Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.

total:

25,521 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 442,276,527 GRT/701,647,274 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 22, bulk 5,308, cargo 8,089, chemical tanker 920, combination bulk 307, combination ore/oil 279, container 1,938, liquefied gas tanker 709, livestock carrier 52, multifunction large-load carrier 62, oil tanker 4,320, passenger 298, passenger-cargo 117, railcar carrier 21, refrigerated cargo 1,022, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,034, short-sea passenger 484, specialized tanker 81, vehicle carrier 458 (1995 est.)

total:

77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 916,701 GRT/1,086,324 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas tanker 10, oil tanker 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

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

ships by type:

cargo 11, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

none

• cargo 3, chemical tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

4 (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,632 GRT/8,872 DWT

total:

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,122 GRT/33,509 DWT (1995 est.)

none

none

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,218 GRT/4,100 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,726 GRT/34,711 DWT

ships by type:

container 2, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

164 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,187,290 GRT/1,833,108 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 22, cargo 74, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 14, passenger 33, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 15, short-sea passenger 4 (1995 est.)

total:

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

ships by type:

cargo 1, passenger-cargo 1 (1995 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,573 GRT/13,593 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 62,627 GRT/88,908 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 8, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)

total:

3 bulk (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 36,976 GRT/60,319 DWT (1995 est.)

none

total:

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

ships by type:

cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (1995 est.)

none

total:

1,601 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 59,449,296 GRT/98,819,081 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk 411, cargo 121, chemical tanker 108, combination bulk 28, combination ore/oil 56, container 143, liquefied gas tanker 77, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 463, passenger 42, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 64, roll-on/roll-off cargo 23, short-sea passenger 4, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 48

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 59 countries among which are US 253, Japan 172, Norway 165, Germany 149, Greece 137, Hong Kong 114, UK 78, China 49, Monaco 41, and Cyprus 34 (1995 est.)

total:

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 686,834 GRT/1,209,263 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

note: Libya owns an additional 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 38,260 DWT operating under the registries of Algeria and Turkey (1995 est.)

total:

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,132 GRT/31,261 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)

none

total:

17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 221,446 GRT/308,478 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 9, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 1 (1995 est.)

none

total:

37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 175,962 GRT/257,449 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 8, chemical tanker 7, container 2, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

total:

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,694 GRT/9,724 DWT (1995 est.)

none

total:

33 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 387,552 GRT/636,578 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 16, chemical tanker 3, oil tanker 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)

none

none

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,096 GRT/1,105 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT (1995 est.)

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 (1995 est.)

total:

4 container ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 211,276 GRT/198,602 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 43,024 GRT/57,985 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)

total:

8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,371 GRT/41,269 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, oil tanker 2, passenger-cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)

none

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 125,840 GRT/164,277 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

total:

3 roll-on/roll-off cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/2,743 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

66 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,133,942 GRT/3,617,863 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 6, chemical tanker 7, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, specialized 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 (1995 est.)

total:

1 short-sea passenger (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,162 GRT/610 DWT (1995 est.)

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 (1995 est.)

none

total:

37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 296,503 GRT/423,274 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 29, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 3 (1995 est.)

total:

1,700 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,663,260 GRT/25,026,090 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk 316, cargo 876, chemical tanker 15, combination bulk 11, container 103, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 227, passenger 24, passenger-cargo 28, refrigerated cargo 22, roll-on/roll-off cargo 24, short-sea passenger 45

note: China owns an additional 267 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,044,039 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Hong Kong, Malta, Liberia, Vanuatu, Cyprus, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Marshall Islands, and Singapore (1995 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 307,765 GRT/483,567 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 8, cargo 2, oil tanker 12, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

total:

310 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,787,834 GRT/11,296,222 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 133, cargo 65, chemical tanker 10, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 73, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

total:

796 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,944,137 GRT/23,662,930 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 192, cargo 57, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 6, container 38, liquefied gas tanker 39, oil tanker 259, passenger 9, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 28, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 77

note: Japan owns an additional 1,587 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 50,072,815 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Liberia, Vanuatu, The Bahamas, Singapore, Cyprus, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Malta (1995 est.)

total:

88 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 712,480 GRT/1,140,923 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 71, 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 34,782 DWT operating under the registries of Hondurus and Poland (1995 est.)

total:

428 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,076,981 GRT/9,822,089 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 124, cargo 122, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 3, combination ore/oil 1, container 59, liquefied gas tanker 12, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 61, refrigerated cargo 13, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 10

note: South Korea owns an additional 231 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,128,506 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Liberia, Cyprus, Malta, The Bahamas, and Thailand (1995 est.)

total:

20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 73,284 GRT/113,669 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 17, container 2, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 345,606 GRT/560,641 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 19, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 1 (1995 est.)

total:

745 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,730,178 GRT/9,385,565 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk 25, cargo 406, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 21, combination ore/oil 17, container 31, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 134, passenger 4, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 19, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2

note: Russia owns an additional 163 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,276,829 DWT operating under the registries of Malta, Cyprus, Liberia, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, The Bahamas, and Vanuatu (1995 est.)

total:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,508 GRT/329,410 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 13, container 1, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 8 (1995 est.)

none

total:

367 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,573,063 GRT/2,147,243 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 247, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 1, container 72, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 14, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16

note: a flag of convenience registry: Germany owns 12 ships, Slovenia 3, Croatia 2, Cyprus 1, and US 1 (1995 est.)

none

total:

956 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,592,285 GRT/35,765,965 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 176, cargo 182, chemical tanker 43, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 19, container 53, liquefied gas tanker 20, oil tanker 180, passenger 53, refrigerated cargo 147, roll-on/roll-off cargo 47, short-sea passenger 13, vehicle carrier 14

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 48 countries among which are Norway 155, Greece 124, US 84, Denmark 63, Netherlands 44, Sweden 36, Finland 34, France 29, Japan 29, and Belgium 24 (1995 est.)

total:

34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 183,937 GRT/271,707 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 21, combination bulk 3, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)

total:

89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 311,731 GRT/470,272 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 60, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

• none (1995 est.)

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 283,734 GRT/432,610 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 1, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4

note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 1 ship, India 1, Norway 1, US 3, Sweden 1, and UAE 1 (1995 est.)

none

total:

41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,870 GRT/310,169 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 17, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 9, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 9

note: Cuba owns an additional 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 462,517 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Cyprus, Malta, Belize, and Mauritius (1995 est.)

none

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT (1995 est.)

none

none

none

none

none

total:

257 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 769,518 GRT/1,148,423 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 29, cargo 165, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 1, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 3, oil tanker 19, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 16, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 2, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 8 ships, Vietnam 4, North Korea 2, Greece 1, Japan 1, US 1, Iran 1 (1995 est.)

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,435 GRT/6,105 DWT

ships by type:

oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)

none

none

total:

119 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,141,003 GRT/1,490,958 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 38, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 1, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 18, oil tanker 9, passenger 4, refrigerated cargo 27, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8 (1995 est.)

none

total:

3,758 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 69,960,500 GRT/107,632,713 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 902, cargo 1,050, chemical tanker 168, combination bulk 40, combination ore/oil 19, container 307, liquefied gas tanker 155, livestock carrier 7, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 488, passenger 31, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 295, roll-on/roll-off cargo 93, short-sea passenger 34, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 150

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 83 countries among which are Japan 1,212, Greece 360, Hong Kong 263, Taiwan 203, South Korea 198, US 160, China 152, Singapore 118, UK 79, Switzerland 67, and Norway 58 (1995 est.)

none

none

none

total:

611 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,690,104 GRT/9,367,014 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 106, cargo 305, chemical tanker 20, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 4, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 58, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 25, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 24 countries among which are Croatia 42, Russia 14, Slovenia 9, China 9, Germany 2, Serbia 2, Hong Kong 2, Latvia 1, Ukraine 1, and Poland 1 (1995 est.)

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,928 GRT/5,571 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

none

none

total:

11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 52,967 GRT/76,887 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 88,617 GRT/122,475 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 23, combination bulk 2, container 1, refrigerated cargo 2 (1995 est.)

note: claims 5% of former Soviet fleet (1995 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 64,220 GRT/83,360 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 8, chemical tanker 5, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 6 (1995 est.)

none

total:

103 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,084,090 GRT/1,596,735 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 45, cargo 27, chemical tanker 4, container 2, oil tanker 13, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1

note: Bulgaria owns an additional 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 135,016 DWT operating under the registries of Liberia and Malta (1995 est.)

total:

39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 203,495 GRT/252,818 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 23, chemical tanker 1, container 3, oil tanker 1, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 4

note: Croatia owns an additional 140 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,368,035 DWT operating under the registries of Malta, Liberia, Cyprus, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1995 est.)

total:

10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,946 GRT/251,624 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 5 (1995 est.)

total:

334 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,013,054 GRT/7,171,871 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 13, cargo 114, chemical tanker 25, container 65, liquefied gas tanker 27, livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 31, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 17, roll-on/roll-off cargo 26, short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 1

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 (1995 est.)

total:

52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 353,140 GRT/467,086 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 33, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 4 (1995 est.)

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 (1995 est.)

total:

92 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,051,231 GRT/1,075,397 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 8, cargo 20, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 12, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 31, short-sea passenger 12, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

total:

55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,203,086 GRT/1,779,263 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 5, chemical tanker 5, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 16, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 1

note: France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) (1995 est.)

total:

452 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,054,327 GRT/6,367,036 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 193, chemical tanker 15, combination bulk 4, combination ore/oil 5, container 166, liquefied gas tanker 12, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 11, passenger 3, railcar carrier 3, refrigerated cargo 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger 7 (1995 est.)

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 357,730 GRT/635,769 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, container 1, oil tanker 13 (1995 est.)

none

total:

10 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 46,121 GRT/61,613 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 129,027 GRT/155,371 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 27, chemical tanker 1, container 3, oil tanker 2, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2 (1995 est.)

total:

83 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,099,888 GRT/3,569,632 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 13, cargo 10, chemical tanker 4, container 12, liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 18, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 10 ships, Switzerland 2, South Africa 2, Denmark 1, and Netherlands 1 (1995 est.)

total:

419 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,480,320 GRT/7,919,064 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 35, cargo 57, chemical tanker 39, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 3, container 16, liquefied gas tanker 37, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 123, passenger 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 53, short-sea passenger 31, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 7 (1995 est.)

none

total:

56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 519,859 GRT/678,987 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 7, oil tanker 24, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7 (1995 est.)

total:

43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 264,639 GRT/303,649 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 26, combination bulk 11, oil tanker 2, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1995 est.)

total:

36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 825,496 GRT/1,238,354 DWT ships by type: bulk 3, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 6, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 5, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1995 est.)

total:

1,045 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,082,925 GRT/28,829,144 DWT ships by type: bulk 285, cargo 331, chemical tanker 28, combination bulk 28, combination ore/oil 16, container 39, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 208, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 3, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 20, roll-on/roll-off cargo 29, short-sea passenger 23, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 12 note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 47 countries among which are Greece 425, Croatia 62, Russia 43, Switzerland 39, Italy 32, Norway 25, Monaco 23, Georgia 23, UK 22, and Germany 19 (1995 est.)

none

total:

352 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,681,133 GRT/3,379,762 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 206, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 3, container 34, liquefied gas tanker 13, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 38, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 16, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2

note: many Dutch-owned ships are operating under the registry of Netherlands Antilles (1995 est.)

total:

712 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,278,205 GRT/32,209,679 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 114, cargo 98, chemical tanker 83, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil 31, container 15, liquefied gas tanker 87, oil tanker 148, passenger 10, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 49, short-sea passenger 21, vehicle carrier 30

note: the government has created an internal 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 (1995 est.)

total:

131 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,093,491 GRT/3,167,660 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 73, cargo 36, chemical tanker 4, container 7, oil tanker 1, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 5

note: Poland owns an additional 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 179,913 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Liberia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu, and Cyprus (1995 est.)

total:

72 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 795,725 GRT/1,418,538 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 7, cargo 35, chemical tanker 5, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 12, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, 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; Portugal owns an additional 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,776 DWT operating under the registries of Panama and Malta (1995 est.)

total:

233 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,425,729 GRT/3,641,741 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 39, cargo 166, container 2, oil tanker 13, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9

note: Romania owns an additional 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,078,490 DWT operating under the registries of Liberia, Malta, Cyprus, and The Bahamas (1995 est.)

total:

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,010 GRT/22,039 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 229,727 GRT/290,456 DWT (controlled by Slovenian owners)

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 1, container 4

note: ships operate under the flags of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Liberia, and Antigua and Barbuda; no ships remain under the Slovenian flag (1995 est.)

total:

147 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 874,688 GRT/1,391,421 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 36, chemical tanker 11, combination ore/oil 1, container 8, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 25, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 32, short-sea passenger 6, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

169 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,993,422 GRT/2,183,215 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 10, cargo 35, chemical tanker 24, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 32, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 38, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 14 (1995 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 410,581 GRT/727,744 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 14, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

353 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,262,341 GRT/4,356,374 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 5, bulk 39, cargo 217, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 1, container 11, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 21, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 5, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 32, short-sea passenger 3 (1995 est.)

total:

151 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,191,969 GRT/3,861,239 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 10, cargo 21, chemical tanker 2, container 24, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 56, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 14, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 117,060 GRT/194,061 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

1,524 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,949,242 GRT/40,236,638 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 490, cargo 562, chemical tanker 27, combination bulk 53, combination ore/oil 22, container 115, liquefied gas tanker 3, multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 129, passenger 6, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 62, roll-on/roll-off cargo 28, short-sea passenger 17, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 48 countries among which are Greece 706, Germany 171, Russia 44, Netherlands 31, Belgium 30, Japan 29, Cuba 21, UK 17, Spain 14, and Hong Kong 13 (1995 est.)

total:

130 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,791,892 GRT/4,891,615 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 47, cargo 41, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

total:

36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 795,346 GRT/1,432,292 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 14, oil tanker 16, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3 (1995 est.)

total:

28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 577,747 GRT/701,459 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 5, container 20, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)

total:

3 bulk ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 41,960 GRT/67,515 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,053,667 GRT/3,242,305 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 10, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 7, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 21, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

total:

58 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 192,075 GRT/296,256 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 39, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 2, livestock carrier 4, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 2 (1995 est.)

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,306 GRT/8,210 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1 (1995 est.)

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 467,447 GRT/771,483 DWT

ships by type:

combination ore/oil 2, container 3, cargo 11, oil tanker 3 (1995 est.)

total:

76 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 944,946 GRT/1,322,167 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 13, 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 13, short-sea passenger 9 (1995 est.)

total:

99 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 294,355 GRT/454,990 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 12, cargo 85, livestock carrier 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

total:

465 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,509,741 GRT/9,494,434 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 139, cargo 212, chemical tanker 18, combination bulk 7, combination ore/oil 12, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 43, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 15, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 2

note: Turkey owns an additional 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 247,369 DWT operating under the registries of Malta, Panama, Libya, and Greece (1995 est.)

total:

57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,068,980 GRT/1,876,504 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 17, chemical tanker 2, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3 (1995 est.)

total:

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

ships by type:

cargo 1, oil tanker 2 (1995 est.)

total:

69 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,146,693 GRT/5,007,242 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 10, cargo 3, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 16, oil tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11 countries among which are UK 17, US 13, Canada 10, Norway 9, Nigeria 4, Sweden 3, Hong Kong 2, Syria 2, Mexico 1, and NZ 1 (1995 est.)

total:

62 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 573,089 GRT/804,436 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 17, cargo 9, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 15, passenger 2, 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 (1995 est.)

total:

51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 875,314 GRT/1,245,932 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 29, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 3 (1995 est.)

none

total:

322 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,716,000 GRT/15,259,000 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 21, cargo 20, chemical tanker 17, intermodal 125, liquefied gas tanker 14, passenger-cargo 2, tanker 110, tanker tug-barge 13

note: in addition, there are 190 government-owned vessels (1995 est.)

none

total:

76 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,547,869 GRT/3,679,534 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 30, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,464 GRT/2,181 DWT (1995 est.)

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 (1995 est.)

total:

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

ships by type:

passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (1995 est.)

none

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,248 GRT/4,496 DWT

ships by type:

oil tanker 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)

total:

78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,068,782 GRT/5,073,125 DWT

ships by type:

bulk carrier 43, cargo 4, combination ore/oil 1, container 17, oil tanker 11, refrigerated cargo 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

none

none

total:

1 roll-on/roll-off ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,079 GRT/724 DWT (1995 est.)

total:

17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 162,220 GRT/213,749 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 3, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5 (1995 est.)

none