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 :

78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 925,261 GRT/1,094,281 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas tanker 11, oil tanker 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total :

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 55,255 GRT/86,886 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 10, oil tanker 1 (1996 est.)

none

total:

3 (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,032 GRT/5,966 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, chemical tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total:

2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,122 GRT/33,509 DWT (1996 est.)

none

none

total :

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,218 GRT/4,100 DWT (1996 est.)

total :

1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,200 GRT/2,181 DWT (1996 est.)

total :

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

156 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,151,960 GRT/1,771,863 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 21, cargo 65, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 14, passenger 35, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16, short-sea passenger 3 (1996 est.)

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,997 GRT/7,105 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1 (1996 est.)

total :

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,573 GRT/13,593 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,081 GRT/84,686 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 7, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3 (1996 est.)

total:

3 bulk (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,003 GRT/60,663 DWT (1996 est.)

none

total :

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,900 GRT/37,240 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 2 (1996 est.)

none

none

total :

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

ships by type:

oil tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 (1996 est.)

total :

1,616 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,081,452 GRT/99,395,792 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 3, bulk 418, cargo 121, chemical tanker 117, combination bulk 29, combination ore/oil 58, container 151, liquefied gas tanker 83, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 450, passenger 36, refrigerated cargo 68, roll-on/roll-off cargo 29, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 40

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 56 countries among which are Germany 179, US 176, Norway 166, Japan 154, Greece 147, Hong Kong 120, China 45, UK 40, Monaco 39, and Cyprus 33 (1996 est.)

total :

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 689,086 GRT/1,209,083 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 9, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 4

note: Libya owns an additional 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 33,050 DWT operating under the registries of Algeria and Turkey (1996 est.)

total:

10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,624 GRT/28,621 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 4, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 est.)

none

total:

17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 221,147 GRT/309,513 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 1, cargo 9, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1 (1996 est.)

none

total:

36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 180,172 GRT/261,213 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 7, chemical tanker 7, container 2, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1 (1996 est.)

total :

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,694 GRT/9,724 DWT (1996 est.)

total :

1 roll-on/roll-off ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,330 GRT/2,233 DWT

total :

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 353,422 GRT/600,389 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 3, oil tanker 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1996 est.)

none

none

total :

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,096 GRT/1,105 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

1 bulk ship, 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT (1996 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 (1996 est.)

total:

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 270,848 GRT/266,029 DWT

ships by type:

container 6, oil tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total:

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,359 GRT/49,422 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 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 (1996 est.)

none

total:

21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 138,113 GRT/179,906 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 5, chemical tanker 3, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total:

3 roll-on/roll-off cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/5,943 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,535,552 GRT/4,382,987 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 7, chemical tanker 7, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 5, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, specialized tanker 1

note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than permissible under the main French register (1996 est.)

total:

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

total:

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,041 GRT/21,531 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 1, container 1, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1 (1996 est.)

none

total:

41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 323,057 GRT/464,090 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 32, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 est.)

total:

1,736 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,749,069 GRT/25,196,607 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk 325, cargo 883, chemical tanker 16, combination bulk 11, container 109, liquefied gas tanker 9, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 232, passenger 6, passenger-cargo 47, refrigerated cargo 24, roll-on/roll-off cargo 22, short-sea passenger 43, specialized tanker 1

note: China owns an additional 270 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,754,413 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Hong Kong, Malta, Liberia, Vanuatu, Cyprus, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, and Singapore (1996 est.)

total:

15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 183,202 GRT/292,021 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 4, cargo 3, oil tanker 8 (1996 est.)

total :

306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,832,647 GRT/11,376,028 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 132, cargo 59, chemical tanker 8, combination bulk 3, combination ore/oil 3, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 75, passenger-cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1996 est.)

total:

773 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,026,322 GRT/21,941,516 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 178, cargo 56, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 6, combination ore/oil 6, container 38, liquefied gas tanker 39, oil tanker 254, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 38, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 23, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 73

note: Japan owns an additional 1,579 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,474,380 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Burma, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Honduras, South Korea, Kuwait, Liberia, Malta, Malaysia, Panama, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Thailand, US, and Vanuatu (1996 est.)

total :

99 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 641,090 GRT/899,243 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 8, cargo 83, combination bulk 1, oil tanker 2, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2

note: North Korea owns an additional 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 58,435 DWT operating under the registries of Cambodia, Honduras, and Poland (1996 est.)

total:

461 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,634,127 GRT/10,343,557 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 123, cargo 124, chemical tanker 27, combination bulk 3, combination ore/oil 1, container 71, liquefied gas tanker 13, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 68, refrigerated cargo 17, short-sea passenger 2, vehicle carrier 11

note: South Korea owns an additional 254 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,744,507 DWT operating under the registries of Cyprus, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Singapore, and Thailand (1996 est.)

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 70,079 GRT/108,455 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 17, oil tanker 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1996 est.)

total:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 425,140 GRT/699,040 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 5, cargo 17, container 3, oil tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total:

660 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,731,677 GRT/7,940,756 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, bulk 24, cargo 348, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 21, combination ore/oil 15, container 28, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 136, passenger 6, passenger-cargo 4, refrigerated cargo 20, roll-on/roll-off cargo 38, short-sea passenger 13, specialized tanker 2

note: Russia owns an additional 137 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,466,872 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Cyprus, Honduras, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, and Vanuatu (1996 est.)

total:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,660 GRT/329,365 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 13, container 1, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 8 (1996 est.)

total:

1 oil tanker ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,896 GRT/3,389 DWT (1996 est.)

none

total:

419 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,965,180 GRT/2,637,644 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 285, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 1, container 83, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off cargo 19

note : a flag of convenience registry: Germany owns 13 ships, Slovenia 3, Croatia 1, Cyprus 1, and US 1 (1996 est.)

total :

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,274 GRT/ 10,130 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 3 (1996 est.)

total:

988 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,690,478 GRT/37,428,826 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 176, cargo 205, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 7, combination ore/oil 23, container 56, liquefied gas tanker 21, oil tanker 184, passenger 47, refrigerated cargo 150, roll-on/roll-off cargo 53, short-sea passenger 11, vehicle carrier 14

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 46 countries among which are Norway 157, Greece 146, UK 128, US 69, Denmark 51, Sweden 34, Finland 32, Belgium 29, Japan 27, and Monaco 27; Bahamas owns 10 additional ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 256,379 DWT that operate under Panamanian and Cypriot registry (1996 est.)

total:

51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 453,828 GRT/684,470 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 16, cargo 27, combination bulk 4, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 1 (1996 est.)

total:

166 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,592,846 GRT/1,087,555 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 17, cargo 117, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 13, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1996 est.)

• none (1995 est.)

total:

42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 736,004 GRT/1,153,058 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 5, cargo 10, chemical tanker 2, container 4, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, vehicle carrier 1

note : a flag of convenience registry; Greece owns 7 ships, US 7, UK 5, India 1, Japan 1, Norway 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 1, and United Arab Emirates 1 (1996 est.)

none

total :

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 113,092 GRT/162,029 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 11, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 6

note: Cuba owns an additional 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 548,170 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Cyprus, Malta, Belize, and Mauritius (1996 est.)

none

total :

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT (1996 est.)

none

none

none

none

none

total:

251 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 714,755 GRT/1,066,043 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 28, cargo 153, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 1, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 3, oil tanker 21, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 22, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 8 ships, Vietnam 3, North Korea 2, Greece 1, Japan 1, Singapore 1, Iran 1 (1996 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 (1996 est.)

none

none

total:

106 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 971,002 GRT/1,318,064 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 33, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 20, oil tanker 7, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 26, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8 (1996 est.)

none

total:

4,062 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 80,120,443 GRT/122,668,194 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1,051, cargo 1,049, chemical tanker 172, combination bulk 65, combination ore/oil 21, container 353, liquefied gas tanker 169, livestock carrier 8, multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 529, passenger 35, passenger-cargo 10, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 293, roll-on/roll-off cargo 90, short-sea passenger 38, specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 162

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 76 countries among which are Japan 1,240, Greece 361, Hong Kong 301, South Korea 226, Taiwan 212, China 168, Singapore 132, US 127, Switzerland 76, and UK 65 (1996 est.)

none

none

none

total:

692 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,545,742 GRT/10,306,453 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 114, cargo 349, chemical tanker 25, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 6, container 36, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 5, multi-function large load carrier 1, oil tanker 65, passenger 3, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 34, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 24 countries among which are Croatia 29, Slovenia 9, China 9, Greece 5, Norway 3, Ukraine 3, UAE 3, Germany 2, Russia 2, Syria 1 (1996 est.)

total :

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

ships by type:

cargo 1, oil tanker 1 (1996 est.)

none

none

total:

8 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,201 GRT/57,938 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 84,623 GRT/116,682 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 22, combination bulk 2, container 1, refrigerated cargo 2 (1996 est.)

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

total:

25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 102,363 GRT/152,951 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 7, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 10 (1996 est.)

none

total:

99 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,063,367 GRT/1,596,438 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 45, cargo 25, chemical tanker 4, container 2, oil tanker 12, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1

note : Bulgaria owns an additional 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 151,855 DWT operating under the registries of Liberia and Malta (1996 est.)

total :

56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 449,619 GRT/645,328 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 7, cargo 29, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, container 4, multi-function large load carrier 3, oil tanker 1, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 4

note: Croatia owns an additional 105 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,875,941 DWT operating under the registries of Malta, Liberia, Cyprus, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1996 est.)

total:

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 80,117 GRT/134,890 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 1 (1996 est.)

total:

328 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,180,729 GRT/7,400,870 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 15, cargo 114, chemical tanker 20, container 68, liquefied gas tanker 25, livestock carrier 6, oil tanker 29, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 16, roll-on/roll-off cargo 24, 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 (1996 est.)

total:

55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 364,492 GRT/478,441 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 7, cargo 31, container 4, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 4 (1996 est.)

total :

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,979 GRT/14,531 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1996 est.)

total :

94 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,066,918 GRT/1,091,309 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 8, cargo 22, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 12, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 31, short-sea passenger 12, vehicle carrier 1 (1996 est.)

total:

52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,038,151 GRT/1,441,498 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 3, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 1, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 3, multi-function large load carrier 1, oil tanker 13, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 1

note: France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in the Kerguelen Islands (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) (1996 est.)

total :

450 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,402,437 GRT/6,649,382 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 184, chemical tanker 15, combination bulk 3, combination ore/oil 1, container 195, liquefied gas tanker 8, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 12, passenger 4, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 8 (1996 est.)

note : includes ships from the former East Germany and West Germany

total :

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 356,676 GRT/633,152 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 1, chemical tanker 2, container 1, oil tanker 14 (1996 est.)

total:

984 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,571,920 GRT/49,674,832 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 433, cargo 85, chemical tanker 22, combination bulk 16, combination ore/oil 18, container 39, liquefied gas tanker 4, multi-function large load carrier 1, oil tanker 239, passenger 15, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 82, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1

note: Greece owns an additional 1,883 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 67,631,159 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Honduras, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Syria, Vanuatu (1996 est.)

none

total:

11 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 51,076 GRT/67,498 DWT (1996 est.)

total :

39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 130,029 GRT/148,516 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 27, chemical tanker 2, container 5, oil tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3 (1996 est.)

total:

106 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,679,710 GRT/4,450,358 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 21, cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 1, container 14, liquefied gas tanker 9, oil tanker 22, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 3

note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 11 ships, Switzerland 2, South Africa 1, Denmark 1, and Netherlands 1 (1996 est.)

total :

396 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,503,637 GRT/7,794,505 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 36, cargo 50, chemical tanker 39, combination ore/oil 2, container 17, liquefied gas tanker 36, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 106, passenger 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 30, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 7 (1996 est.)

none

total:

51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 491,582 GRT/639,414 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 7, oil tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7 (1996 est.)

total :

45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 275,871 GRT/305,943 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 24, combination bulk 11, oil tanker 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 3 (1996 est.)

total:

32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 858,861 GRT/1,188,457 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, chemical tanker 5, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 12, oil tanker 4, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6 (1996 est.)

total :

1,128 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,806,358 GRT/31,554,713 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 314, cargo 353, chemical tanker 32, combination bulk 27, combination ore/oil 13, container 43, liquefied gas tanker 2, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 224, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 3, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 31, roll-on/roll-off cargo 37, short-sea passenger 22, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 12

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 46 countries among which are Greece 478, Croatia 52, Switzerland 48, Russia 46, Italy 44, Norway 37, Turkey 28, Germany 23, UK 22, and Ukraine 20 (1996 est.)

none

total:

406 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,333,353 GRT/3,880,155 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 237, chemical tanker 32, combination bulk 3, container 40, liquefied gas tanker 15, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 34, passenger 7, 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 (1996 est.)

total :

718 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,401,580 GRT/31,740,273 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 102, cargo 106, chemical tanker 83, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 33, container 16, liquefied gas tanker 87, multi-function large load carrier 1, oil tanker 148, passenger 14, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 49, short-sea passenger 24, vehicle carrier 34

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 (1996 est.)

total:

125 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,952,937 GRT/2,933,887 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 72, cargo 30, chemical tanker 4, container 7, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 5

note: Poland owns an additional 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 233,906 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Cyprus, Liberia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Vanuatu (1996 est.)

total:

84 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 556,069 GRT/906,790 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 47, chemical tanker 6, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 7, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 2

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 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 322,887 DWT operating under the registries of Cyprus, Liberia, and Panama (1996 est.)

total:

234 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,445,810 GRT/3,654,660 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 39, cargo 167, container 2, oil tanker 13, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9

note : Romania owns an additional 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,025,108 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Bermuda, Cyprus, Liberia, Malta, and Syria (1996 est.)

total:

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 353,202 GRT/594,745 DWT (Montenegro owns 21 ships totaling 326,133 GRT/544,600 DWT - controlled by Montenegrin beneficial owners; Serbia owns 1 bulk carrier totaling 17,069 GRT/50,145 DWT - controlled by Serbian beneficial owners)

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 8, container 3, short-sea passenger ferry 1

note: Montenegrin ships operate under the flags of Malta, Panama, and Cyprus; the Serbian ship operates under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; no ships remain under Yugoslav flag (1996 est.)

total:

4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,010 GRT/22,039 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,629 GRT/389,779 DWT (controlled by Slovenian owners)

ships by type :

bulk 9, cargo 5

note: ships operate under the flags of Antigua and Barbuda, Liberia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Singapore; no ships remain under the Slovenian flag (1996 est.)

total:

141 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 888,815 GRT/1,396,541 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 9, cargo 33, chemical tanker 10, combination ore/oil 1, container 9, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 26, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 31, short-sea passenger 6, specialized tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total:

179 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,131,361 GRT/2,244,410 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 39, chemical tanker 27, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 31, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 13 (1996 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 378,871 GRT/665,519 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 13, cargo 1, chemical tanker 6, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 (1996 est.)

total :

301 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,507,463 GRT/3,156,522 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 5, bulk 21, cargo 192, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 1, container 10, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 23, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 4, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 20, short-sea passenger 6

note : Ukraine owns an additional 61 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,283,735 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Cyprus, Liberia, Malta, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1996 est.)

total:

150 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,719,891 GRT/3,246,718 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 8, cargo 28, chemical tanker 2, container 21, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 54, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 1 (1996 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 (1996 est.)

total :

1,520 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,234,821 GRT/40,170,562 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 486, cargo 562, chemical tanker 26, combination bulk 50, combination ore/oil 19, container 119, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 142, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 50, roll-on/roll-off cargo 32, short-sea passenger 17, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 49 countries among which are Greece 723, Germany 172, Russia 45, Netherlands 32, Japan 30, Belgium 26, Cuba 26, Latvia 17, UK 15, and US 14; Cyprus owns 71 additional ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,491,740 DWT that operate under the registries of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Hong Kong, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Syria, and UK (1996 est.)

total:

132 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,436,384 GRT/6,095,124 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 47, cargo 36, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 2, container 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9, short-sea passenger 1

note: Iran owns an additional 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 141,992 DWT that operate under the registry of Cyprus (1996 est.)

total:

35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 791,485 GRT/1,428,307 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 14, oil tanker 16, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 est.)

total:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 659,505 GRT/778,780 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, container 23, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1996 est.)

total:

3 bulk ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 41,651 GRT/67,515 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,053,667 GRT/3,246,597 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 10, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 7, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 21, vehicle carrier 1 (1996 est.)

total:

64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 241,583 GRT/366,093 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 43, chemical tanker 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 2, livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 3 (1996 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 (1996 est.)

total:

19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 512,456 GRT/850,858 DWT

ships by type :

combination ore/oil 2, container 3, cargo 11, oil tanker 3 (1996 est.)

total :

79 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 998,503 GRT/1,417,265 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 7, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 24, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 9 (1996 est.)

total:

125 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 381,408 GRT/565,225 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 12, cargo 109, livestock carrier 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1996 est.)

total:

515 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,986,328 GRT/10,157,071 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 155, cargo 232, chemical tanker 24, combination bulk 7, combination ore/oil 11, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 4, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 43, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 20, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 2

note: Turkey owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 163,512 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Malta, and Panama (1996 est.)

total:

60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,128,495 GRT/1,955,344 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 18, chemical tanker 3, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5 (1996 est.)

total:

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

ships by type :

cargo 1, oil tanker 2 (1996 est.)

total:

76 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,416,667 GRT/5,163,435 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 1, container 15, liquefied gas tanker 14, oil tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1, livestock carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11 countries among which are UK 26, Canada 12, US 9, Norway 7, Hong Kong 4, Nigeria 4, Sweden 4, Switzerland 2, Mexico 1, and Romania 1; Bermuda owns 48 additional ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,911,678 DWT that operate under Australian, Bahamian, Hong Kong, Liberian, Panamanian and Singaporean registry (1996 est.)

total:

60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 557,941 GRT/775,391 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 14, cargo 9, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 15, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2

note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes (1996 est.)

total:

51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 899,032 GRT/1,297,346 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 1, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 29, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 3 (1996 est.)

none

total:

305 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,319,000 GRT/14,454,000 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 15, cargo 22, chemical tanker 16, intermodal 119, liquefied gas tanker 14, passenger-cargo 3, tanker 104, tanker tug-barge 12

note: in addition, there are 193 government-owned vessels (1996 est.)

none

total:

69 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,282,084 GRT/3,326,092 DWT

ships by type :

bulk 30, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 1, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 14, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 1 (1996 est.)

total :

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,464 GRT/2,181 DWT (1996 est.)

total:

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,800 GRT/18,034 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 2, oil tanker 1, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 est.)

total :

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,127 GRT/53,710 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 1, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (1996 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 (1996 est.)