Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.

• 23,596 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 386,736,000 GRT/637,493,000 DWT;
• includes 348 passenger-cargo, 12,441 freighters, 5,446 bulk carriers, and 5,361 tankers (January 1991)

• 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179 GRT/1,064,246 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker, 9 bulk, 1 specialized tanker

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

7 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,717 GRT/19,000 DWT

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

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,921 GRT/30,332 DWT; includes 1 passenger cargo, 1 cargo

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 70,957 GRT/ 91,782 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 1 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker

• 150 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,019,182 GRT/1,499,880 DWT;
• includes 11 passenger, 5 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 86 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 15 roll-on/roll-off, 12 petroleum tanker, 15 bulk, 1 container

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

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 62,627 GRT/88,909 DWT; includes 8 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll off, 1 livestock carrier, 2 petroleum tanker

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

5 cargo and 1 refrigerated cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 53,435 GRT/69,167 DWT

1 petroleum tanker ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,727 GRT/5,558 DWT

• 1,564 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,049,124 DWT/ 95,338,925 DWT;
• includes 19 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 145 cargo, 51 refrigerated cargo, 22 roll-on/roll-off, 62 vehicle carrier, 89 container, 4 barge carrier, 460 petroleum tanker, 105 chemical, 57 combination ore/oil, 50 liquefied gas, 6 specialized tanker, 465 bulk, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 27 combination bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• all ships are foreign owned;
• the top 4 owning flags are US 18%, Japan 16%, Hong Kong 10%, and Norway 9%

• 30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 684,969 GRT/1,209,084 DWT;
• includes 3 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 4 roll-on/roll-off, 10 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas

14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 59,255 GRT/81,509 DWT; includes 9 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,290 GRT/1,840 DWT

9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 94,710 GRT/150,345 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 3 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 1 liquefied gas, 3 bulk

• 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 315,249 GRT/487,479 DWT;
• includes 10 cargo, 2 container, 12 refrigerated cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 3 petroleum tanker, 11 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 418,046 GRT/664,949 DWT;
• includes 17 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 7 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 bulk

2 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 7,676 GRT/12,310 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 1 bulk

1 refrigerated cargo totaling 1,827 GRT/2,170 DWT

1 cargo ship totaling 5,592 GRT/9,107 DWT

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,913 GRT/8,718 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 213,708 GRT/201,043 DWT; includes 4 container, 1 vehicle carrier

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,277 GRT/59,588 DWT; includes 3 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,185 GRT/22,916 DWT; includes 2 passenger-cargo, 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum tanker

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,975 GRT/34,022 DWT; includes 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 multifunction large-load carrier

• 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 160,069 GRT/218,791 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 4 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 bulk

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

• 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 192,752 GRT/334,400 DWT;
• includes 1 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 2 bulk, 1 multifunction large load carrier;
• note - a captive 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

• 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,969 GRT/57,060 DWT;
• includes 5 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker

none:

landlocked

none - landlocked

44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 328,382 GRT/479,985 DWT; includes 36 cargo, 2 petroleum tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 3 bulk

• 1,454 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,887,312 GRT/20,916,127 DWT;
• includes 25 passenger, 42 short-sea passenger, 18 passenger-cargo, 6 cargo/training, 801 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 77 container, 19 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 multifunction/barge carrier, 177 petroleum tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 254 bulk, 3 liquefied gas, 1 vehicle carrier, 9 combination bulk, 1 barge carrier;
• note - China beneficially owns an additional 194 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling approximately 7,077,089 DWT that operate under Panamanian, British, Hong Kong, Maltese, Liberian, Vanuatu, Cyprus, and Saint Vincent registry

54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 715,802 GRT/1,108,068 DWT; includes 16 bulk cargo, 34 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, and 2 specialized liquid carrier

• 299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,991,278 GRT/9,935,463 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 7 passenger-cargo, 91 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 8 container, 54 oil tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 8 combination ore/oil, 111 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 6 liquefied gas

• 976 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,684,459 GRT/34,683,035 DWT;
• includes 10 passenger, 40 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger cargo, 89 cargo, 44 container, 36 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 111 refrigerated cargo, 93 vehicle carrier, 227 petroleum tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 40 liquefied gas, 9 combination ore/oil, 3 specialized tanker, 260 bulk;
• note - Japan also owns a large flag of convenience fleet, including up to 55% of the total number of ships under the Panamanian flag

• 78 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 543,033 GRT/804,507 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 67 cargo, 2 petroleum tanker, 4 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 container

• 435 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,924,818 GRT/11,389,397 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 140 cargo, 53 container, 11 refrigerated cargo, 9 vehicle carrier, 42 petroleum tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 14 liquefied gas, 5 combination ore/oil, 145 bulk, 3 combination bulk, 1 multifunction large-load carrier

13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,293 GRT/56,246 DWT; includes 11 cargo, 1 container, 1 petroleum tanker

28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 334,227 GRT/495,425 DWT; includes 3 passenger-cargo, 24 cargo, 1 petroleum tanker

• 842 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,151,393 GRT/11,308,812 DWT;
• includes 494 cargo, 39 container, 2 barge carrier, 3 roll-on/float-off, 69 roll-on/roll-off, 131 petroleum tanker, 53 bulk cargo, 9 chemical tanker, 2 specialized liquid carriers, 17 combination ore/oil, 23 passenger

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 310,173 GRT/489,378 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 6 refrigerated cargo, 5 container, 3 petroleum tanker, 3 bulk

• 105 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 364,891 GRT/552,475 DWT;
• includes 71 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 12 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 multifunction large load carrier, 1 oil tanker, 12 chemical tanker, 2 bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 778 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,129,173 GRT/30,002,421 DWT;
• includes 48 passenger, 19 short-sea passenger, 152 cargo, 37 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 42 container, 6 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 172 petroleum tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 16 combination ore/oil, 47 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 143 bulk, 7 combination bulk, 78 refrigerated cargo;
• note--a flag of convenience registry *** No entry for this item ***

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

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,127 GRT/5,885 DWT

• 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 364,174 GRT/560,241 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 7 cargo, 8 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 1 liquefied gas carrier, 5 bulk, 2 combination bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,878 GRT/4,506 DWT

• 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 537,464 GRT/755,824 DWT;
• includes 46 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 1 cargo/training, 11 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 4 bulk;
• note - Cuba beneficially owns an additional 45 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 574,047 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus, and Malta

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT

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

• 201 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 629,134 GRT/939,289 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 127 cargo, 17 refrigerated - cargo, - 7 - container, - 2 - roll-on/roll-off cargo, 19 petroleum tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 3 specialized tanker, 1 vehicle carrier, 18 bulk, 2 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• Republics of the former USSR own 10 ships under the Honduran flag

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,619 GRT/16,302 DWT; includes 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum tanker, 2 bulk

• 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 607,010 GRT/695,864 DWT;
• includes 4 passenger, 27 cargo, 13 refrigerated cargo, 7 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 11 multifunction large-load carrier, 4 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 1 bulk, 1 oil tanker;
• note - all but a few are foreign owned, mostly in the Netherlands

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

• 3,004 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 41,314,623 GRT/73,325,176 DWT;
• includes 20 passenger, 22 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger-cargo, 1,046 cargo, 205 refrigerated cargo, 175 container, 65 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 111 vehicle carrier, 9 livestock carrier, 4 multifunction large-load carrier, 340 petroleum tanker, 177 chemical tanker, 23 combination ore/oil, 101 liquefied gas, 8 specialized tanker, 659 bulk, 35 combination bulk, 1 barge carrier;
• note - all but 5 are foreign owned and operated;
• the top 4 foreign owners are Japan 36%, Greece 8%, Hong Kong 8%, and the US 7%;
• (China owns at least 128 ships, Vietnam 4, former Yugoslavia 4, Cuba 4, Cyprus 5, and the republics of the former USSR 12)

• 407 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,388,427 GRT/5,511,325 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 222 cargo, 22 container, 19 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 refrigerated cargo, 24 petroleum tanker, 7 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 73 bulk, 13 combination bulk, 2 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 1 specialized tanker;
• note - China owns 3 ships;
• a flag of convenience registry

11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,886 GRT/76,449 DWT

31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 130,966 GRT/219,130 DWT; includes 26 cargo, 1 container, 4 bulk

none - landlocked

• 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 62,979 GRT/88,738 DWT;
• includes 10 cargo, 4 petroleum tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 chemical tanker, 1 bulk, 2 refrigerated cargo

• NA ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling NA GRT/NA DWT;
• includes NA cargo,
• NA container,
• NA liquefied gas,
• NA petroleum tanker

• 110 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,234,657 GRT/1,847,759 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 30 cargo, 2 container, 1 passenger-cargo training, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 15 petroleum tanker, 4 chemical carrier, 2 railcar carrier, 48 bulk;
• Bulgaria owns 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,717 DWT operating under Liberian registry

• 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,802 GRT/65,560 DWT;
• includes 1 cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off, 5 passenger ferries, 2 bulk carriers;
• note - also controlled by Croatian shipowners are 196 ships (1,000 GRT or over) under flags of convenience - primarily Malta and St. Vincent - totaling 2,593,429 GRT/4,101,119 DWT;
• includes 91 general cargo, 7 roll-on/ roll-off, 6 refrigerated cargo, 13 container ships, 3 multifunction large load carriers, 52 bulk carriers, 3 passenger ships, 11 petroleum tankers, 4 chemical tankers, 6 service vessels

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 290,185 GRT/437,291 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 9 bulk

• 317 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,367,063 GRT/7,921,891 DWT;
• includes 13 short-sea passenger, 94 cargo, 21 refrigerated cargo, 38 container, 39 roll-on/roll-off, 1 railcar carrier, 42 petroleum tanker, 14 chemical tanker, 33 liquefied gas, 4 livestock carrier, 17 bulk, 1 combination bulk;
• note - Denmark has created its own internal register, called the Danish International Ship register (DIS);
• 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, 258 of the Danish-flag ships belonged to the DIS

65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 386,634 GRT/516,866 DWT; includes 51 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 2 short-sea passenger, 6 bulk

• 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,015 GRT/24,007 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 5 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 2 refrigerated cargo;
• note - a subset of the Danish register

• 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 794,094 GRT/732,585 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 9 short-sea passenger, 16 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 26 roll-on/roll-off, 12 petroleum tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 7 bulk

• 128 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,222,539 GRT/5,117,091 DWT;
• includes 6 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 18 container, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 30 roll-on/roll-off, 34 petroleum tanker, 8 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 2 specialized tanker, 11 bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo;
• note - France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and French Polynesia

• 607 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,210,060 GRT/6,626,333 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger, 5 short-sea passenger, 324 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 135 container, 31 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 railcar carrier, 6 barge carrier, 11 oil tanker, 21 chemical tanker, 22 liquefied gas tanker, 5 combination ore/oil, 14 combination bulk, 15 bulk;
• note - the German register includes ships of the former East and West Germany;
• during 1991 the fleet underwent major restructuring as surplus ships were sold off

• 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 795,356 GRT/1,490,737 DWT;
• includes 5 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 6 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 977 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,450,910 GRT/42,934,863 DWT;
• includes 15 passenger, 66 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 136 cargo, 24 container, 15 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 18 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 196 petroleum tanker, 18 chemical tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 37 combination ore/oil, 3 specialized tanker, 417 bulk, 19 combination bulk, 1 livestock carrier;
• note - ethnic Greeks also own large numbers of ships under the registry of Liberia, Panama, Cyprus, Malta, and The Bahamas

14 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) and 1 bulk totaling 85,489 GRT/119,520 DWT

• 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 146,081 GRT/177,058 DWT;
• includes 4 short-sea passenger, 32 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 3 container, 3 petroleum tanker, 3 specialized tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 6 bulk

• 79 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,436,196 GRT/2,479,432 DWT;
• includes 12 cargo, 7 container, 10 roll-on/roll-off, 30 petroleum tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 5 liquefied gas, 11 bulk;
• note - a captive register of the United Kingdom, although not all ships on the register are British owned

• 546 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,004,462 GRT/10,265,132 DWT;
• includes 17 passenger, 39 short-sea passenger, 94 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 24 container, 66 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 9 vehicle carrier, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 142 petroleum tanker, 33 chemical tanker, 39 liquefied gas, 10 specialized tanker, 10 combination ore/oil, 55 bulk, 2 combination bulk

96 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 917,979 GRT/1,194,666 DWT; includes 14 cargo, 29 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 42 petroleum tanker

66 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 268,854 GRT/315,690 DWT; includes 27 cargo, 24 timber carrier, 1 container, 3 railcar carrier, 11 combination bulk

• 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,592,985 GRT/2,642,249 DWT;
• includes 3 cargo, 5 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off, 6 petroleum tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 8 liquefied gas, 1 passenger, 8 bulk, 6 combination bulk

• 658 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,003,001 GRT/15,332,287 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger, 13 short-sea passenger, 241 cargo, 14 container, 2 passenger-cargo, 16 roll-on/roll-off, 2 vehicle carrier, 1 barge carrier, 15 refrigerated cargo, 11 chemical tanker, 12 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 124 petroleum tanker, 176 bulk, 23 combination bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• China owns 2 ships, former republics of the USSR own 52 ships, Cuba owns 10, Vietnam owns 6, Yugoslavia owns 9, Romania owns 4

NA

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

• 345 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,630,962 GRT/3,687,598 DWT;
• includes 3 short-sea passenger, 191 cargo, 30 refrigerated cargo, 24 container, 12 roll-on/roll-off, 2 livestock carrier, 10 multifunction large-load carrier, 22 oil tanker, 27 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 2 specialized tanker, 9 bulk, 3 combination bulk;
• note - many Dutch-owned ships are also registered on the captive Netherlands Antilles register

• 864 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,978,202 GRT/40,128,177 DWT;
• includes 12 passenger, 20 short-sea passenger, 118 cargo, 2 passenger-cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 16 container, 49 roll-on/roll-off, 22 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 180 oil tanker, 93 chemical tanker, 83 liquefied gas, 28 combination ore/oil, 211 bulk, 10 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 (777) under the Norwegian flag are now registered with the NIS

• 222 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,851,016 GRT/4,019,531 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 79 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 14 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 12 container, 1 petroleum tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 102 bulk, 1 passenger;
• Poland owns 1 ship of 6,333 DWT operating under Liberian registry

• 53 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 738,774 GRT/1,300,787 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 20 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 3 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 13 petroleum tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 8 bulk, 2 vehicle carrier;
• 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 currently is 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

• 262 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,320,373 GRT/5,207,580 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 174 cargo, 2 container, 1 rail-car carrier, 9 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 13 petroleum tanker, 60 bulk, 2 combination ore/oil

• 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 866,915 GRT/1,449,094 DWT;
• includes 19 cargo, 5 container, 16 bulk carriers, 2 combination/ore carrier and 1 passenger ship, under Serbian and Montenegrin flag;
• note - Montenegro also operates 3 bulk carriers under the flags of Panama and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• 0 ships (1,000 GRT or over) are under Slovenian flag;
• note - Slovenian owners control 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 334,995 GRT/558,621 DWT;
• includes 14 bulk carriers and 7 general cargo ships all under Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag

• 278 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,915,409 GRT/5,228,378 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 9 short-sea passenger, 86 cargo, 13 refrigerated cargo, 15 container, 32 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 48 petroleum tanker, 14 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 3 specialized tanker, 45 bulk

• 186 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,665,902 GRT/3,646,165 DWT;
• includes 10 short-sea passenger, 29 cargo, 3 container, 43 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 12 vehicle carrier, 2 railcar carrier, 33 petroleum tanker, 28 chemical tanker, 4 specialized tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 7 combination ore/oil, 12 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo

• 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 325,234 GRT/576,953 DWT;
• includes 5 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 9 bulk, 1 petroleum tanker

• 338 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,117,595 GRT/5,403,685 DWT;
• includes 221 cargo, 11 container, 9 barge carriers, 59 bulk cargo, 9 petroleum tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 24 passenger

• 224 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,905,571 GRT/4,840,862 DWT;
• includes 7 passenger, 21 short-sea passenger, 37 cargo, 27 container, 14 roll-on/roll-off, 10 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 66 petroleum tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 1 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 26 bulk, 1 combination bulk

9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,367 GRT/249,441 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk

• 1,228 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,053,213 GRT/35,647,964 DWT;
• includes 8 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 440 cargo, 83 refrigerated cargo, 22 roll-on/roll-off, 52 container, 5 multifunction large load carrier, 107 petroleum tanker, 3 specialized tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 20 chemical tanker, 32 combination ore/oil, 394 bulk, 3 vehicle carrier, 49 combination bulk, 2 railcar carrier, 2 passenger, 1 passenger cargo;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• Cuba owns at least 30 of these ships, republics of the former USSR own 58, Latvia also has 5 ships, Yugoslavia owns 1, and Romania 3

• 134 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,466,395 GRT/8,329,760 DWT;
• includes 38 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 32 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 47 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 1 liquefied gas

• 42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 936,665 GRT/1,683,212 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 16 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 19 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker;
• note - since the 2 August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces, Iraq has sought to register at least part of its merchant fleet under convenience flags;
• none of the Iraqi flag merchant fleet was trading internationally as of 1 January 1992

• 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 629,966 GRT/721,106 DWT;
• includes 8 cargo, 23 container, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off;
• note - Israel also maintains a significant flag of convenience fleet, which is normally at least as large as the Israeli flag fleet;
• the Israeli flag of convenience fleet typically includes all of its petroleum tankers

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,378 GRT/113,557 DWT; includes 1 cargo and 1 petroleum tanker

• 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 1,196,435 GRT/1,957,216 DWT;
• includes 2 cargo, 4 livestock carrier, 18 oil tanker, 4 liquefied gas;
• note - all Kuwaiti ships greater than 1,000 GRT were outside Kuwaiti waters at the time of the Iraqi invasion;
• many of these ships transferred to the Liberian flag or to the flags of other Persian Gulf states;
• only 1 has returned to Kuwaiti flag since the liberation of Kuwait

• 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 236,196 GRT/346,760 DWT;
• includes 36 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 1 container, 8 livestock carrier, 1 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 3 bulk, 1 combination bulk

1 passenger ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,442 GRT/1,320 DWT

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 473,042 GRT/716,039 DWT; includes 14 cargo, 5 container, 3 petroleum tanker, 1 refrigerated cargo

• 8l ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 884,470 GRT/1,254,882 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 7 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 14 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 container, 6 refrigerated cargo, 5 livestock carrier, 24 petroleum tanker, 7 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 1 bulk

29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 85,417 GRT/138,078 DWT; includes 25 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 2 bulk

• 353 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,056,455 GRT/7,143,096 DWT;
• includes 7 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 191 cargo, 1 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 37 petroleum tanker, 9 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 10 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 80 bulk, 4 combination bulk

• 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,033,866 GRT/1,772,646 DWT;
• includes 18 cargo, 8 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off, 20 petroleum tanker, 4 bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier

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

• 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,511,972 GRT/6,093,321 DWT;
• includes 4 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 4 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 23 petroleum tanker, 12 liquefied gas, 18 bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 70 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 500,904 GRT/727,118 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 3 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 10 cargo, 2 railcar carrier, 1 refrigerated cargo, 8 roll-on/roll-off, 1 container, 28 petroleum tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 8 bulk;
• note - does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes

• 58 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 875,239 GRT/1,301,355 DWT;
• includes 4 short-sea passenger, 3 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 30 petroleum tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 1 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 4 container

• 396 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,969 GRT/20,179 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger-cargo, 38 cargo, 25 bulk, 174 tanker, 13 tanker tug-barge, 14 liquefied gas, 129 intermodal;
• in addition, there are 231 government-owned vessels

• 85 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,324,803 GRT/3,504,385 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 8 cargo, 8 container, 11 roll-on/roll-off, 1 vehicle carrier, 17 petroleum tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 1 combination ore/oil, 30 bulk, 1 combination bulk

1 cargo ship (1,000 or over) totaling 1,464 GRT/2,181 DWT

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 40,072 GRT/47,187 DWT; includes 2 roll-on/roll-off, 2 container, 1 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 cargo

• 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,128 GRT/6,710 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo;
• note - a captive subset of the French register

• 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,347,312 GRT/4,630,172 DWT;
• includes 2 cargo, 1 container, 9 petroleum tanker, 18 bulk carrier, 2 combination ore/oil;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,426 GRT/5,750 DWT

18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 182,206 GRT/246,446 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 5 roll-on/roll-off, 1 railcar carrier, 4 oil tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 bulk

8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,102 GRT/16,016 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 combination ore/oil, 1 bulk, 1 container

1 roll-on/roll-off ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,838 GRT/5,536 DWT

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,511 GRT/17,816 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 liquefied gas

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

• 121 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,093,443 GRT/3,168,822 DWT;
• includes 26 cargo, 14 refrigerated cargo, 5 container, 11 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 5 petroleum tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 51 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 98 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,235,385 GRT/1,952,307 DWT;
• includes 35 cargo, 6 refrigerated cargo, 6 container, 1 railcar carrier, 33 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 10 bulk;
• in addition, 2 naval tankers and 1 military transport are sometimes used commercially

2 cargo and 1 container ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,951 GRT/26,320 DWT

• 245 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,693,500 GRT/9,623,918 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger-cargo, 49 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 13 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 57 petroleum tanker, 15 chemical tanker, 11 liquefied gas, 14 combination ore/oil, 71 bulk, 2 combination bulk;
• in addition, 2 naval tankers and 4 military transport are sometimes used commercially

• 33 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 468,873 GRT/780,932 DWT;
• includes 11 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 3 combination ore/oil, 9 bulk;
• note - in addition, 2 naval tanker and 2 military transport are sometimes used commercially

• 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 289,794 GRT/443,369 DWT;
• includes 9 cargo, 1 chemical tanker, 3 petroleum tanker, 8 bulk, 10 container;
• note - in addition, 2 naval tankers are sometimes used commercially

• 46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 337,999 GRT/491,996 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 4 cargo, 17 refrigerated cargo, 4 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 15 petroleum tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 2 bulk

• 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,747 GRT/19,865 DWT;
• includes 11 cargo, 2 petroleum tanker;
• note - 1 naval cargo ship is sometimes used commercially

• 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 286,313 GRT/461,233 DWT;
• includes 14 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 petroleum tanker, 7 bulk;
• note - in addition, 8 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

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,737 GRT/104,143 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 1 container, 1 petroleum tanker

• 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 790,108 GRT/1,257,637 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger cargo, 22 cargo, 1 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 17 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 8 bulk, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 combination bulk

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

• 71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,036,018 GRT/1,514,121 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger-cargo, 19 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 3 vehicle carrier, 3 container, 2 petroleum tanker, 6 chemical, 1 combination ore/oil, 27 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 roll-on/roll-off

• 142 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 5,035,223 GRT/8,598,134 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 15 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 26 container, 13 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 combination ore/oil, 5 liquefied gas, 68 bulk, 1 combination 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

• 387 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,698,946 GRT/2,560,414 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 231 cargo, 8 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 vehicle carrier, 79 petroleum tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 7 specialized tanker, 1 livestock carrier, 25 bulk, 1 passenger

• 167 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,653,633 GRT/2,444,393 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 1 short-sea passenger, 64 cargo, 27 container, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 1 livestock carrier, 37 petroleum tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 21 bulk

• 552 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,150,425 GRT/13,624,527 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 11 short-sea passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 155 cargo, 22 refrigerated cargo, 23 vehicle carrier, 8 livestock carrier, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 8 container, 35 petroleum tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 2 combination ore/oil, 247 bulk, 7 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 Germany

• 468 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,751,619 GRT/14,195,718 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 126 cargo, 74 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 18 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 144 petroleum tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 4 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 5 liquefied gas, 74 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 1 short-sea passenger;
• note - many Singapore flag ships are foreign owned

• 213 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,491,539 GRT/9,082,118 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 42 cargo, 15 refrigerated cargo, 73 container, 17 petroleum tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 58 bulk, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 2 combination bulk

• 151 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 628,225 GRT/957,095 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 87 cargo, 11 container, 31 petroleum tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 2 chemical tanker, 3 bulk, 4 refrigerated cargo, 2 combination bulk, 1 passenger

• 89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 400,430 GRT/643,877 DWT;
• includes 73 cargo 4 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 8 petroleum tanker, 3 bulk;
• note - Vietnam owns 11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 134,719 DWT under the registries of Panama and Malta