Oceangoing tonnage in the club has dropped by about 900,000 gross tons (gt) over the past year but coastal tonnage held up, although the number of vessels has slightly decreased.

With 2,333 oceangoing ships of 89.6 million gt and 2,096 coastal vessels of 2.6 million gt on the books, the Japan Club’s ranking as the sixth biggest of the 13 International Group mutuals is unchanged.

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