Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.

• 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 900,957 GRT/1,063,994 DWT;
• includes 5 passenger, 27 cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 10 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker, 9 bulk, 1 specialized liquid cargo

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 66,348 GRT/102,825 DWT; includes 11 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) of 2,999 GRT/4,407 DWT

5 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,308 GRT/16,172 DWT

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,122 GRT/33,509 DWT

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 41,802 GRT/60,496 DWT; includes 1 passenger cargo, 3 cargo

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,945 GRT/ 90,684 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker

• 142 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,141,799 GRT/1,754,181 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 7 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 88 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 15 bulk

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,413 GRT/6,699 DWT; includes 1 cargo and 1 passenger-cargo

• 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,837 GRT/92,067 DWT;
• includes 10 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll off cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,563 GRT/25,330 DWT

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,016 GRT/66,627 DWT

• 1,379 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 48,655,666 DWT/ 90,005,898 DWT;
• includes 11 passenger, 148 cargo, 26 refrigerated cargo, 18 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 42 vehicle carrier, 42 container, 4 barge carrier, 436 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 100 chemical, 63 combination ore/oil, 41 liquefied gas, 6 specialized tanker, 413 bulk, 2 multifunction large-load carrier, 26 combination bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry;
• all ships are foreign owned;
• the top four owning flags are US 17%, Hong Kong 13%, Japan 10%, and Greece 10%;
• China owns at least 20 ships and Vietnam owns 1

• 30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 816,546 GRT/1,454,874 DWT;
• includes 3 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 11 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker

• 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 58,126 GRT/79,420 DWT;
• includes 8 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,272 GRT/ 1,840 DWT

• 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 143,029 GRT/ 248,754 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 3 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 3 bulk

• 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 334,931 GRT/513,762 DWT;
• includes 11 cargo, 2 container, 14 refrigerated cargo, 5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 12 chemical tanker, 4 bulk, 3 short-sea passenger

5 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,806 GRT/12,873 DWT

• 28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 428,116 GRT/680,343 DWT;
• includes 19 cargo, 1 refrigerated, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 bulk

1 passenger-cargo ship totaling 3,150 GRT/2,264 DWT

3 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 9,263 GRT/15,167 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 bulk

1 refrigerated cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,827 GRT/2,170 DWT

3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,563 GRT/9,512 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo

9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 275,684 GRT/273,973 DWT; includes 7 container, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 91,107 GRT/122,222 DWT; includes 8 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo

• 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,174 GRT/39,186 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 3 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 41,809 GRT/72,289 DWT; includes 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 multifunction large-load carrier

• 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 160,172 GRT/218,970 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 4 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 bulk

1 roll-on/roll-off cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,697 GRT

• 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,203 GRT/348,632 DWT;
• includes 2 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 2 bulk;
• note--a subset of the French register

1 refrigerated cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,021 GRT/1,778 DWT; note--operates under the registry of Denmark

• 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 62,867 GRT/87,610 DWT;
• includes 9 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 bulk

• 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 331,568 GRT/493,935 DWT;
• includes 38 cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 3 bulk

• 1,373 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,303,685 GRT/ 20,092,833 DWT;
• includes 25 passenger, 41 short-sea passenger, 17 passenger-cargo, 7 cargo/training, 766 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 65 container, 17 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 multifunction barge carriers, 173 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 chemical tanker, 237 bulk, 2 vehicle carrier, 1 liquefied gas;
• note--China beneficially owns an additional 175 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling approximately 5,380,415 DWT that operate under the registry of Panama, UK, Hong Kong, Liberia, and Malta

• 296 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,855,842 GRT/9,790,260 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 8 passenger-cargo, 95 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 8 container, 53 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 9 combination ore/oil,109 bulk, 2 combination bulk

• 1,088 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,597,688 GRT/36,655,266 DWT;
• includes 7 passenger, 57 short-sea passenger, 4 passenger cargo, 108 cargo, 44 container, 27 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 135 refrigerated cargo, 117 vehicle carrier, 237 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 21 chemical tanker, 42 liquefied gas, 12 combination ore/oil, 3 specialized tanker, 272 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 multifunction large-load carrier

• 65 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 437,103 GRT/663,835 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 56 cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 bulk, 1 combination bulk

• 423 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,006,481 GRT/11,658,104 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 130 cargo, 41 container, 11 refrigerated cargo, 11 vehicle carrier, 49 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 8 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 10 combination ore/oil, 143 bulk, 7 combination bulk, 1 multifunction large-load carrier

16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 70,066 GRT/112,480 DWT; includes 12 cargo, 1 container, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 bulk

29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 338,173 GRT/508,107 DWT; includes 4 passenger-cargo, 24 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

• 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 258,923 GRT/334,702 DWT;
• includes 22 cargo, 8 refrigerated cargo, 4 container, 1 livestock carrier, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 bulk

• 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 307,315 GRT/501,552 DWT;
• includes 50 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 8 container, 8 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 1 short-sea passenger;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

• 533 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,684,123 GRT/19,574,532 DWT;
• includes 26 passenger, 15 short-sea passenger, 121 cargo, 40 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 42 refrigerated cargo, 16 container, 6 car carrier, 123 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 19 combination ore/oil, 29 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 86 bulk, 3 combination bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,200 GRT/7,338 DWT

• 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 355,055 GRT/576,622 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 8 cargo, 8 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 1 liquefied gas carrier, 8 bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,279 GRT/6,602 DWT

• 91 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 701,418 GRT/1,014,014 DWT;
• includes 62 cargo, 7 refrigerated cargo, 3 cargo/training, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 6 bulk;
• note--Cuba beneficially owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 475,864 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus, and Malta

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,335 GRT/40,297 DWT

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,129 GRT/6,450 DWT

• 149 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 438,495 GRT/660,990 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 87 cargo, 12 refrigerated cargo, 9 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 17 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 1 vehicle carrier, 17 bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

• 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,048 GRT/21,412 DWT;
• includes 1 cargo, 1 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 bulk

• 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 418,206 GRT/414,325 DWT;
• includes 4 passenger, 19 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 7 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 multifunction large-load carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 2 bulk;
• note--all but a few are foreign owned

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,161 GRT/2,500 DWT

• 3,187 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 46,502,092 GRT/72,961,250 DWT;
• includes 34 passenger, 22 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger-cargo, 1,087 cargo, 179 refrigerated cargo, 186 container, 71 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 136 vehicle carrier, 7 livestock carrier, 9 multifunction large-load carrier, 315 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 184 chemical tanker, 30 combination ore/oil, 91 liquefied gas, 8 specialized tanker, 767 bulk, 58 combination bulk;
• note--all but 5 are foreign owned and operated;
• the top 4 foreign owners are Japan 41%, Greece 9%, Hong Kong 9%, and the US 7% (China owns at least 144 ships, Yugoslavia 12, Cuba 6, and Vietnam 9)

• 175 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,305,945 GRT/2,029,935 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 1 passenger cargo, 103 cargo, 10 container, 8 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 9 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 28 bulk, 4 combination bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,886 GRT/75,993 DWT; includes 11 cargo

29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 209,311 GRT/366,401 DWT; includes 23 cargo, 1 container, 5 bulk

• 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,854,898 GRT/3,071,637 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 10 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 6 container, 7 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 3 combination ore/oil, 9 chemical tanker, 13 bulk, 6 combination bulk

• 108 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,240,204 GRT/1,872,723 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 32 cargo, 2 container, 1 passenger-cargo training, 5 roll-on/roll-off, 16 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 railcar carriers, 48 bulk

21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 208,471 GRT/ 308,072 DWT; includes 15 cargo, 6 bulk

• 252 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,498,611 GRT/6,711,011 DWT;
• includes 12 short-sea passenger, 82 cargo, 15 refrigerated cargo, 28 container, 36 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 railcar carrier, 37 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 13 chemical tanker, 12 liquefied gas, 4 livestock carrier, 12 bulk;
• note--Denmark has created a captive register called the Danish International Ship Register (DIS) as its own internal register;
• DIS ships do not have to meet Danish manning regulations, and they amount to a flag of convenience within the Danish register;
• by the end of 1990, most Danish flag ships will belong to the DIS

• 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,249 GRT/11,887 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 2 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo;
• note--a subset of the Danish register

• 82 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 737,811 GRT/764,695 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 11 short-sea passenger, 18 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 24 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 12 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 7 bulk, 1 combination bulk

• 153 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,671,645 GRT/5,950,785 DWT;
• includes 10 short-sea passenger, 19 cargo, 19 container, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 30 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 37 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 4 specialized tanker, 17 bulk, 1 combination bulk;
• note--France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and French Polynesia

• 145 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,349,537 GRT/1,733,089 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 89 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 16 container, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 2 railcar carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas tanker, 16 bulk

• 422 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,436,568 GRT/4,297,520 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 7 short-sea passenger, 218 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 95 container, 20 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 railcar carrier, 7 barge carrier, 2 multifunction large-load carrier, 12 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 21 chemical tanker, 15 liquefied gas, 5 combination ore/oil, 13 combination bulk

• 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,126,060 GRT/4,189,948 DWT;
• includes 10 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 16 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker 1 combination oil/ore, 1 liquefied gas, 13 bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

• 954 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,544,516 GRT/36,858,545 DWT;
• includes 15 passenger, 58 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 164 cargo, 18 container, 20 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 27 refrigerated cargo, 182 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 20 combination ore/oil, 6 specialized tanker, 407 bulk, 15 specialized bulk;
• note--ethnic Greeks also own large numbers of ships under the registry of Liberia, Panama, Cyprus, and Lebanon

16 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 77,141 GRT/103,189 DWT

• 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 113,569 GRT/139,681 DWT;
• includes 3 short-sea passenger, 29 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 23 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 5 bulk

• 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,656,216 GRT/2,984,047 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 8 cargo, 5 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 32 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 2 combination ore/oil, 6 liquefied gas, 12 bulk;
• note--a captive register of the United Kingdom, although not all ships on the register are British-owned

• 547 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,871,505 GRT/10,805,368 DWT;
• includes 6 passenger, 41 short-sea passenger, 100 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 22 container, 72 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 2 livestock carrier, 147 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 37 chemical tanker, 29 liquefied gas, 8 specialized tanker, 16 combination ore/oil, 55 bulk, 2 combination bulk

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,138 GRT/9,373 DWT; includes 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker

• 314 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,677,797 GRT/6,357,733 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger, 4 short-sea passenger, 127 cargo, 2 container, 1 passenger-cargo, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 6 refrigerated cargo, 7 chemical tanker, 4 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 61 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 72 bulk, 11 combination bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry;
• China owns 1 ship, Cuba owns 8, and Vietnam owns 1

1 tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,268 GRT/4,959 DWT

• 345 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,661,822 GRT/3,732,282 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 187 cargo, 42 refrigerated cargo, 23 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 livestock carrier, 12 multifunction large-load carrier, 15 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 27 chemical tanker, 11 liquefied gas, 2 specialized tanker, 1 combinatio n ore/oil, 9 bulk, 2 combination bulk;
• note--many Dutch-owned ships are also registered in the captive Netherlands Antilles register

• 660 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,702,254 GRT/28,722,304 DWT;
• includes 11 passenger, 19 short-sea passenger, 104 cargo, 3 passenger-cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 6 container, 40 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 128 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 86 chemical tanker, 62 liquefied gas, 26 combination ore/oil, 142 bulk, 7 combination bulk;
• note--the government has created a captive register, the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register;
• ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians;
• the majority of ships under the Norwegian flag are now registered with the NIS

• 234 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,957,534 GRT/4,164,665 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 93 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 9 container, 3 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 105 bulk

• 50 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 576,654 GRT/1,005,740 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 21 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 10 bulk, 1 combination bulk;
• note--Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira (MAR) for Portuguese-owned ships that will have the taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience;
• although only one ship is currently known to fly the Portuguese flag on the MAR register, it is likely that a majority of Portuguese flag ships will transfer to this subregister in a few years

• 282 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,313,320 GRT/5,134,335 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 184 cargo, 1 container, 1 rail-car carrier, 14 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 livestock carrier, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 69 bulk

• 1,646 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,436,063 GRT/22,732,215 DWT;
• includes 53 passenger, 937 cargo, 52 container, 11 barge carrier, 5 roll-on/float off cargo, 5 railcar carrier, 108 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 251 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 11 liquefied gas, 21 combination ore/oil, 4 specialized liquid carrier, 17 chemical tanker, 171 bulk;
• note--639 merchant ships are based in Black Sea, 383 in Baltic Sea, 408 in Soviet Far East, and 216 in Barents Sea and White Sea;
• the Soviet Ministry of Merchant Marine is beginning to use foreign registries for its merchant ships to increase the economic competitiveness of the fleet in the international market--the first reregistered ships have gone to the Cypriot flag

• 324 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,492,563 GRT/6,128,190 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 9 short-sea passenger, 121 cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 17 container, 23 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 51 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 16 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 1 combination ore/oil, 49 bulk, 5 vehicle carrier

• 173 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,856,217 GRT/2,215,659 DWT;
• includes 9 short-sea passenger, 29 cargo, 3 container, 42 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 11 vehicle carrier, 2 railcar carrier, 27 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 25 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 combination ore/oil, 6 specialized tanker, 12 bulk, 1 combination bulk

• 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 215,851 GRT/365,131 DWT;
• includes 4 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 chemical tanker, 3 specialized liquid cargo, 8 bulk

• 285 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,174,142GRT/9,024,090 DWT;
• includes 7 passenger, 22 short-sea passenger, 44 cargo, 44 container, 21 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 9 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 78 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 5 liquefied gas, 2 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 45 bulk, 1 combination bulk

• 270 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,608,705 GRT/5,809,219 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger, 4 short-sea passenger, 131 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 16 container, 14 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 multifunction large-load carrier, 9 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 73 bulk, 8 combination bulk;
• note--Yugoslavia owns 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 229,614 GRT/353,224 DWT under the registry of Liberia, Panama, and Cyprus

1 cargo and 1 bulk (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,621 GRT/44,137 DWT

• 1,100 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,093,340 GRT/32,148,550 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 12 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 434 cargo, 61 refrigerated cargo, 18 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 40 container, 94 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 specialized cargo, 3 liquefied gas, 13 chemical tanker, 29 combination ore/oil, 341 bulk, 3 vehicle carrier, 48 combination bulk carrier;
• note--a flag of convenience registry;
• Cuba owns at least 20 of these ships and Yugoslavia owns 1

• 133 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,631,836 GRT/8,662,454 DWT;
• includes 36 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 33 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 49 bulk, 2 combination bulk

• 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 947,721 GRT/1,703,988 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 18 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 19 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker

31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 483,424 GRT/560,085 DWT; includes 9 cargo, 20 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,635 GRT/44,618 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 2 bulk cargo

• 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 1,862,010 GRT/2,935,007 DWT;
• includes 18 cargo, 5 container, 5 livestock carrier, 18 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 liquefied gas

• 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 325,361 GRT/494,319 DWT;
• includes 43 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 7 livestock carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 6 bulk, 1 combination bulk

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 273,318 GRT/420,227 DWT; includes 7 cargo, 3 container, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

• 94 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,988,322 GRT/3,474,788 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 6 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 15 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 container, 6 refrigerated cargo, 4 livestock carrier, 32 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 8 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 3 bulk

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 53,938 GRT/72,220 DWT; includes 16 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 bulk

• 327 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,972,465 GRT/5,087,620 DWT;
• includes 6 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 193 cargo, 1 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 35 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 15 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 4 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 55 bulk, 4 combination bulk, 1 specialized liquid cargo

• 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 728,332 GRT/1,181,566 DWT;
• includes 14 cargo, 7 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 20 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 bulk

1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 192,679 GRT/40,640 DWT

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,309 GRT/6,568 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker

• 93 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,163,947 GRT/7,744,319 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 10 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 5 container, 10 roll-on/roll-off, 27 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 1 combination ore/oil, 10 liquefied gas, 20 bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

• 78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 555,749 GRT/774,914 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 5 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 12 cargo, 2 railcar carrier, 1 refrigerated cargo, 8 roll-on/roll-off, 1 container, 29 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 10 bulk;
• note--does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes ships

• 68 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,041,229 GRT/1,552,478 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 10 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 31 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 4 bulk, 4 combination bulk

• 373 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling NA GRT/NA DWT);
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 37 cargo, 22 bulk, 165 tanker, 13 tanker tug-barge, 10 liquefied gas, 124 intermodal;
• in addition there are 248 government-owned vessels

• 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,300,049 GRT/3,493,802 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 7 cargo, 5 container, 10 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 17 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 1 combination ore/oil, 1 livestock carrier, 29 bulk

• 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,872 GRT/49,795 DWT;
• includes 1 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 2 liquefied gas, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker

• 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,732 GRT/4,191 DWT;
• includes 1 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo;
• note--a subset of the French register

• 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 475,968 GRT/949,888 DWT;
• includes 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 bulk carrier;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,597 GRT/50,729 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 1 cargo, 2 bulk

• 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 190,553 GRT/257,782 DWT;
• includes 1 cargo, 2 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 railcar carrier, 4 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 bulk

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,675 GRT/27,954 DWT; includes 6 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 combination ore/oil, 2 bulk

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,930 GRT/34,135 DWT; includes 2 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,249 GRT/50,116 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas

1 passenger-cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,043 GRT/450 DWT

• 65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 885,668 GRT/1,473,443 DWT;
• includes 26 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 5 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 3 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 21 bulk, 1 combination bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry

• 131 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,693,540 GRT/2,707,079 DWT;
• includes 45 cargo, 6 refrigerated cargo, 6 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 railcar carrier, 48 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 18 bulk

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,051 GRT/22,155 DWT; note--1 is owned by the Bolivian Navy

• 271 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,855,708 GRT/9,909,097 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 68 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 12 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 56 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 15 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 14 combination ore/oil, 82 bulk, 2 combination bulk

• 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 498,354 GRT/804,809 DWT;
• includes 13 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 3 combination ore/oil, 10 bulk;
• note--in addition, 1 naval tanker and 1 military transport are sometimes used commercially

34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 334,854 GRT/487,438 DWT; includes 23 cargo, 1 chemical tanker, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 bulk

• 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 340,446 GRT/492,670 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 7 cargo, 17 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 16 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk

• 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,735 GRT/26,043 DWT;
• includes 13 cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker;
• note--1 naval cargo ship is sometimes used commercially

• 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 341,213 GRT/535,215 DWT;
• includes 18 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 8 bulk;
• note--in addition, 7 naval tankers and 1 naval cargo are sometimes used commercially

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,472 GRT/8,914 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 container

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 65,212 GRT/116,613 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 container

• 70 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 997,458 GRT/1,615,155 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger cargo, 28 cargo, 2 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 17 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 11 bulk, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 combination bulk, 1 combination ore/oil

7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476 GRT/340,635 DWT

• 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 595,814 GRT/955,924 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger-cargo, 15 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 container, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical, 16 bulk

• 134 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 4,391,102 GRT/7,430,337 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 13 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 9 combination ore/oil, 7 liquefied gas, 69 bulk;
• note--a flag of convenience registry;
• ships registered in Hong Kong fly the UK flag and an estimated 500 Hong Kong-owned ships are registered elsewhere

• 313 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,480,912 GRT/2,245,233 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 173 cargo, 6 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 77 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 6 specialized tanker, 1 livestock carrier, 24 bulk

• 159 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,525,635 GRT/2,216,215 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 71 cargo, 21 container, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 28 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 1 passenger-cargo, 22 bulk, 1 passenger

• 595 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,134,924 GRT/15,171,692 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 10 short-sea passenger, 16 passenger-cargo, 166 cargo, 17 refrigerated cargo, 30 vehicle carrier, 8 livestock carrier, 7 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 container, 36 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 3 combination ore/oil, 282 bulk, 5 combination bulk;
• note--many Philippine flag ships are foreign owned and are on the register for the purpose of long-term bare-boat charter back to their original owners who are principally in Japan and FRG

• 407 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,286,824 GRT/11,921,610 DWT;
• includes 126 cargo, 52 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 11 refrigerated cargo, 13 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 103 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 4 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 15 liquefied gas, 68 bulk, 3 combination bulk;
• note--many Singapore flag ships are foreign owned

• 218 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,061,960 GRT/7,634,074 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 61 cargo, 13 refrigerated cargo, 71 container, 14 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 54 bulk

• 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 483,688 GRT/730,750 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 70 cargo, 8 container, 27 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 8 liquefied gas, 1 chemical tanker, 3 bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 1 combination bulk

• 71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 290,123 GRT/432,152 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 55 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 8 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 bulk;
• note--Vietnam owns 10 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 111,028 DWT under the registry of Panama and Malta