Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.

• 23,943 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 397,225,000 GRT/652,025,000 DWT;
• includes 347 passenger-cargo, 12,581 freighters, 5,473 bulk carriers, and 5,542 tankers (January 1992)

• 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179 GRT/1,064,211 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 oil 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 oil 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

1 passenger cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,489 GRT/13,481 DWT

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,945 GRT/ 90,684 DWT; includes 1 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 3 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT

• 168 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,097,707 GRT/1,592,885 DWT;
• includes 25 passenger, 6 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 88 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 14 roll-on/roll-off, 13 oil tanker, 16 bulk, 1 container

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/90,492 DWT; includes 9 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll off, 1 livestock carrier, 2 oil tanker, 1 refrigerated cargo

none; landlocked

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

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 59,293 GRT/78,246 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo

1 oil tanker ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,727 GRT/5,558 DWT

• 1,618 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 57,769,476 DWT/ 101,391,576 DWT;
• includes 20 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 132 cargo, 56 refrigerated cargo, 21 roll-on/roll-off, 58 vehicle carrier, 97 container, 3 barge carrier, 499 oil tanker, 108 chemical, 68 combination ore/oil, 62 liquefied gas, 6 specialized tanker, 456 bulk, 31 combination bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• all ships are foreign owned;
• the top 4 owning flags are US 16%, Japan 14%, Norway 11%, and Hong Kong 9%

• 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 694,883 GRT/1,215,494 DWT;
• includes 4 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 4 roll-on/roll-off, 10 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,359 GRT/48,772 DWT; includes 6 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas

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

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 103,328 GRT/163,142 DWT; includes 3 cargo, 1 liquefied gas, 3 bulk

• 50 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 305,758 GRT/484,825 DWT;
• 10 cargo, 2 container, 11 refrigerated cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 4 oil tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 4 bulk, 2 short-sea passenger

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,686 GRT/9,742 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 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 bulk

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,096 GRT/1,105 DWT

1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT

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

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 oil tanker

2 roll-on/roll-off ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,118 GRT/20,529 DWT

• 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 161,661 GRT/221,959 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 4 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 6 bulk

3 roll-on/roll-off (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,091 GRT

• 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 292,490 GRT/514,389 DWT;
• includes 2 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil tanker, 3 bulk, 1 multifunction large load carrier;
• note - a captive subset of the French register

10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,832 GRT/53,037 DWT; includes 3 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker

42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 314,228 GRT/461,607 DWT; includes 34 cargo, 2 oil tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 3 bulk

• 1,478 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,029,320 GRT/21,120,522 DWT;
• includes 25 passenger, 42 short-sea passenger, 18 passenger-cargo, 6 cargo/training, 811 cargo, 11 refrigerated cargo, 81 container, 18 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 multifunction/barge carrier, 177 oil tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 263 bulk, 3 liquefied gas, 1 vehicle carrier, 9 combination bulk, 1 barge carrier;
• note - China beneficially owns an additional 227 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling approximately 6,187,117 DWT that operate under Panamanian, British, Hong Kong, Maltese, Liberian, Vanuatu, Cypriot, Saint Vincent, Bahamian, and Romanian registry

47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 658,192 GRT/1,014,056 DWT; includes 16 bulk cargo, 30 oil tanker, and 1 specialized liquid carrier

• 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,278,672 GRT/10,446,073 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 6 passenger-cargo, 87 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 8 container, 63 oil tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 8 combination ore/oil, 114 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 6 liquefied gas

• 950 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,080,149 GRT/32,334,270 DWT;
• includes 10 passenger, 39 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger cargo, 81 cargo, 43 container, 43 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 87 refrigerated cargo, 97 vehicle carrier, 240 oil tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 39 liquefied gas, 9 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker, 247 bulk, 1 multi-function large load carrier;
• note - Japan also owns a large flag of convenience fleet, including up to 44% of the total number of ships under the Panamanian flag

• 80 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 675,666 GRT/1,057,815 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 67 cargo, 2 oil tanker, 5 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 container

• 431 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,689,227 GRT/11,016,014 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 138 cargo, 61 container, 11 refrigerated cargo, 9 vehicle carrier, 45 oil tanker, 12 chemical tanker, 13 liquefied gas, 2 combination ore/oil, 135 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 1 multifunction large-load carrier

14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 38,848 GRT/58,496 DWT; includes 12 cargo, 1 container, 1 oil tanker

29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 350,916 GRT/530,855 DWT; includes 3 passenger-cargo, 24 cargo, 1 oil tanker, 1 bulk

• 865 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,073,954 GRT/11,138,336 DWT;
• includes 457 cargo, 82 container, 3 multi-function large load carrier, 2 barge carrier, 72 roll-on/roll-off, 124 oil tanker, 25 bulk cargo, 9 chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 16 combination ore/oil, 5 passenger cargo, 18 short-sea passenger, 6 passenger, 28 combination bulk, 16 refrigerated cargo

27 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 276,074 GRT/443,266 DWT; includes 12 cargo, 6 refrigerated cargo, 3 container, 3 oil tanker, 3 bulk

• 149 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 529,202 GRT/778,506 DWT;
• includes 96 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 21 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 2 oil tanker, 19 chemical tanker, 2 bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 853 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,136,078 GRT/33,119,750 DWT;
• includes 53 passenger, 18 short-sea passenger, 159 cargo, 40 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 48 container, 6 vehicle carrier, 181 oil tanker, 14 liquefied gas, 22 combination ore/oil, 43 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 159 bulk, 7 combination bulk, 102 refrigerated cargo;
• note-a flag of convenience registry

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 48,710 GRT79,263 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 2 oil tanker

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,768 GRT/12,721 DWT; includes 3 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off

• 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 307,738 GRT/468,659 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 8 cargo, 8 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas carrier, 4 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

• 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 511,522 GRT/720,270 DWT;
• includes 42 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 1 cargo/training, 11 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 4 bulk;
• note - Cuba beneficially owns an additional 38 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 529,090 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

• 252 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 819,100 GRT/1,195,276 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 162 cargo, 20 refrigerated cargo, 10 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 22 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 22 bulk, 3 passenger, 2 short-sea passenger;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• Russia owns 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 oil tanker, 2 bulk

• 89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 781,646 GRT/962,138 DWT;
• includes 4 passenger, 29 cargo, 14 refrigerated cargo, 7 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 12 multifunction large-load carrier, 5 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 2 bulk, 1 oil tanker, 1 railcar carrier, 1 combination ore/oil;
• 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

• 3,244 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 51,353,963 GRT/82,138,537 DWT;
• includes 22 passenger, 26 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger-cargo, 1,091 cargo, 246 refrigerated cargo, 196 container, 63 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 121 vehicle carrier, 9 livestock carrier, 5 multifunction large-load carrier, 403 oil tanker, 180 chemical tanker, 26 combination ore/oil, 121 liquefied gas, 9 specialized tanker, 688 bulk, 34 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 Taiwan 5%;
• (China owns at least 131 ships, Vietnam 3, Croatia 3, Cuba 4, Cyprus 6, and Russia 16)

• 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 oil 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

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,507 GRT/21,923 DWT

11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,967 GRT/76,887 DWT

29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 154,159 GRT/256,765 DWT; includes 23 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 3 bulk

claims 5% of former Soviet fleet

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 96,949 GRT/133,658 DWT; includes 10 cargo, 5 oil tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 5 chemical tanker, 1 bulk

• 112 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,262,320 GRT/1,887,729 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 30 cargo, 2 container, 1 passenger-cargo training, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 15 oil tanker, 4 chemical carrier, 2 railcar carrier, 50 bulk;
• Bulgaria owns 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,717 DWT operating under Liberian registry

• 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 77,074 GRT/93,052 DWT;
• includes 4 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 10 passenger ferries, 2 bulk, 1 oil tanker;
• note - also controlled by Croatian shipowners are 198 ships (1,000 GRT or over) under flags of convenience - primarily Malta and St. Vincent - totaling 2,602,678 GRT/4,070,852 DWT;
• includes 89 cargo, 9 roll-on/ roll-off, 6 refrigerated cargo, 14 container, 3 multifunction large load carriers, 51 bulk, 5 passenger, 11 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 6 service vessel

• the former Czechoslovakia had 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 290,185 GRT/437,291 DWT;
• includes 13 cargo, 9 bulk;
• may be shared with Slovakia

• 328 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,043,277 GRT/7,230,634 DWT;
• includes 13 short-sea passenger, 102 cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 47 container, 37 roll-on/roll-off, 1 railcar carrier, 33 oil tanker, 18 chemical tanker, 36 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

68 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 394,501 GRT/526,502 DWT; includes 52 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 2 short-sea passenger, 6 bulk, 2 container

• 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

• 87 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 935,260 GRT/973,995 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger, 11 short-sea passenger, 17 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 26 roll-on/roll-off, 14 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 7 bulk

• 130 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,224,945 GRT/5,067,252 DWT;
• includes 7 short-sea passenger, 10 cargo, 20 container, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 27 roll-on/roll-off, 36 oil tanker, 11 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 2 specialized tanker, 10 bulk;
• note - France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and French Polynesia

• 565 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,928,759 GRT/6,292,193 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger, 303 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 134 container, 28 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 railcar carrier, 7 barge carrier, 9 oil tanker, 21 chemical tanker, 17 liquefied gas tanker, 5 combination ore/oil, 6 combination bulk, 12 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

• 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 642,446 GRT/1,141,592 DWT;
• includes 4 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 18 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 5 bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 998 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 25,483,768 GRT/47,047,285 DWT;
• includes 14 passenger, 66 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 128 cargo, 26 container, 15 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 214 oil tanker, 19 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 42 combination ore/oil, 3 specialized tanker, 424 bulk, 22 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

12 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) and 1 bulk totaling 83,091 GRT/115,950 DWT

• 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 154,647 GRT/186,432 DWT;
• includes 4 short-sea passenger, 33 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 4 container, 3 oil tanker, 3 specialized tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 5 bulk

• 59 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,363,502 GRT/2,363,502 DWT;
• includes 10 cargo, 6 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 14 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 12 bulk;
• note - a captive register of the United Kingdom, although not all ships on the register are British owned

• 536 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,788,938 GRT/10,128,468 DWT;
• includes 15 passenger, 36 short-sea passenger, 87 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 21 container, 69 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 8 vehicle carrier, 1 multifunction large-load carrier, 138 oil tanker, 34 chemical tanker, 45 liquefied gas, 10 specialized tanker, 9 combination ore/oil, 57 bulk, 2 combination bulk

96 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 905,006 GRT/1,178,844 DWT; includes 14 cargo, 27 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 44 oil tanker

46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 282,633 GRT/332,447 DWT; includes 31 cargo, 3 railcar carrier, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 11 combination bulk

• 53 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,570,466 GRT/2,614,154 DWT;
• includes 2 cargo, 5 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off, 6 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 8 liquefied gas, 2 passenger, 8 bulk, 6 combination bulk, 4 refrigerated cargo

• 789 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,059,874 GRT/18,758,969 DWT;
• includes 6 passenger, 17 short-sea passenger, 272 cargo, 26 container, 2 passenger-cargo, 20 roll-on/roll-off, 2 vehicle carrier, 3 barge carrier, 17 refrigerated cargo, 19 chemical tanker, 15 combination ore/oil, 3 specialized tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 131 oil tanker, 223 bulk, 26 combination bulk, 3 multifunction large load carrier, 1 railcar carrier;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• China owns 2 ships, Russia owns 52 ships, Cuba owns 10, Vietnam owns 6, Croatia owns 37, Romania owns 3

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

• 344 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,762,000 GRT/3,675,649 DWT;
• includes 3 short-sea passenger, 193 cargo, 30 refrigerated cargo, 26 container, 13 roll-on/roll-off, 1 livestock carrier, 11 multifunction large-load carrier, 23 oil tanker, 22 chemical tanker, 10 liquefied gas, 2 specialized tanker, 6 bulk, 4 combination bulk;
• note - many Dutch-owned ships are also registered on the captive Netherlands Antilles register

• 829 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,312,412 GRT/38,532,109 DWT;
• includes 13 passenger, 20 short-sea passenger, 106 cargo, 2 passenger-cargo, 19 refrigerated cargo, 15 container, 49 roll-on/roll-off, 23 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 174 oil tanker, 91 chemical tanker, 82 liquefied gas, 25 combination ore/oil, 201 bulk, 8 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

• 209 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,747,631 GRT/3,992,053 DWT;
• includes 5 short-sea passenger, 76 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 11 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 9 container, 1 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 101 bulk, 1 passenger;
• Poland owns 1 ship of 6,333 DWT operating under Liberian registry

• 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 634,072 GRT/1,130,515 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 21 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 3 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 13 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 5 bulk, 2 liquified gas;
• 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

• 249 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,882,727 GRT/4,463,879 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 170 cargo, 2 container, 1 rail-car carrier, 9 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 15 oil tanker, 51 bulk

Montenegro:

• 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 620,455 GRT/1,024,227 DWT;
• includes 17 cargo, 5 container, 17 bulk, 1 passenger ship;
• note - most under Maltese flag except 2 bulk under Panamian flag

Serbia:

• 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 246,631 GRT/451,843 DWT;
• includes 2 bulk, 2 conbination tanker/ore carrier;
• note - all under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• the former Czechoslovakia had 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 290,185 GRT/437,291 DWT;
• includes 13 cargo, 9 bulk;
• may be shared with the Czech Republic

• 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,784 GRT/596,740 DWT;
• includes 15 bulk, 7 cargo;
• all under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines except for 1 bulk under Liberian flag

• 242 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,394,175 GRT/4,262,868 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 8 short-sea passenger, 71 cargo, 12 refrigerated cargo, 12 container, 32 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 41 oil tanker, 14 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 3 specialized tanker, 36 bulk

• 179 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,473,769 GRT/3,227,366 DWT;
• includes 10 short-sea passenger, 29 cargo, 3 container, 43 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 13 vehicle carrier, 2 railcar carrier, 32 oil tanker, 27 chemical tanker, 4 specialized tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 2 combination ore/oil, 10 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo

• 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 308,725 GRT/548,244 DWT;
• includes 5 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 8 bulk, 1 oil tanker

• 394 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,952,328 GRT/5,262,161 DWT;
• includes 234 cargo, 18 container, 7 barge carriers, 55 bulk cargo, 10 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 12 passenger, 5 passenger cargo, 9 short-sea passenger, 33 roll-on/roll-off, 2 railcar carrier, 1 multi-function-large-load-carrier, 5 refrigerated cargo

• 204 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,819,719 GRT/4,941,785 DWT;
• includes 7 passenger, 16 short-sea passenger, 37 cargo, 25 container, 14 roll-on/roll-off, 5 refrigerated cargo, 1 vehicle carrier, 65 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 8 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 22 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 passenger cargo

9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,331 GRT/249,490 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk

• 1,299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,045,037 GRT/37,119,933 DWT;
• includes 10 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 463 cargo, 77 refrigerated cargo, 24 roll-on/roll-off, 70 container, 4 multifunction large load carrier, 110 oil tanker, 3 specialized tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 26 chemical tanker, 32 combination ore/oil, 422 bulk, 3 vehicle carrier, 48 combination bulk, 1 railcar carrier, 2 passenger;
• note - a flag of convenience registry;
• Cuba owns 27 of these ships, Russia owns 36, Latvia also has 7 ships, Croatia owns 2, and Romania 5

• 135 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,480,726 GRT/8,332,593 DWT;
• includes 39 cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 32 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 48 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 1 liquefied gas

• 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 930,780 GRT/1,674,878 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 15 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 19 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker;
• note - none of the Iraqi flag merchant fleet was trading internationally as of 1 January 1993

• 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 678,584 GRT/785,220 DWT;
• includes 8 cargo, 24 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 oil tankers

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

42 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 1,996,052 GRT/3,373,088 DWT; includes 7 cargo, 4 livestock carrier, 24 oil tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 3 container

• 63 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 270,505 GRT/403,328 DWT;
• includes 39 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 3 roll-on/roll-off, 1 container, 9 livestock carrier, 2 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 4 bulk, 1 combination bulk

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

20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 390,072 GRT/593,508 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 4 container, 2 oil tanker, 1 refrigerated cargo

• 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 860,818 GRT/1,219,345 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 6 short-sea passenger, 11 cargo, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 container, 6 refrigerated cargo, 5 livestock carrier, 23 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 specialized tanker, 1 bulk

41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,247 GRT/183,607 DWT; includes 36 cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 3 bulk

• 353 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,825,274 GRT/6,628,207 DWT;
• includes 7 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 189 cargo, 1 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 39 oil tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 9 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker, 80 bulk, 3 combination bulk

• 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,197,306 GRT/2,153,673 DWT;
• includes 15 cargo, 8 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off, 23 oil tanker, 4 bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 liquified gas, 1 chemical tanker

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

• 72 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,451.099 GRT/5,937,636 DWT;
• includes 5 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 5 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 21 oil tanker, 13 liquefied gas, 16 bulk;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 63 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 454,582 GRT/646,329 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 3 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 8 cargo, 2 railcar carrier, 1 refrigerated cargo, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 1 container, 24 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 9 bulk;
• note - does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes

• 58 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 858,162 GRT/1,278,488 DWT;
• includes 4 short-sea passenger, 2 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 31 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 1 bulk, 5 container

• 385 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,567,000 GRT/19,511,000 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger-cargo, 36 cargo, 23 bulk, 169 tanker, 13 tanker tug-barge, 13 liquefied gas, 128 intermodal;
• in addition, there are 219 government-owned vessels

• 82 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,347,271 GRT/3,534,926 DWT;
• includes 2 short-sea passenger, 8 cargo, 7 container, 8 roll-on/roll-off, 1 vehicle carrier, 17 oil tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 30 bulk, 2 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 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 cargo

• 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,127 GRT/6,710 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger-cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo;
• note - a captive subset of the French register

• 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,786,070 GRT/3,498,895 DWT;
• includes 2 cargo, 1 container, 9 oil tanker, 15 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

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,523 GRT/24,774 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 combination ore/oil, 2 bulk, 1 container

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

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,765 GRT/10,597 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 liquefied gas

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 33,220 GRT/58,518 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 1 oil tanker, 4 chemical tanker

• 125 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,121,819 GRT/3,193,942 DWT;
• includes 23 cargo, 16 refrigerated cargo, 6 container, 11 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 6 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 54 bulk, 1 combination bulk, 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger;
• note - a flag of convenience registry

• 60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,695,420 GRT/1,073,904 DWT;
• includes 30 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 4 container, 1 railcar carrier, 14 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 4 bulk, 1 roll-on/roll-off

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 14,051 GRT/22,155 DWT

• 232 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,335,234 GRT/8,986,734 DWT;
• includes 5 passenger-cargo, 42 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 10 container, 11 roll-on/roll-off, 58 oil tanker, 15 chemical tanker, 12 combination ore/oil, 65 bulk, 2 combination bulk, 11 vehicle carrier;
• in addition, 1 naval tanker is sometimes used commercially

• 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 445,330 GRT/756,018 DWT;
• includes 8 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 8 bulk;
• note - in addition, 1 naval tanker and 1 military transport are sometimes used commercially

27 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 227,719 GRT/356,665 DWT; includes 9 cargo, 3 oil tanker, 8 bulk, 7 container

• 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 333,380 GRT/483,862 DWT;
• includes 2 passenger, 4 cargo, 17 refrigerated cargo, 4 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 15 oil tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,317 GRT/2,558 DWT

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

• 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 194,473 GRT/307,845 DWT;
• includes 13 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil tanker, 4 bulk;
• note - in addition, 6 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 84,797 GRT/132,296 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 2 container, 1 oil tanker

• 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 837,375 GRT/1,344,795 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger cargo, 19 cargo, 2 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off, 18 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 6 bulk, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 combination bulk

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

• 62 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 940,264 GRT/1,315,156 DWT;
• includes 3 passenger-cargo, 18 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 2 container, 2 oil tanker, 3 chemical, 1 combination ore/oil, 23 bulk, 1 combination bulk

• 176 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 5,870,007 GRT/10,006,390 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea passenger, 20 cargo, 6 refrigerated cargo, 29 container, 15 oil tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 6 combination ore/oil, 5 liquefied gas, 88 bulk, 2 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

• 401 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,766,201 GRT/2,642,529 DWT;
• includes 6 short-sea passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 238 cargo, 10 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 78 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 7 specialized tanker, 1 livestock carrier, 26 bulk, 2 passenger

• 184 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,869,817 GRT/2,786,765 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 2 short-sea passenger, 71 cargo, 28 container, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 1 livestock carrier, 38 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 27 bulk

• 562 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,282,936 GRT/13,772,023 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger, 11 short-sea passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 155 cargo, 27 refrigerated cargo, 25 vehicle carrier, 9 livestock carrier, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 8 container, 38 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 1 combination ore/oil, 249 bulk, 8 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

• 492 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,763,511 GRT/15,816,384 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 125 cargo, 72 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 18 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 165 oil tanker, 8 chemical tanker, 7 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker, 5 liquefied gas, 74 bulk, 3 combination bulk;
• note - many Singapore flag ships are foreign owned

• 223 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,761,609 GRT/9,375,677 DWT;
• includes 1 passenger-cargo, 43 cargo, 11 refrigerated cargo, 85 container, 19 oil tanker, 2 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 57 bulk, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 2 combination bulk, 1 chemical tanker

• 169 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 752,055 GRT/1,166,136 DWT;
• includes 1 short-sea passenger, 91 cargo, 12 container, 40 oil tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 2 chemical tanker, 5 bulk, 6 refrigerated cargo, 2 combination bulk, 1 passenger

99 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 460,712 GRT/739,246 DWT; includes 84 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 8 oil tanker, 3 bulk