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 | 984 | 29,266 | 15.0 | 1981–2025 |
| HD Hyundai Heavy Industries | 762 | 74,962 | 12.6 | 1970–2025 |
| Hanwha Ocean | 661 | 90,106 | 10.1 | 1989–2025 |
| Samsung Heavy Industries | 564 | 81,380 | 11.0 | 1986–2024 |
| Oshima Shipbuilding | 469 | 31,926 | 8.2 | 1970–2024 |
| HD Hyundai Samho | 462 | 81,360 | 9.8 | 2001–2024 |
| Tsuneishi Shipbuilding | 361 | 42,929 | 7.7 | 1983–2025 |
| Imabari Shipbuilding | 324 | 30,655 | 9.4 | 1980–2024 |
| Shin Kurushima Dockyard | 308 | 21,213 | 15.2 | 1983–2020 |
| Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding | 212 | 44,127 | 8.9 | 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 | 193 | 29,579 | 11.3 | 1995–2024 |
| Pella Sietas | 181 | 9,962 | 48.0 | 1976–2012 |
| SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. | 181 | 29,828 | 10.4 | 2006–2017 |
| 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 |
| SLKB Komarno – Slovak Shipyard Komárno | 123 | 2,451 | 30.7 | 1991–2012 |
| Japan Marine United Corporation | 122 | 43,500 | 6.1 | 1992–2024 |
| 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 | 10.3 | 1993–2020 |
| Sasebo Heavy Industries | 104 | 41,759 | 7.7 | 1996–2020 |
| Onomichi Dockyard | 104 | 28,465 | 10.0 | 1994–2023 |
| Shinkurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding | 103 | 41,963 | 47.1 | 1990–2023 |
| Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard | 102 | 18,480 | 28.7 | 1998–2021 |
| Bodewes Shipyards | 101 | 3,457 | 29.5 | 1987–2024 |
| Ferus Smit | 99 | 3,999 | 25.9 | 1987–2023 |
| Jiangnan Shipyard | 99 | 40,160 | 20.9 | 1991–2025 |
| Imabari Shipbuilding Hiroshima Shipyard | 99 | 90,090 | 9.8 | 1979–2018 |
| STX Offshore & Shipbuilding | 97 | 30,863 | 10.8 | 2002–2019 |
| Tsuneishi Kure Dock | 97 | 20,236 | 12.2 | 1975–2020 |
| Shikoku Dockyard | 96 | 17,944 | 15.5 | 1981–2022 |
| Qingshan Shipyard | 96 | 15,549 | 11.9 | 1997–2018 |
| Namura Shipbuilding | 91 | 40,608 | 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 | 7.8 | 1984–2018 |
| Shimanami Shipyard | 81 | 17,033 | 11.2 | 1998–2020 |
| Szczecin Shipyard | 81 | 16,803 | 26.6 | 1979–2011 |
| 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 | 75 | 70,704 | 12.5 | 2008–2019 |
| Minaminippon Shipbuilding | 70 | 40,975 | 17.9 | 1987–2022 |
| Damen Shipyards Galați | 69 | 6,167 | 53.0 | 1973–2017 |
| 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 |
| I-S Shipyard | 60 | 17,030 | 9.4 | 2008–2020 |
| Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | 60 | 29,032 | 85.0 | 1994–2022 |
| Damen Shipyards Bergum | 59 | 2,545 | 36.1 | 1982–2017 |
| Sumitomo Heavy Industries | 58 | 56,172 | 9.0 | 1981–2022 |
| Brodosplit | 57 | 36,168 | 16.9 | 1988–2019 |
| Uljanik | 55 | 37,474 | 62.8 | 1989–2019 |
| Daehan Shipbuilding | 54 | 62,524 | 5.7 | 2007–2023 |
| Volharding Shipyards | 53 | 6,296 | 40.9 | 1994–2011 |
| Fukuoka Shipbuilding | 53 | 11,752 | 17.4 | 1989–2022 |
| Chantiers de l'Atlantique | 52 | 78,798 | 38.3 | 1984–2024 |
| Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding | 45 | 10,596 | 45.3 | 2002–2024 |
| Peene-Werft | 44 | 14,308 | 30.7 | 1991–2011 |
| 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 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery | 39 | 61,321 | 46.8 | 1984–2017 |
| Universal Shipbuilding | 39 | 49,448 | 6.6 | 2003–2012 |
| Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding | 38 | 36,357 | 10.3 | 2009–2023 |
| Barkmeijer Shipyards | 36 | 2,999 | 28.6 | 1977–2015 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works | 36 | 60,248 | 15.5 | 1988–2011 |
| Volkswerft | 36 | 25,674 | 25.2 | 1993–2016 |
| Rolandwerft | 36 | 8,273 | 55.5 | 1983–2009 |
| Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries | 35 | 83,747 | 7.1 | 2008–2017 |
| Damen Yichang Shipyard | 35 | 6,988 | 71.3 | 1999–2024 |
| Scheepswerf Peters, Kampen | 35 | 3,318 | 33.7 | 1991–2013 |
| Hijos de J. Barreras | 34 | 16,361 | 267.0 | 1980–2022 |
| 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 |
| Lindenau Shipyard | 26 | 21,353 | 24.5 | 1997–2010 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 26 | 33,635 | 59.9 | 1972–2017 |
| Gdańsk Shipyard | 26 | 10,584 | 35.7 | 1983–2014 |
| Ankerløkken Verft | 26 | 23,206 | 17.4 | 1972–2009 |
| Bulyard | 25 | 13,965 | 19.2 | 1993–2012 |
| Asakawa Shipbuilding | 25 | 8,260 | 20.3 | 1998–2016 |
| Royal Niestern Sander | 24 | 4,695 | 37.7 | 2001–2024 |
| Aker Finnyards | 24 | 34,231 | 129.9 | 1998–2008 |
| Ulstein Verft | 24 | 3,918 | 1,394.5 | 1994–2020 |
| Van der Giessen de Noord | 23 | 15,187 | 34.1 | 1986–2003 |
| Vard Tulcea | 23 | 7,713 | 50.4 | 1997–2019 |
| ENVC Shipyard | 23 | 7,064 | 46.2 | 1989–2009 |
| Cassens Werft GmbH | 23 | 3,796 | 66.2 | 1985–2009 |
| Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding | 22 | 40,542 | 7.9 | 2009–2024 |
| Incat | 22 | 6,346 | — | 1996–2021 |
| Frederikshavn Shipyard | 22 | 14,406 | 37.1 | 1979–1999 |
| Constanța Shipyard | 22 | 25,864 | 17.4 | 2003–2020 |
| Ruse Shipyard | 22 | 3,172 | 38.7 | 1998–2011 |
| Royal IHC | 21 | 11,136 | 960.0 | 1995–2011 |
| Fosen Yard | 21 | 16,140 | 240.4 | 1985–2024 |
| Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding | 21 | 32,679 | 7.7 | 1986–2017 |
| Nuovi Cantieri Apuania | 21 | 25,675 | 70.6 | 1981–2013 |
| Kvaerner Masa-Yards | 20 | 84,264 | — | 1992–2004 |
| 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 |
| Chowgule Group | 18 | 2,984 | 27.7 | 2007–2023 |
| Usuki Shipyard | 18 | 11,653 | 20.5 | 1993–2025 |
| Murakami Hide Shipbuilding | 18 | 9,991 | 21.4 | 2001–2014 |
| Kanasashi Heavy Industries | 17 | 9,615 | 38.9 | 1990–2009 |
| Damen Group | 17 | 6,062 | 51.5 | 1992–2023 |
| Marinearsenal Warnowwerft | 17 | 25,703 | 22.1 | 1982–2011 |
| Nordseewerke | 17 | 26,748 | 22.0 | 1991–2010 |
| Austal | 16 | 6,274 | — | 1996–2021 |
| Flender Werke | 16 | 21,583 | 24.5 | 1974–2003 |
| Honda Heavy Industries | 15 | 10,021 | 34.9 | 1992–2015 |
| Damen Shipyards Gorinchem | 15 | 7,878 | 144.7 | 1990–2013 |
| Mitsui Chiba Shipyard | 15 | 31,759 | 7.9 | 2005–2014 |
| Tersan Shipyard | 14 | 7,260 | 31.4 | 2007–2023 |
| Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri | 14 | 8,152 | 631.6 | 1991–2019 |
| Remontowa | 14 | 5,925 | 153.3 | 2007–2025 |
| Vard Brăila | 13 | 5,116 | 38.7 | 1989–2008 |
| Yamanishi Zosen | 13 | 11,743 | 23.4 | 2005–2015 |
| China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) | 13 | 38,791 | 15.9 | 2005–2025 |
| Orskov Yard | 13 | 10,546 | 96.5 | 1987–2003 |
| IHI Corporation | 12 | 88,866 | 10.4 | 1988–2012 |
| Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding | 12 | 20,867 | 11.4 | 2009–2013 |
| Higaki Shipbuilding | 12 | 7,320 | 24.4 | 1996–2012 |
| Meyer Turku | 12 | 98,811 | 368.2 | 1970–2024 |
| Jansen-Werft | 11 | 6,749 | 30.0 | 1980–2016 |
| Vard Brattvaag | 11 | 4,277 | 40.6 | 1980–2019 |
| Naikai Zosen Corporation | 11 | 23,801 | 11.4 | 1985–2016 |
| Sasaki Shipbuilding | 11 | 7,598 | 33.2 | 2003–2016 |
| Aalborg Shipyard | 11 | 13,930 | 84.0 | 1971–1996 |
| Havyard Ship Technology | 11 | 5,084 | 65.9 | 1989–2016 |
| Bremer Vulkan | 10 | 37,060 | 28.4 | 1982–1999 |
| Naval Gijón | 10 | 13,753 | 49.2 | 1999–2009 |
| Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre | 10 | 14,864 | 20.1 | 1973–2001 |
| Trosvik Verksted | 10 | 4,636 | 872.5 | 2005–2019 |
| Veka Shipyard Lemmer | 10 | 2,999 | 28.3 | 1995–2012 |
| Myklebust Verft | 10 | 3,970 | 2,775.7 | 1997–2016 |
| Anadolu Shipyard | 9 | 10,609 | 44.3 | 2007–2011 |
| Simek | 9 | 3,062 | 349.7 | 1998–2017 |
| Tille Scheepsbouw | 9 | 2,595 | 29.7 | 1984–2002 |
| Cantiere Navale de Poli S.p.A. | 9 | 6,875 | 39.0 | 1996–2007 |
| Wuhu Shipyard | 9 | 16,807 | 27.8 | 2001–2024 |
| ASL Shipyard | 9 | 963 | — | 2007–2015 |
| Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | 9 | 45,923 | — | 1998–2006 |
| Unión Naval de Levante | 9 | 13,005 | 39.1 | 1966–2001 |
| Scheepswerf Gebr. van Diepen, Waterhuizen | 9 | 6,205 | 113.1 | 1990–2002 |
| Czechoslovak shipping company Labská | 9 | 1,170 | — | 1995–2005 |
| La Naval (Sestao) | 8 | 30,971 | 20.7 | 1994–2018 |
| Lürssen-Kröger-Werft | 8 | 2,985 | 158.9 | 1982–2021 |
| P+S Werften | 8 | 25,489 | 31.4 | 1993–2014 |
| Tsuneishi Miho Shipbuilding | 8 | 6,030 | 66.0 | 1989–1996 |
| Torgem Shipyard | 8 | 6,167 | 37.5 | 1988–2010 |
| Aarhus Flydedok | 8 | 5,996 | 80.3 | 1970–1998 |
| Brodotrogir | 8 | 26,914 | 10.4 | 1999–2016 |
| STX Finland | 8 | 52,932 | — | 2009–2014 |
| Søviknes Verft | 8 | 4,325 | — | 2000–2021 |
| Freire Shipyard | 8 | 2,990 | — | 2002–2008 |
| Hermann Sürken | 7 | 1,525 | 54.7 | 1984–1989 |
| Kherson Shipyard | 7 | 5,146 | 25.7 | 2004–2013 |
| Muetzelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven | 7 | 9,528 | 57.9 | 1998–2009 |
| Husumer Schiffswerft | 7 | 1,587 | 49.5 | 1981–1989 |
| Remontowa Shipbuilding | 7 | 5,695 | — | 1993–2020 |
| Hanwha Group | 7 | 229,376 | 5.8 | 2023–2025 |
| Hakata Shipbuilding | 7 | 9,754 | 27.7 | 1990–2011 |
| Fujian Southeast Shipyard | 7 | 1,969 | 3,354.4 | 2012–2017 |
| Sanoyas Hishino Meisho | 7 | 27,962 | 7.8 | 1984–2016 |
| Factorías Vulcano | 7 | 11,377 | 34.4 | 1994–2010 |
| Shandong Baibuting Shipbuilding | 7 | 3,561 | 241.4 | 2012–2013 |
| CRIST | 7 | 851 | 17.9 | 2006–2013 |
| Cochin Shipyard | 7 | 19,918 | 15.2 | 2006–2014 |
| Shipkits | 7 | 4,890 | 129.8 | 2009–2015 |
| China Merchants Group | 7 | 60,515 | 58.9 | 2019–2025 |
| Arminius-Werke | 7 | 1,596 | 52.9 | 1990–1997 |
| Sungdong | 6 | 44,221 | 10.3 | 2011–2013 |
| Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen | 6 | 9,066 | 263.6 | 1993–2000 |
| Gisan | 6 | 7,230 | 41.0 | 1997–2009 |
| Rauma-Repola | 6 | 15,298 | 168.9 | 1982–1991 |
| Harland and Wolff | 6 | 23,235 | 273.1 | 1980–2003 |
| Hashihama Shipbuilding | 6 | 47,994 | 59.1 | 1988–2000 |
| Kvaerner Fjellstrand | 6 | 4,074 | 132.8 | 2007–2015 |
| Volgograd shipbuilding plant | 6 | 5,026 | 52.5 | 1995–2008 |
| Huanghai Shipbuilding | 6 | 8,559 | 23.8 | 2008–2024 |
| ABG Shipyard | 6 | 14,841 | 1,280.4 | 1998–2013 |
| Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard | 6 | 12,831 | 34.2 | 2017–2024 |
| Kraljevica Shipyard | 6 | 5,379 | 64.5 | 1989–2009 |
| Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini | 6 | 32,342 | 20.3 | 1997–2003 |
| STX France | 6 | 118,406 | — | 1989–2019 |
| T. Mariotti | 6 | 24,638 | — | 1994–2023 |
| Severnaya Verf | 6 | 5,642 | — | 1994–2000 |
| Bijlsma Wartena | 6 | 2,299 | 50.7 | 1992–2002 |
| Severnav | 6 | 3,244 | 73.9 | 1979–2008 |
| Sefine Shipyard | 6 | 7,870 | 189.6 | 2016–2024 |
| Danyard Frederikshavn | 6 | 13,555 | 66.3 | 1983–1994 |
| Astilleros Zamakona | 6 | 4,135 | — | 2009–2019 |
| Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando | 5 | 13,116 | 22.8 | 1974–2003 |
| Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited | 5 | 41,586 | 9.0 | 2011–2014 |
| Astilleros de Sevilla | 5 | 19,904 | 44.8 | 1996–2019 |
| Kötter-Werft | 5 | 1,584 | 48.1 | 1989–1996 |
| Collingwood Shipbuilding | 5 | 23,518 | — | 1969–1984 |
| Yantai Raffles Shipyard | 5 | 19,711 | 45.3 | 2002–2025 |
| Wärtsilä Marine | 5 | 38,848 | — | 1987–1989 |
| Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair | 5 | 3,239 | — | 2005–2017 |
| New Times Shipbuilding | 5 | 62,775 | 9.4 | 2006–2019 |
| Hollming | 5 | 5,084 | 54.3 | 1986–1992 |
| Mykolayiv Shipyard | 5 | 6,964 | 50.8 | 1994–2008 |
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.