Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.

total:

25,364 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 435,458,296 GRT/697,171,651 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 39, bulk 5,202, cargo 8,121, chemical tanker 911, combination bulk 293, combination ore/oil 290, container 1,903, liquefied gas 675, livestock carrier 48, multifunction large-load carrier 53, oil tanker 4,332, passenger 287, passenger-cargo 114, railcar carrier 24, refrigerated cargo 1,023, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,047, short-sea passenger 465, specialized tanker 77, vehicle carrier 460 (April 1995)

total:

75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179 GRT/1,064,211 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas tanker 9, oil tanker 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 1

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 63,776 GRT/99,863 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 11, oil tanker 1

none

total:

7 (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,609 GRT/19,052 DWT cargo 6, chemical tanker 1

total:

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

none

none

none

total:

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 49,671 GRT/69,216 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 1, container 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

total:

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

total:

168 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,187,442 GRT/1,821,327 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 19, cargo 83, container 2, oil tanker 15, passenger 30, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger 4

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,412 GRT/6,699 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, passenger-cargo 1

none

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 62,627 GRT/88,909 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 8, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

total:

1 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,281 GRT/12,665 DWT

total:

1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,194 GRT/19,394 DWT

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,427 GRT/35,894 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1

none

none

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,883 GRT/6,255 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, oil tanker 1

total:

1,549 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,709,634 GRT/97,038,680 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 3, bulk 392, cargo 121, chemical tanker 114, combination bulk 33, combination ore/oil 57, container 124, liquefied gas tanker 75, oil tanker 459, passenger 32, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 58, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 7, vehicle carrier 54

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 53 countries; the 10

major fleet flags are:

United States 232 ships, Japan 190, Norway 166, Greece 125, Germany 125, United Kingdom 102, Hong Kong 95, China 45, Russia 41, and the Netherlands 34

total:

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 686,136 GRT/1,208,194 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 10, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 4

total:

10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,261 GRT/28,193 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2

none

total:

16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 191,703 GRT/297,347 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 8, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 1

none

total:

38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 183,951 GRT/273,057 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 6, chemical tanker 9, container 2, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1

total:

3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,533 GRT/8,024 DWT

none

total:

32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 404,064 GRT/661,850 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 14, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

none

none

total:

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

total:

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

none

none

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,529 GRT/6,892 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1

total:

4 container ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 211,276 GRT/198,602 DWT

total:

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 43,024 GRT/122,379 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2

total:

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,145 GRT/39,186 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

none

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 129,035 GRT/168,032 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 5, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1

total:

3 roll-on/roll-off cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/NA DWT

total:

48 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,290,975 GRT/2,403,050 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 6, chemical tanker 4, container 1, liquefied gas tanker 3, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, specialized liquefied tanker 1

note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than permissable under the main French register

none

total:

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,025 GRT/40,410 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2

none

total:

38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 293,304 GRT/428,013 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 31, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 3

total:

1,628 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,013,532 GRT/24,027,766 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 3, bulk 298, cargo 849, chemical tanker 14, combination bulk 10, container 98, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large load carrier 1, oil tanker 212, passenger 24, passenger-cargo 25, refrigerated cargo 21, roll-on/roll-off cargo 24, short-sea passenger 44, vehicle carrier 1

note: China beneficially owns an additional 250 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling approximately 8,831,462 DWT that operate under Panamanian, Hong Kong, Maltese, Liberian, Vanuatu, Cypriot, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamian, and Singaporean registry

total:

32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 419,416 GRT/640,897 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 1, oil tanker 19, short-sea passenger 1

total:

299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,288,902 GRT/10,454,178 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 114, cargo 78, chemical tanker 9, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 5, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 68, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1

total:

851 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,195,386 GRT/27,292,044 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 210, cargo 63, chemical tanker 7, combination ore/oil 7, container 41, liquefied gas tanker 41, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 264, passenger 10, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 48, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 30, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 79

note: Japan owns an additional 1,537 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 45,490,202 DWT that operate under Panamanian, Liberian, Vanuatu, Bahamian, Singaporian, Cypriot, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Maltese registry

total:

87 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 727,631 GRT/1,149,291 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 70, combination bulk 1, oil tanker 3, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1

note: North Korea owns an additional 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling approximately 32,405 DWT that operate under Honduran registry

total:

412 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,129,796 GRT/9,985,197 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 123, cargo 125, chemical tanker 17, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 61, liquefied gas tanker 13, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 51, refrigerated cargo 9, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 9

total:

16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 50,384 GRT/77,771 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 14, container 1, oil tanker 1

total:

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 352,189 GRT/532,782 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 25, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 3

total:

800 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,295,109 GRT/10,128,579 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk cargo 26, cargo 424, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 22, combination ore/oil 16, container 81, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 111, passenger 4, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 19, roll-on/roll-off cargo 62, short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2

note: in addition, Russia owns 235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,084,439 DWT that operate under Maltese, Cypriot, Liberian, Panamanian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduran, Marshall Islands, Bahamian, and Vanuatu registry

total:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 289,115 GRT/453,609 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 12, container 1, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 8

none

total:

304 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,188,113 GRT/1,651,190 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 7, cargo 216, chemical tanker 8, container 48, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11

note: a flag of convenience registry

none

total:

936 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,815,474 GRT/35,253,416 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 162, cargo 181, chemical tanker 39, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 19, container 52, liquefied gas tanker 20, oil tanker 182, passenger 55, refrigerated cargo 146, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 16, vehicle carrier 12

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 46 countries among which are UK 158 ships, Norway 125, Greece 100, US 94, Denmark 80, Netherlands 53, France 36, Finland 35, Japan 35, Sweden 25

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 61,563 GRT/103,632 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 6, oil tanker 2

total:

41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 170,002 GRT/270,893 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 25, container 4, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, vehicle carrier 1

none

total:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 321,434 GRT/583,348 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 7, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 1, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7

note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 6 ships, India 5, Norway 3, US 3, Greece 1, Sweden 1, UAE 1

none

total:

48 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 278,103 GRT/396,138 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 22, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 10, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 9

note: Cuba beneficially owns an additional 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 215,703 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus, Malta, and Mauritius

none

total:

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

none

none

none

none

none

total:

271 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 802,990 GRT/1,210,553 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 31, cargo 171, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 2, livestock carrier 3, oil tanker 21, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 19, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 14 ships, Vietnam 7, North Korea 4, US 3, Hong Kong 2, South Korea 2, Greece 1

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,931 GRT/10,545 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

none

none

total:

110 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,044,553 GRT/1,343,842 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, bulk 2, cargo 36, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 20, oil tanker 2, passenger 4, refrigerated cargo 27, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7

none

total:

3,526 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,748,525 GRT/95,102,552 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, bulk 787, cargo 1,070, chemical tanker 175, combination bulk 33, combination ore/oil 25, container 259, liquefied gas tanker 125, livestock carrier 8, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 465, passenger 24, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 284, roll-on/roll-off cargo 81, short-sea passenger 34, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 137

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 93 countries; the 10

major fleet flags are:

Japan 1,171 ships, Greece 323, Hong Kong 276, US 212, Taiwan 184, Singapore 181, South Korea 172, China 145 ships, UK 102, and Norway 70

none

none

none

total:

580 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,212,812 GRT/8,530,725 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 106, cargo 289, chemical tanker 15, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil 3, container 36, liquefied gas tanker 5, livestock carrier 2, oil tanker 53, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 30, roll-on/roll-off cargo 25, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 16 countries among which are Croatia 49 ships, Russia 23, Slovenia 11, China 8, Germany 3, Serbia 2, Latvia 1, Montenegro 1, Georgia 1, UAR 1

total:

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

none

none

total:

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

total:

32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 152,885 GRT/235,719 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 25, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

note: claims 5% of former Soviet fleet

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,055 GRT/56,842 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, liquefied gas 2, oil tanker 5

none

total:

109 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,191,231 GRT/1,762,461 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 47, cargo 29, chemical carrier 4, container 2, oil tanker 15, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 1

note: Bulgaria owns 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,960 DWT operating under Liberian registry

total:

35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 181,565 GRT/225,533 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 20, chemical tanker 1, container 2, oil tanker 2, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 4

note: also controlled by Croatian shipowners are 134 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,286,231 DWT that operate under Maltese and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines registry

total:

14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 181,646 GRT/282,296 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 9

total:

345 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,005,470 GRT/6,974,750 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 17, cargo 109, chemical tanker 24, combination bulk 1, container 61, liquefied gas tanker 32, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 32, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 35, short-sea passenger 11

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

total:

65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 415,332 GRT/532,749 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 44, container 2, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 4

total:

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,879 GRT/18,444 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1

total:

93 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,050,270 GRT/1,080,150 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 7, cargo 20, chemical tanker 5, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 12, passenger 3, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 31, short-sea passenger 10, vehicle carrier 1

total:

78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,186,183 GRT/3,323,068 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 7, chemical tanker 6, container 15, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 21, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 2

note: France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and French Polynesia

total:

481 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,065,074 GRT/6,409,198 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 6, bulk 8, cargo 224, chemical tanker 16, combination bulk 4, combination ore/oil 5, container 158, liquefied gas tanker 13, oil tanker 10, passenger 3, railcar carrier 4, refrigerated cargo 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 5

note: the German register includes ships of the former East and West Germany

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 419,707 GRT/721,110 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, container 2, oil tanker 14

total:

1,046 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,076,911 GRT/53,618,024 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 469, cargo 105, chemical tanker 22, combination bulk 21, combination ore/oil 31, container 40, liquefied gas tanker 5, oil tanker 239, passenger 14, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16, short-sea passenger 67, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1

note: ethnic Greeks also own 125 ships under Liberian registry, 323 under Panamanian, 705 under Cypriot, 351 under Maltese, and 100 under Bahamian

none

total:

10 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 46,121 GRT/61,613 DWT

total:

47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 129,996 GRT/160,419 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 33, chemical tanker 2, container 2, oil tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2

total:

68 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,810,355 GRT/3,183,773 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 10, chemical tanker 4, container 9, liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 15, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 9 ships, Switzerland 2, Denmark 1, Netherlands 1

total:

441 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,767,969 GRT/8,547,221 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 40, cargo 62, chemical tanker 34, combination ore/oil 3, container 18, liquefied gas tanker 37, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 136, passenger 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 30, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 8

none

total:

85 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 774,182 GRT/1,010,517 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 17, oil tanker 37, refrigerated cargo 24, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7

total:

44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 275,893 GRT/321,440 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 28, combination bulk 11, railcar carrier 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

total:

45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,129,466 GRT/1,790,988 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 6, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 7, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2

total:

964 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,518,359 GRT/26,604,739 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 3, bulk 272, cargo 300, chemical tanker 30, combination bulk 26, combination ore/oil 16, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 3, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 191, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 3, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 14, roll-on/roll-off cargo 26, short-sea passenger 20, specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 11

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 49 countries; the 10

major fleet flags are:

Greece 351 ships, Russia 66, Croatia 63, Switzerland 31, Montenegro 29, Italy 27, Germany 23, Monaco 20, UK 20, and Georgia 10

none

total:

343 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,629,578 GRT/3,337,307 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 195, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 3, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 12, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 37, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2

note: many Dutch-owned ships are also registered on the Netherlands Antilles register

total:

764 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,793,968 GRT/35,409,472 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 159, cargo 92, chemical tanker 85, combination bulk 8, combination ore/oil 28, container 17, liquefied gas tanker 81, oil tanker 162, passenger 13, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 21, vehicle carrier 28

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

total:

152 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,186,405 GRT/3,270,914 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 89, cargo 38, chemical tanker 4, container 7, oil tanker 1, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 4

note: in addition, Poland owns 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 76,501 DWT that operate under Bahamian, Liberian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu, Panamanian, and Cypriot registry

total:

65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 852,785 GRT/1,545,804 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1

note: Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira for Portuguese-owned ships; ships on the Madeira Register (MAR) will have taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience; in addition, Portugal owns 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,776 DWT that operate under Panamanian and Maltese registry

total:

238 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,528,971 GRT/3,849,943 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 46, cargo 167, container 2, oil tanker 14, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7

note: in addition, Romania owns 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,207,388 DWT that operate under Liberian, Maltese, Cypriot, and Bahamian registry

total:

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,160 GRT/6,163 DWT

total:

17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 265,937 GRT/449,205 DWT (controlled by Slovenian owners)

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 6

note: ships under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Liberia; no ships remain under the Slovenian flag

total:

157 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 868,326 GRT/1,382,335 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 12, cargo 41, chemical tanker 11, container 9, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 25, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 34, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 2

total:

157 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,872,350 GRT/2,075,722 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 10, cargo 24, chemical tanker 25, combination ore/oil 1, container 2, oil tanker 31, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 37, short-sea passenger 8, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 12

total:

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 374,935 GRT/669,353 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 12, cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, specialized tanker 1

total:

379 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,799,253 GRT/5,071,175 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 7, bulk 55, cargo 221, chemical tanker 2, container 20, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 10, passenger 12, passenger-cargo 5, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 32, short-sea passenger 7

total:

155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,249,823 GRT/3,978,336 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 24, chemical tanker 2, container 23, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 56, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 13, specialized tanker 1

total:

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 79,949 GRT/120,900 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 4, chemical tanker 1

total:

1,446 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,911,818 GRT/39,549,216 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 473, cargo 530, chemical tanker 28, combination bulk 55, combination ore/oil 24, container 92, liquefied gas tanker 3, multifunction large-load carrier 5, oil tanker 120, passenger 5, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 58, roll-on/roll-off cargo 33, short-sea passenger 14, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 48 countries among which are ships of Greece 705, Germany 174, Russia 56, Netherlands 45, Japan 27, Belgium 25, UK 21, Spain 17, Switzerland 14, Hong Kong 13

total:

132 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,816,820 GRT/6,991,693 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 48, cargo 38, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 26, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 1

total:

36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 795,346 GRT/1,431,154 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 14, oil tanker 16, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3

total:

32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 624,861 GRT/720,765 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 7, container 22, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 61,678 GRT/113,080 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, oil tanker 1

total:

47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,202,558 GRT/3,618,527 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 9, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 7, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 24

total:

64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 260,383 GRT/381,937 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 41, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 2, livestock carrier 6, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 2

total:

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

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 463,227 GRT/763,507 DWT

ships by type:

combination ore/oil 1, container 3, cargo 11, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 1

total:

71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 855,452 GRT/1,233,477 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 5, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 22, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, short-sea passenger 7

total:

80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 233,701 GRT/364,714 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 10, cargo 68, vehicle carrier 2

total:

423 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,014,004 GRT/8,695,636 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 113, cargo 203, chemical tanker 14, combination bulk 7, combination ore/oil 12, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 46, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 2

total:

57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,128,253 GRT/1,938,770 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 18, chemical tanker 1, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 21, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,059 GRT/18,563 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, oil tanker 2

total:

65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,144,245 GRT/5,152,030 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 14, cargo 4, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 15, oil tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 12 countries among which are UK 6 ships, Canada 4, US 4, Sweden 3, Hong Kong 2, Mexico 2, Norway 2, Australia 1, Germany 1, NZ 1

total:

71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 617,010 GRT/878,819 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 17, cargo 10, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 23, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2

note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes

total:

59 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 949,271 GRT/1,340,595 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 4

none

total:

354 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,462,000 GRT/16,477,000 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 22, cargo 28, chemical tanker 16, intermodal 130, liquefied gas tanker 13, passenger-cargo 2, tanker 130, tanker tug-barge 13

note: in addition, there are 189 government-owned vessels

none

total:

81 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,620,536 GRT/3,801,970 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 30, cargo 7, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 2, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 1

total:

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

total:

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,267 GRT/17,884 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,127 GRT/6,710 DWT

ships by type:

passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1

note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than permissable under the main French register

none

total:

1 passenger-cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,291 GRT/1,295 DWT

total:

37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,205,275 GRT/4,263,247 DWT

ships by type:

bulk carrier 23, cargo 1, combination ore/oil 1, oil tanker 12

none

none

total:

1 roll-on/roll-off ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,079 GRT/724 DWT

total:

18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 165,504 GRT/218,699 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 3, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5