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Maritime profile: Germany

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Population
GDP
Merchandise trade¹
84.548 Millions
4 461 328 Millions current US$
3 194 907 Millions current US$
Land area²
GDP growth
Transport services trade³
(p) 349 390 Km²
-0.30 %
(e) 941 183 Millions current US$
MARITIME KEY FIGURES FOR 2023
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Coast/area ratio²
Ship building
Ship recycling
10.4 m/km²
289 666 GT
0.000 GT
Fleet - National flag
Fleet - National flag
Fleet - Ownership
7 271 Thousands DWT
594 ships
76 249 Thousands DWT
Number of port calls
Container port throughput
Number of seafarers
13 733 867 TEU
12 234
106 755
WORLD SHARES FOR 2023
1.04 %0.22 %4.25 %7.22 %6.09 %0.32 %0.38 %3.38 %3.67 %0.45 % Less than 0.01% of the World total0.82 %0.51 %1.61 %1.36 %2.88 %3.92 %0.50 %1.24 %1.84 %1.04 %0.22 %4.25 %7.22 %6.09 %0.32 %0.38 %3.38 %3.67 %0.45 % Less than 0.01% of the World total0.82 %0.51 %1.61 %1.36 %2.88 %3.92 %0.50 %1.24 %1.84 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+2.5 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
970 914
1 258 924
1 326 206
1 718 251
Merchandise imports
777 073
1 054 814
1 051 132
1 476 656
Merchandise trade balance
193 842
204 110
275 074
241 596
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
6 %6 %87 %87 %6 %6 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
171 651125 939119 116105 95496 218171 651125 939119 116105 95496 218
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES
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-15.0 %
Transport services exports growth rate in 2023
Services exports by main category¹⁰
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
22.5
24.8
20.1
(e) 21.7
Travel
17.5
15.4
13.1
(e) 8.5
Other services
(e) 55.0
56.1
61.3
(e) 63.1
Total trade in transport services¹⁰
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport services exports
37 335
55 772
56 557
(e) 95 222
Transport services imports
45 563
66 882
62 330
(e) 103 538
Transport services trade balance
-8 228
-11 111
-5 773
(e) -8 316
NATIONAL FLEET
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+1.9 %
Fleet growth rate in 2023
Carrying capacity by type of ship
(Thousands DWT)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Total fleet
9 381.0
17 570.2
12 560.1
7 270.6
Oil tankers
404.0
567.1
476.2
378.6
Bulk carriers
2.0
828.3
322.4
32.0
General cargo
336.0
536.9
211.5
230.2
Container ships
8 413.0
15 267.6
11 292.9
6 387.4
Other types of ships
226.0
370.3
257.0
242.4
Fleet by type of ship
(Number of ships)
4107082131400898513740388831383971058813939111684135
LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY
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Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in Q1 2006¹¹
Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)
0.5430.5240.4210.4180.4180.4040.3890.3790.3760.3580.5430.5240.4210.4180.4180.4040.3890.3790.3760.358
Liner shipping connectivity index¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
317.8317.8315.7316.2327.2335.5341.9348.4346.9341.9337.7338.0332.4332.9332.6346.0354.8353.1354.4357.1357.1366.5379.2374.1371.4367.3374.3381.0387.5393.1397.6405.6407.8407.1398.6392.0386.3397.3398.3399.3406.6409.6408.7399.3401.2421.3413.7411.3418.5426.7438.7416.0412.4431.0429.1415.6419.5428.7446.3470.7482.5477.4479.2488.4479.3471.4463.8469.9474.7481.8480.1464.5
PORT CALLS AND PERFORMANCE
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Port calls, time spent in ports, vessel age and size in 2023
 
Number of arrivals
Median time
in port (days)
Avg age
of vessels
Avg size (GT)
of vessels
Avg cargo
carrying
capacity (DWT)
per vessel
Avg container
carrying
capacity (TEU)
per container ship
Maximum size (GT) of vessels
All ships
106 755
0.64
22
13 133
9 747
5 015
237 000
Liquid bulk carriers
15 956
0.44
19
4 738
8 675
..
170 611
Liquefied petroleum gas carriers
750
0.87
16
5 300
5 950
..
47 789
Liquefied natural gas carriers
283
1.21
11
33 988
28 691
..
135 977
Dry bulk carriers
1 388
2.52
13
28 955
49 766
..
109 768
Dry breakbulk carriers
18 168
0.60
28
3 621
5 087
..
149 944
Roll-on/ roll-off ships
4 040
..
17
32 947
13 411
..
100 430
Container ships
6 603
1.02
15
54 461
..
5 015
237 000
Passenger ships
59 567
..
22
11 990
..
..
206 285
Port liner shipping connectivity index - Top 5 ports in 2023¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
11.411.421.421.431.831.831.843.143.143.143.143.143.142.753.553.553.553.553.553.553.546.946.953.853.853.853.853.853.852.452.451.351.351.351.351.351.353.253.253.253.253.253.253.253.259.759.767.567.567.567.590.592.493.5101.2101.2101.2101.291.085.793.893.880.881.181.172.072.072.083.483.384.384.342.542.533.333.325.725.734.743.444.044.044.043.944.050.953.942.742.052.652.348.448.448.448.449.149.153.053.053.053.045.645.645.645.645.644.342.342.342.342.331.831.831.831.827.227.232.229.329.629.629.637.440.640.642.042.042.042.039.246.346.328.928.921.821.88.115.915.932.231.350.133.323.0174.7195.5203.3204.8199.0192.0183.5197.4197.7193.0159.0158.9152.0164.0163.6164.4164.7159.9158.9166.0159.2158.6166.0180.8178.7159.5154.6137.4161.7134.0132.4142.0132.6132.6121.2126.671.658.461.153.453.458.258.658.5433.3445.6434.7447.7454.7448.3432.6437.9452.4459.3452.3465.1444.8449.3435.9460.4462.7456.1461.3499.8537.5526.3554.6549.8572.4560.7552.3573.8559.2549.6552.0556.5558.7549.1525.0552.7539.6549.8575.7567.6571.1583.2574.9570.8596.9601.1603.6561.8547.2568.1575.7516.4523.2539.9522.2515.9516.2544.2567.1650.0664.9674.6671.9700.7718.4701.7681.3686.3676.8682.4681.6625.5667.4663.4680.1654.7674.2690.3711.1745.2742.8719.3717.8716.2694.8684.6678.1699.6716.0710.0715.1720.1694.4713.6722.6732.8729.9711.6719.5757.3762.6797.2787.5801.6807.9819.1792.7796.3782.8814.6808.0830.9835.7850.7851.7831.3837.6844.5854.0844.9890.4908.7942.4881.2863.0912.9908.7882.0879.7910.5942.3986.41 035.11 021.31 057.51 065.51 045.51 047.31 025.51 028.81 031.71 043.91 057.31 041.8
Source: Detailed data sources are available in the documentation of the corresponding tables in the Data Center (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/). A link to these tables is provided in each section of the profile.
Notes:
1
Sum of exports and imports.
2
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
Coastline length based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1:250,000 scale.
3
Sum of exports and imports. Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
4
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
5
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
6
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 1000 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
7
UNCTAD Secretariat, derived from various sources including Dynamar B.V. Publications, terminal operators and port authorities. Refers to year 2022.
8
Refers to year 2021. Source: BIMCO-ICS Manpower Report 2015 and BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report, 2021 edition.
9
UNCTAD Secretariat, based on data provided by MarineTraffic (http://marinetraffic.com). Ships of 1000 GT and above.
10
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
11
UNCTAD Secretariat, generated from data provided by MDS Transmodal (https://www.mdst.co.uk).
e
Estimated.
p
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
LNG:
Liquefied natural gas
LPG:
Liquefied petroleum gas
GDP:
Gross domestic product
GT:
Gross tons
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
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Generation date: 11 October 2024