摘要: |
The ISL "total passenger" fleet (ships of 300 gt and over) contains different segments such as cruise ships, pure passenger ships/ferries, ro-pax units (car ferries) and conventional cargo/passenger ships. Table 1 indicates the composition of the total passenger fleet at the start of 2023. Besides 2,313 "pure" cruise/passenger vessels, this fleet segment also comprises more than 3,200 passenger/ro-ro cargo ships (including ro-pax car ferries and conventional passenger/cargo ships). Passenger/ro-ro cargo ships are mainly engaged in ferry traffic. The "pure passenger ships" include two main market segments, namely regional passenger traffic, that includes a large number of smaller passenger ships that is engaged in regional passenger ferry traffic and cruise ships. According to ISL estimates, more than three out of four passenger ships belong to the Pure passenger ships category, but their gross tonnage share in the total passenger fleet reached only 7 %. |