Dia juga mengatakan hingga Maret 2007 jumlah armada kapal nasional meningkat hanya 18,14 persen menjadi 7.137 unit dengan kapasitas armada sebesar tujuh juta gross ton.
He said until March 2007, the number of ships operated by national shipping companies had increased by only 18.14 percent to 7,137 units with a carrying capacity of seven million gross tons.