,322 | 5.5 | 1986–2003 |
| Murakami Hide Shipbuilding | 18 | 9,991 | 21.4 | 2001–2014 |
| Chowgule Group | 18 | 2,984 | 27.7 | 2007–2023 |
| Usuki Shipyard | 18 | 11,653 | 20.5 | 1993–2025 |
| Kanasashi Heavy Industries | 17 | 9,615 | 38.9 | 1990–2009 |
| Damen Group | 17 | 6,062 | 51.5 | 1992–2023 |
| Nordseewerke | 17 | 26,748 | 22.0 | 1991–2010 |
| Marinearsenal Warnowwerft | 17 | 25,703 | 22.1 | 1982–2011 |
| Flender Werke | 16 | 21,583 | 24.5 | 1974–2003 |
| Austal | 16 | 6,274 | — | 1996–2021 |
| Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | 15 | 7,878 | 144.7 | 1990–2013 |
| Honda Heavy Industries | 15 | 10,021 | 34.9 | 1992–2015 |
| Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri | 14 | 8,152 | 631.6 | 1991–2019 |
| Mitsui Chiba Shipyard | 14 | 31,759 | 8.1 | 2005–2014 |
| Tersan Shipyard | 14 | 7,260 | 31.4 | 2007–2023 |
| Remontowa | 14 | 5,925 | 153.3 | 2007–2025 |
| China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) | 13 | 38,791 | 15.9 | 2005–2025 |
| Yamanishi Zosen | 13 | 11,743 | 23.4 | 2005–2015 |
| Vard Brăila | 13 | 5,116 | 38.7 | 1989–2008 |
| Orskov Yard | 13 | 10,546 | 96.5 | 1987–2003 |
| Higaki Shipbuilding | 12 | 7,320 | 24.4 | 1996–2012 |
| IHI Corporation | 12 | 88,866 | 10.4 | 1988–2012 |
| Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding | 12 | 20,867 | 11.4 | 2009–2013 |
| Meyer Turku | 12 | 98,811 | 368.2 | 1970–2024 |
| Naikai Zosen Corporation | 11 | 23,801 | 11.4 | 1985–2016 |
| Havyard Ship Technology | 11 | 5,084 | 65.9 | 1989–2016 |
| Aalborg Shipyard | 11 | 13,930 | 84.0 | 1971–1996 |
| Sasaki Shipbuilding | 11 | 7,598 | 33.2 | 2003–2016 |
| Vard Brattvaag | 11 | 4,277 | 40.6 | 1980–2019 |
| Myklebust Verft | 10 | 3,970 | 2,775.7 | 1997–2016 |
| Jansen-Werft | 10 | 6,749 | 25.4 | 1985–2016 |
| Bremer Vulkan | 10 | 37,060 | 28.4 | 1982–1999 |
| Veka Shipyard Lemmer | 10 | 2,999 | 28.3 | 1995–2012 |
| Trosvik Verksted | 10 | 4,636 | 872.5 | 2005–2019 |
| Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre | 10 | 14,864 | 20.1 | 1973–2001 |
| Naval Gijón | 10 | 13,753 | 49.2 | 1999–2009 |
| Czechoslovak shipping company Labská | 9 | 1,170 | — | 1995–2005 |
| Unión Naval de Levante | 9 | 13,005 | 39.1 | 1966–2001 |
| ASL Shipyard | 9 | 963 | — | 2007–2015 |
| Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | 9 | 45,923 | — | 1998–2006 |
| Scheepswerf Gebr. van Diepen, Waterhuizen | 9 | 6,205 | 113.1 | 1990–2002 |
| Wuhu Shipyard | 9 | 16,807 | 27.8 | 2001–2024 |
| Anadolu Shipyard | 9 | 10,609 | 44.3 | 2007–2011 |
| Simek | 9 | 3,062 | 349.7 | 1998–2017 |
| Cantiere Navale de Poli S.p.A. | 9 | 6,875 | 39.0 | 1996–2007 |
| Tsuneishi Miho Shipbuilding | 8 | 6,030 | 66.0 | 1989–1996 |
| P+S Werften | 8 | 25,489 | 31.4 | 1993–2014 |
| STX Finland | 8 | 52,932 | — | 2009–2014 |
| Torgem Shipyard | 8 | 6,167 | 37.5 | 1988–2010 |
| Freire Shipyard | 8 | 2,990 | — | 2002–2008 |
| Aarhus Flydedok | 8 | 5,996 | 80.3 | 1970–1998 |
| Brodotrogir | 8 | 26,914 | 10.4 | 1999–2016 |
| Søviknes Verft | 8 | 4,325 | — | 2000–2021 |
| La Naval (Sestao) | 8 | 30,971 | 20.7 | 1994–2018 |
| Cochin Shipyard | 7 | 19,918 | 15.2 | 2006–2014 |
| Hanwha Group | 7 | 229,376 | 5.8 | 2023–2025 |
| Arminius-Werke | 7 | 1,596 | 52.9 | 1990–1997 |
| Lürssen-Kröger-Werft | 7 | 2,985 | 369.0 | 1982–2021 |
| China Merchants Group | 7 | 60,515 | 58.9 | 2019–2025 |
| Sanoyas Hishino Meisho | 7 | 27,962 | 7.8 | 1984–2016 |
| Fujian Southeast Shipyard | 7 | 1,969 | 3,354.4 | 2012–2017 |
| Hakata Shipbuilding | 7 | 9,754 | 27.7 | 1990–2011 |
| Shipkits | 7 | 4,890 | 129.8 | 2009–2015 |
| Factorías Vulcano | 7 | 11,377 | 34.4 | 1994–2010 |
| Muetzelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven | 7 | 9,528 | 57.9 | 1998–2009 |
| Remontowa Shipbuilding | 7 | 5,695 | — | 1993–2020 |
| Husumer Schiffswerft | 7 | 1,587 | 49.5 | 1981–1989 |
| Shandong Baibuting Shipbuilding | 7 | 3,561 | 241.4 | 2012–2013 |
| Kherson Shipyard | 7 | 5,146 | 25.7 | 2004–2013 |
| CRIST | 7 | 851 | 17.9 | 2006–2013 |
| Tille Scheepsbouw | 7 | 2,594 | 29.7 | 1991–2001 |
| STX France | 6 | 118,406 | — | 1989–2019 |
| Kvaerner Fjellstrand | 6 | 4,074 | 132.8 | 2007–2015 |
| Kraljevica Shipyard | 6 | 5,379 | 64.5 | 1989–2009 |
| Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard | 6 | 12,831 | 34.2 | 2017–2024 |
| Hermann Sürken | 6 | 1,411 | 54.7 | 1984–1989 |
| Hashihama Shipbuilding | 6 | 47,994 | 59.1 | 1988–2000 |
| Harland and Wolff | 6 | 23,235 | 273.1 | 1980–2003 |
| Rauma-Repola | 6 | 15,298 | 168.9 | 1982–1991 |
| Gisan | 6 | 7,230 | 41.0 | 1997–2009 |
| Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen | 6 | 9,066 | 263.6 | 1993–2000 |
| Danyard Frederikshavn | 6 | 13,555 | 66.3 | 1983–1994 |
| Sefine Shipyard | 6 | 7,870 | 34,676.6 | 2016–2024 |
| Severnaya Verf | 6 | 5,642 | — | 1994–2000 |
| Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini | 6 | 32,342 | 20.3 | 1997–2003 |
| Sungdong | 6 | 44,221 | 10.3 | 2011–2013 |
| T. Mariotti | 6 | 24,638 | — | 1994–2023 |
| Bijlsma Wartena | 6 | 2,299 | 50.7 | 1992–2002 |
| Astilleros Zamakona | 6 | 4,135 | — | 2009–2019 |
| Volgograd shipbuilding plant | 6 | 5,026 | 52.5 | 1995–2008 |
| ABG Shipyard | 6 | 14,841 | 1,280.4 | 1998–2013 |
| Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando | 5 | 13,116 | 22.8 | 1974–2003 |
| Mykolayiv Shipyard | 5 | 6,964 | 50.8 | 1994–2008 |
| Collingwood Shipbuilding | 5 | 23,518 | — | 1969–1984 |
| Kötter-Werft | 5 | 1,584 | 48.1 | 1989–1996 |
| Yantai Raffles Shipyard | 5 | 19,711 | 45.3 | 2002–2025 |
| Wärtsilä Marine | 5 | 38,848 | — | 1987–1989 |
| Severnav | 5 | 3,244 | 73.9 | 1979–2008 |
| Hollming | 5 | 5,084 | 54.3 | 1986–1992 |
| Huanghai Shipbuilding | 5 | 8,559 | 41.1 | 2008–2024 |
| Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair | 5 | 3,239 | — | 2005–2017 |
| New Times Shipbuilding | 5 | 62,775 | 9.4 | 2006–2019 |
| Astilleros de Sevilla | 5 | 19,904 | 44.8 | 1996–2019 |
| Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited | 5 | 41,586 | 9.0 | 2011–2014 |
Yard names come from Wikidata and are recorded as the yard is known today, not as it was named when the ship was delivered. Yards with fewer than five vessels here do not get their own page.