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Merchant marine Bahrain, in 36 editions.
The entry for Bahrain published Merchant marine in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 30 editions. Each is shown as published. Merchant marine in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 30
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Merchant marine” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 20241 cargo and 1 bulk (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,621 GRT/44,137 DWT
1 cargo and 1 bulk (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,621 GRT/44,137 DWT
4 cargo and 2 container (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 114,733 GRT/155,065 DWT
1 4 cargo and 1 bulk 2 container (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,621 GRT/44,137 114,733 GRT/155,065 DWT
9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,367 GRT/249,441 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk
4 cargo and 2 container 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 114,733 GRT/155,065 DWT 186,367 GRT/249,441 DWT; includes 5
cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk
9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,331 GRT/249,490 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk
9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,367 GRT/249,441 186,331 GRT/249,490 DWT; includes 5
cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk
6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 101,844 GRT/143,997 DWT, bulk 1, cargo 4, container 1
9 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,331 GRT/249,490 DWT; includes 5 101,844 GRT/143,997 DWT, bulk 1,cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, cargo 4, container 1 bulk
- total:
- 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 79,949 GRT/120,900 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 1, cargo 4, chemical tanker 1
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 101,844 GRT/143,997 DWT, 79,949 GRT/120,900 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1,container chemical tanker 1
- total:
- 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,060 GRT/194,061 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 79,949 GRT/120,900 117,060 GRT/194,061 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 4, 3, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1
(1995 est.)
- total:
- 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,060 GRT/194,061 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1 (1996 est.)
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,060 GRT/194,061 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1 (1996(1995 est.)
- total:
- 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 131,919 GRT/212,510 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 2, cargo 3, oil tanker 1 (1997 est.)
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,060 GRT/194,061 131,919 GRT/212,510 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, 2, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1 (1996(1997 est.)
- total:
- 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 228,273 GRT/304,654 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)
total: 6 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 131,919 GRT/212,510 228,273 GRT/304,654 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2, oil tanker 1 (1997 (1998 est.)
- total:
- 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 228,273 GRT/304,654 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 228,273 GRT/304,654 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2, oil petroleum tanker 1 (1998 (1999 est.)
- total:
- 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 175,609 GRT/207,652 DWT ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2 (2000 est.)
total: 8 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 228,273 GRT/304,654 175,609 GRT/207,652 DWT2, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 2 (2000 est.)
- total:
- 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 270,784 GRT/384,561 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 2, cargo 4, container 2, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002 est.)
total: 7 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 175,609 GRT/207,652 270,784 GRT/384,561 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, 4, container 2 (2000 2, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002 est.)
- total:
- 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 234,599 GRT/336,528 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002 est.)
total: 8 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 270,784 GRT/384,561 234,599 GRT/336,528 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, 3, cargo 4, 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002 est.)
- total:
- 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWT
- by type:
- bulk 3, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- Hong Kong 1, Kuwait 1
- registered in other countries:
- 2 (2004 est.)
total: 7 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 234,599 GRT/336,528 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWTships by type: bulk 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: Hong Kong 1, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Kuwait 1 (2002
registered in other countries: 2 (2004 est.)
- total:
- 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWT
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, cargo 2, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 2 (Kuwait 2) (2005)
total: 6 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 2, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: Hong Kong 1, Kuwait 1 2
registered in other countries:(2004 est.) (Kuwait 2) (2005)
- total:
- 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 235,449 GRT/339,728 DWT
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 3 (Kuwait 3) (2006)
total: 8 ships (1,000 (1000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 235,449 GRT/339,728 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 3, 4, cargo 2, 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 2 3 (Kuwait 2) (2005) 3) (2006)
- total:
- 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 220,264 GRT/314,289 DWT
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 3 (Kuwait 3) (2007)
total: 8 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 235,449 GRT/339,728 220,264 GRT/314,289 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 4, 3, cargo 1, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Kuwait 3) (2006) (2007)
- total:
- 9
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 6 (Kuwait 5, UAE 1) (2008)
total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 220,264 GRT/314,289 DWT 9
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 1, 4, container 2, 4, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 3 6 (Kuwait 3) (2007) 5, UAE 1) (2008)
- total:
- 9
- country comparison to the world:
- 114
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 6 (Kuwait 5, UAE 1) (2008)
total:
9
country comparison to the world:
114
by type:
bulk carrier 4, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned:
6 (Kuwait 5, UAE 1) (2008)
- total:
- 7
- country comparison to the world:
- 126
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 5 (Kuwait 5)
- registered in other countries:
- 6 (Honduras 5, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) (2010)
total:9 7
country comparison to the world:114 126
by type:
bulk carrier 4, 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned:6 5 (Kuwait 5)
registered in other countries:
6 (Honduras 5, UAE Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) (2008) (2010)
- total:
- 7
- country comparison to the world:
- 125
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
- foreign-owned:
- 5 (Kuwait 5)
- registered in other countries:
- 6 (Honduras 5, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) (2010)
total:
7
country comparison to the world:126 125
by type:
bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned:
5 (Kuwait 5)
registered in other countries:
6 (Honduras 5, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 8
- country comparison to the world:
- 119
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 2
- foreign-owned:
- 5 (Kuwait 5)
- registered in other countries:
- 5 (Honduras 5) (2010)
total:7 8
country comparison to the world:125 119
by type:
bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 1 2
foreign-owned:
5 (Kuwait 5)
registered in other countries:6 5 (Honduras 5, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) 5) (2010)
The same text in 2015 and 2016.
- total:
- 8
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 2
- foreign-owned:
- 5 (Kuwait 5)
- registered in other countries:
- 5 (Honduras 5) (2010)
- country comparison to the world:
- 119
total:country comparison to the world:by type:
119
foreign-owned:
registered in other countries:
country comparison to the world: 119
- total:
- 8
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 2
- foreign-owned:
- 5 (Kuwait 5)
- registered in other countries:
- 5 (Honduras 5) (2010)
- country comparison to the world:
- 120
total: 8
by type: bulk carrier 2, container 4, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 5 (Kuwait 5)
registered in other countries: 5 (Honduras 5) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 119 120
- total:
- 260 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 3, general cargo 11, oil tanker 4, other 242 (2017)
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 260 (2017)
by type: container ship 3, general cargo 11, oil tanker 4, other 242 (2017)
- total:
- 259
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 12, oil tanker 4, other 241 (2018)
total: 260 (2017) 259
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 3, 1, general cargo 11, 12, oil tanker 4, other 242 (2017) 241 (2018)
- total:
- 261
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 11, oil tanker 4, other 244 (2019)
total: 259 261
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 12, 11, oil tanker 4, other 241 (2018) 244 (2019)
The same text in 2021 and 2022.
- total:
- 205
- by type:
- general cargo 12, oil tanker 4, other 189 (2021)
total: 261 205
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 11, 12, oil tanker 4, other 244 (2019) 189 (2021)
- total:
- 190 (2022)
- by type:
- general cargo 11, oil tanker 3, other 176
total: 205 190 (2022)
by type: general cargo 12, 11, oil tanker 4, 3, other 189 (2021) 176
The same text in 2024 and 2025.
- total:
- 184 (2023)
- by type:
- general cargo 12, oil tanker 3, other 169
total: 190 (2022) 184 (2023)
by type: general cargo 11, 12, oil tanker 3, other 176 169
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Bahrain: Merchant marine.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/bahrain/merchant-marine.