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The World Fleet (tonnage in ,000s)

No. Ships DWT

ALL COUNTRIES 26,858 720,040

U.S. (Privately owned) 302 13,944

U.S. (Govt, owned) 193 3,567

Country No. Ships DWT Country No. Ships DWT

PANAMA 3,998 120,397 ESTONIA 52 470

LIBERIA 1,587 96,515 ARGENTINA 35 461

GREECE 874 48,211 BANGLADESH 40 441

CYPRUS 1,476 38,662 LITHUANIA 64 393

BAHAMAS 954 37,549 LEBANON 62 358

MALTA 1,113 31,717 SRI LANKA 25 339

NORWAY(NIS) 626 29,295 AZERBAIJAN 68 326

SINGAPORE 753 25,240 MAURITIUS 15 312

CHINA 1,513 23,454 MOROCCO 37 272

JAPAN 744 21,997 SOUTH AFRICA 9 271

HONG KONG 223 13,857 GEORGIA 13 263

PHILIPPINES 534 13,328 CAMBODIA 28 258

INDIA 305 11,290 PERU 13 257

RUSSIA 1,655 11,126 NEW ZEALAND 20 228

KOREA (SOUTH) 449 10,173 BAHRAIN 7 219

SAINT VINCENT 683 10,112 CUBA 29 208

TURKEY 516 10,110 ECUADOR 21 188

TAIWAN 202 9,161 TUNISIA 20 176

MARSHALL ISLANDS 106 7,831 DENMARK 21 149

ITALY 352 7,564 CZECH REPUBLIC 3 132

DENMARK(DIS) 315 7,193 BELGIUM 10 120

BRAZIL 188 7,191 IRELAND 27 115

GERMANY 404 6,556 MALDIVES 20 112

IRAN 123 6,091 ETHIOPIA 13 106

MALAYSIA 303 5,892 AUSTRIA 22 102

BERMUDA 72 5,064 COLOMBIA 17 99

NETHERLANDS 445 4,952 ANGOLA 10 94

ISLE OF MAN 110 4,435 URUGUAY 3 92

KERGUELEN 72 4,263 ARUBA 13 76

UKRAINE 415 3,709 HUNGARY 10 72

ROMANIA 223 3,567 JORDAN 3 68

KUWAIT 44 3,186 TUVALU 9 68

AUSTRALIA 61 3,160 SUDAN 4 50

INDONESIA 444 3,122 ALBANIA 7 46

THAILAND 286 3,072 GHANA 6 40

POLAND 125 2,987 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 16 39

UNITED KINGDOM 140 2,815 GABON 2 38

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 379 2,550 TANZANIA 5 37

SWEDEN 198 2,219 CAMEROON 2 34

VANUATU 98 1,870 PARAGUAY 19 32

FRANCE 54 1,695 MALAGASY 9 28

U.A.R.(EGYPT) 110 1,658 SLOVAKIA 5 26

BULGARIA 105 1,613 ICELAND 4 22

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 51 1,440 YEMEN 3 19

IRAQ 31 1,406 FIJI 6 18

SAUDI ARABIA 66 1,400 TURKMENISTAN 6 12

MEXICO 46 1,242 TONGA 3 12

LUXEMBOURG 29 1,198 MOZAMBIQUE 4 11

PORTUGAL 73 1,185 CAPE VERDE 4 7

CAYMAN ISLANDS 42 1,155 KENYA 1 6

LIBYA 26 1,107 W. SAMOA 1 6

ALGERIA 73 1,082 JAMAICA 2 6

HONDURAS 256 1,036 OMAN 1 5

BELIZE 177 1,008 SURINAM 3 5

QATAR 20 895 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 3 5

MYANMAR 46 877 SENEGAL 1 4

FINLAND 84 876 ZAIRE 1 4

NORWAY 111 859 KIRIBATI 1 3

SPAIN 81 840 TRINIDAD - TOBAGO 1 3

ISRAEL 27 796 GUYANA 1 3

KOREA (NORTH) 98 786 LAOS 1 3

VENEZUELA 28 738 SOMALIA 1 3

CHILE 39 718 GREENLAND 1 1

LATVIA 65 700 SIERRA LEONE 1 1

PAKISTAN 26 693 SAO TOME 1 1

CROATIA 57 693 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 1

BARBADOS 40 672 KAZAKHSTAN 1 1

VIETNAM 108 665 MAURITANIA 1 1

SWITZERLAND 20 654

NIGERIA 31 620 UNKNOWN FLAG 179 1,712

GIBRALTAR 19 576

SYRIA 119 541

CANADA 50 532

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