The far greater consolidated nature of the global shipyard scene has led to a remarkably solid performance during the pandemic whereby the annual slippage rate - ships that are meant to deliver this year but get shunted over to next year - is on course to reduce in 2020.
With just over five weeks left of the year, shipyards have recovered their production schedules and look set to roll over around 20% of the orderbook into 2021, an improvement over the 25% average figure recorded over the ...