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MERCHANT FLEETS OF THE WORLD

OCEANGOING SHIPS OF 1,000 GROSS TONS AND OVER

TOTAL COMBINATION

PASSENGER &

CARGO

GENERAL CARGO CONTAINERSHIP RoRo BULK CARRIER TANKER

NO. DWT NO. DWT NO. DWT NO. DWT NO. DWT NO. DWT NO. DWT

ALL COUNTRIES 25,493 691,903 390 1,710 11,034 88,248 1,679 41,585 919 8,479 5,440 259,465 6,031 292,416

U.S. (PRIVATELY OWNED) 322 15,259 2 14 35 850 76 2,503 34 648 21 1,018 154 10,226

U.S. (GOVERNMENT OWNED) 190 3,533 11 101 112 1,735 4 71 35 740 - 28 886

PANAMA 3,626 102,904 37 153 1,513 12,124 280 7,452 104 862 884 43,946 808 38,367

LIBERIA 1,581 96,729 43 219 269 3,948 142 3,946 21 252 462 28,991 644 59,373

GREECE 963 52,499 23 83 150 1,802 35 771 15 89 467 23,173 273 26,581

CYPRUS 1,456 39,415 15 61 615 6,438 96 1,577 16 119 562 22,851 152 8,369

BAHAMAS 935 36,043 54 260 419 5,822 40 835 37 299 141 7,779 244 21,048

NORWAY(NIS) 648 29,677 12 46 178 2,291 5 84 43 729 123 7,483 287 19,044

MALTA 998 28,125 7 28 394 3,669 23 491 20 100 314 11,576 240 12,261

JAPAN 775 24,210 15 56 160 745 39 1,156 62 413 192 10,495 307 11,345

CHINA, PEOPLES REP. 1,448 23,551 30 93 767 6,748 84 1,642 16 140 336 10,973 215 3,955

SINGAPORE 637 19,919 - - 162 1,935 83 1,837 10 139 110 6,254 272 9,754

HONG KONG 232 14,500 - 44 767 37 883 - 127 11,576 24 1,274

PHILIPPINES 520 13,540 5 17 200 1,800 13 187 16 116 226 11,177 60 243

RUSSIA 1,553 12,316 8 7 1,214 5,689 33 375 25 245 82 2,783 191 3,217

INDIA 298 11,152 2 5 71 803 6 111 - - 135 5,429 84 4,804

KOREA (SOUTH) 417 9,710 - • 149 726 53 1,333 4 92 125 6,670 86 889

TURKEY 445 9,094 5 7 212 1,228 1 12 11 88 150 6,223 66 1,536

TAIWAN 196 9,014 - 41 235 85 2,635 1 1 51 4,489 18 1,654

SAINT VINCENT 606 8,618 1 2 373 2,670 17 162 21 110 109 3,736 85 1,938

BRAZIL 200 8,388 1 1 33 228 11 248 9 153 62 3,761 84 3,997

ITALY 391 8,246 17 140 62 281 14 401 40 377 39 2,933 219 4,114

DENMARK(DIS) 337 7,084 166 624 59 2,034 14 123 13 949 85 3,354

GERMANY 400 6,074 6 35 199 1,147 134 3,834 13 80 10 469 38 509

IRAN 116 5,045 40 598 1 2 2 5 47 1,700 26 2,740

UKRAINE 437 5,007 14 314 2,885 12 131 26 254 44 1,590 33 133

BERMUDA 62 4,718 1 4 11 126 6 121 4 33 9 436 31 3,998

MARSHALL ISLANDS 66 4,612 21 149 8 386 - - 27 1,072 10 3,005

NETHERLANDS 400 4,518 31 278 1,738 30 960 15 117 7 264 64 1,408

MALAYSIA 247 4,410 99 648 20 347 7 20 38 1,708 83 1,687

KERGUELEN 63 3,620 14 47 10 416 7 112 5 682 27 2,363

ROMANIA 221 3,531 161 1,340 2 16 8 38 40 1,467 10 670

ISLE OF MIAN 85 3,471 20 211 13 267 11 93 11 816 30 2,084

U.K. 147 3,343 20 125 30 111 24 1,090 4 16 7 109 62 1,892

AUSTRALIA 66 3,336 4 59 4 130 5 51 29 1,683 24 1,413

POLAND 135 3,237 1 2 51 567 - - 6 37 72 2,446 5 185

KUWAIT 44 3,214 13 350 3 92 - - - - 28 2,772

INDONESIA 436 2,964 10 16 283 1,400 5 80 7 21 17 321 114 1,126

FRANCE 66 2,320 26 11 175 7 202 5 35 2 17 34 1,865

THAILAND 247 2,313 1 1 145 1,313 7 80 - - 27 620 67 299

VANUTU 113 2,216 51 380 3 30 4 69 40 1,509 15 228

SWEDEN 181 2,145 4 29 62 461 - 43 512 9 61 63 1,082

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 347 2,082 254 1,102 57 716 17 59 8 165 11 40

U.A.R.(EGYPT) 119 1,667 1 80 520 - 7 26 18 794 13 327

BULGARIA 111 1,653 2 47 335 5 67 7 61 34 834 16 356

IRAQ 32 1,442 15 99 - - - 17 1,343

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 49 1,377 18 187 5 144 1 2 3 82 22 962

PORTUGAL 61 1,371 33 137 2 14 1 3 5 171 20 1,046

LUXEMBOURG 36 1,273 9 69 2 77 - - 9 637 16 490

SAUDI ARABIA 63 1,262 19 340 5 118 10 253 1 20 28 531 96 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News