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Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type
Ownership type of the leading ship owners and operators worldwide 2020
This statistic shows the ownership type of the leading 20 ship companies worldwide as of 2020. With regards to ship owners, **% of them are from the public sector, **% are state-owned, and **% are private. In the case of operators/charterers, roughly half of them are public, **% state-owned, and * are from the private sector.
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Shell. (July 7, 2020). Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/
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Breakdown of the leading 20 ship owners and operators globally in 2020, by ownership type [Graph], Shell, July 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1132489/ownership-type-of-the-leading-ship-owners-and-operators-worldwide/
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