Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.

total:

28,310 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 495,299,489 GRT/764,129,056 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 23, bulk 5,745, cargo 8,766, chemical tanker 1,326, combination bulk 319, combination ore/oil 227, container 2,615, liquefied gas tanker 802, livestock carrier 60, multifunction large-load carrier 90, oil tanker 4,521, passenger 392, passenger-cargo 126, railcar carrier 19, refrigerated cargo 1,067, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,117, short-sea passenger 484, specialized tanker 118, vehicle carrier 493 (1998 est.)

total:

78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 933,672 GRT/1,094,104 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 (1998 est.)

total:

10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 48,384 GRT/78,357 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 9, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,620 GRT/13,920 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, chemical tanker 1 (1998 est.)

none

none

total:

1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,200 GRT/1,500 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

180 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,334,406 GRT/2,022,785 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 25, cargo 63, container 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 14, passenger 56, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,370 GRT/25,194 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 9, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,947 GRT/5,747 DWT

ships by type:

oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,264 GRT/94,489 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 7, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3 (1998 est.)

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,613 GRT/22,599 DWT (1998 est.)

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,552 GRT/14,839 DWT

ships by type:

oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 3 (1998 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 cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

1,651 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 59,804,012 GRT/96,650,752 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 4, bulk 408, cargo 106, chemical tanker 176, combination bulk 25, combination ore/oil 50, container 193, liquefied gas tanker 89, multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 413, passenger 37, refrigerated cargo 69, roll-on/roll-off cargo 19, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 45

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 54 countries among which are Germany 186, US 161, Norway 142, Greece 144, Japan 124, Hong Kong 100, China 53, UK 32, Singapore 39, and Monaco 38 (1998 est.)

total:

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 588,928 GRT/989,662 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 9, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 4 (1998 est.)

total:

12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,311 GRT/31,533 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 6, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1998 est.)

none

total:

17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 178,846 GRT/236,308 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 6, combination bulk 2, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; India owns 1 ship (1998 est.)

none

total:

40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,869 GRT/263,033 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 8, chemical tanker 6, container 3, oil tanker 3, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,125 GRT/7,024 DWT (1998 est.)

none

total:

38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 371,499 GRT/631,425 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 13, chemical tanker 3, oil tanker 20, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

1 chemical tanker (l,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,264 GRT/44,885 DWT (1998 est.)

none

total:

3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,610 GRT/9,446 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT (1998 est.)

none

none

none

total:

9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 274,797 GRT/270,837 DWT

ships by type:

container 6, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 38,093 GRT/49,727 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1998 est.)

total:

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,618 GRT/26,321 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, oil tanker 2, passenger-cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 188,345 GRT/215,749 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 5, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 3, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

3 roll-on/roll-off cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/8,229 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

66 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,201,120 GRT/3,832,935 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 7, chemical tanker 10, container 9, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 10 (1998 est.)

total:

1 passenger (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,211 GRT/162 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,085 GRT/16,938 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 1, container 1, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

1 container ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,982 GRT/14,101 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 251,404 GRT/ 306,264 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 12, oil tanker 42, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 315,855 GRT/453,002 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 33, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1998 est.)

total:

1,759 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,828,349 GRT/24,801,291 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk 330, cargo 855, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil 1, container 121, liquefied gas tanker 20, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 245, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 47, refrigerated cargo 25, roll-on/roll-off cargo 24, short-sea passenger 43, vehicle carrier 1 (1998 est.)

total:

8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 86,667 GRT/121,679 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, oil tanker 5, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

311 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,627,497 GRT/11,038,723 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 126, cargo 63, chemical tanker 11, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 12, liquefied gas tanker 10, oil tanker 76, passenger-cargo 5, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 2 (1998 est.)

total:

713 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,753,027 GRT/19,311,312 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 159, cargo 54, chemical tanker 13, combination bulk 16, combination ore/oil 4, container 27, liquefied gas tanker 40, oil tanker 232, passenger 10, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 27, roll-on/roll-off cargo 48, short-sea passenger 13, vehicle carrier 68 (1998 est.)

total:

110 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 691,802 GRT/992,789 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 8, cargo 91, combination bulk 1, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 4, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1998 est.)

total:

442 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,212,089 GRT/8,161,845 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 106, cargo 133, chemical tanker 36, combination bulk 5, container 52, liquefied gas tanker 13, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 56, passenger 3, refrigerated cargo 22, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 9 (1998 est.)

total:

21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 75,585 GRT/115,590 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 18, container 1, oil tanker 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 384,304 GRT/619,668 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 15, container 3, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

617 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,146,329 GRT/5,278,909 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, bulk 19, cargo 309, combination bulk 21, combination ore/oil 6, container 25, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 149, passenger 35, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 16, roll-on/roll-off cargo 25, short-sea passenger 7 (1998 est.)

total:

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 178,867 GRT/276,363 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 14, container 1, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 5 (1998 est.)

total:

1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,896 GRT/3,389 DWT (1998 est.)

none

total:

517 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,706,126 GRT/3,542,664 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 21, cargo 338, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 2, container 111, liquefied gas tanker 2, multifunctional large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 21, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry: Germany owns 10 ships, Slovenia 2, and Cyprus 2 (1998 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,366 GRT/1,595 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

1,079 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 26,631,924 GRT/41,196,326 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 209, cargo 241, chemical tanker 43, combination bulk 13, combination ore/oil 22, container 61, liquefied gas tanker 34, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 170, passenger 62, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 140, roll-on/roll-off cargo 48, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 19

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 49 countries among which are Norway 177, Greece 141, UK 113, US 61, Denmark 39, Finland 27, Japan 25, Sweden 24, France 22, and Italy 22 (1998 est.)

total:

44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 641,550 GRT/1,087,042 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 26, combination bulk 1, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries: Canada owns 2 ships, Hong Kong 1 (1998 est.)

total:

403 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,740,325 GRT/2,511,709 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 34, cargo 259, chemical tanker 5, container 9, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 58, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 21, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8, short-sea/passenger 3, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 7 countries: Cuba 2, Cyprus 1, Greece 1, Singapore 2, UAE 12, UK 1, and US 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

76 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,264,113 GRT/1,970,959 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 13, cargo 10, chemical tanker 11, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 22, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11

countries among which are:

Greece 15, US 5, UK 5, Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Norway 3 (1998 est.)

none

total:

18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 89,091 GRT/125,463 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 9, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 5 (1998 est.)

none

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT (1998 est.)

none

none

none

none

none

total:

247 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 555,534 GRT/730,602 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 21, cargo 157, chemical tanker 4, container 7, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 25, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 4, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 5, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 6 ships, Vietnam 1, Singapore 3, North Korea 1 (1998 est.)

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,478 GRT/5,878 DWT

ships by type:

oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

none

none

total:

95 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 811,782 GRT/1,045,989 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 26, chemical tanker 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 19, oil tanker 4, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries: Belgium owns 9 ships, Germany 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

4,632 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 98,433,972 GRT/149,800,820 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1,335, cargo 1,028, chemical tanker 288, combination bulk 68, combination ore/oil 15, container 507, liquefied gas tanker 176, livestock carrier 9, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 498, passenger 41, passenger-cargo 5, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 312, roll-on/roll-off cargo 102, short-sea passenger 40, specialized tanker 23, vehicle carrier 177

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 71 countries among which are Japan 1,262, Greece 378, Hong Kong 244, South Korea 259, Taiwan 229, China 193, Singapore 103, US 116, Switzerland 78, and Indonesia 53 (1998 est.)

none

none

none

total:

814 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,726,930 GRT/11,835,144 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, bulk 138, cargo 402, chemical tanker 26, combination bulk 11, combination ore/oil 7, container 47, liquefied gas tanker 3, livestock carrier 4, multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 64, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 40, roll-on/roll-off cargo 51, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 20 countries among which are Croatia 17, Slovenia 7, China 5, Greece 5, UAE 3, Norway 2, Japan 2, and Ukraine 2 (1998 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,336 GRT/2,567 DWT (1998 est.)

none

none

total:

8 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,394 GRT/41,429 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 67,066 GRT/95,693 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 18, combination bulk 2, container 1 (1998 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,668 GRT/56,412 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 8, chemical tanker 8, oil tanker 6 (1998 est.)

none

total:

89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,005,092 GRT/1,508,614 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 44, cargo 20, chemical tanker 4, container 2, oil tanker 8, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 810,226 GRT/1,227,468 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 15, cargo 26, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 5, container 5, liquefied gas 1, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 1, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)

total:

337 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,130,643 GRT/6,880,248 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 14, cargo 130, chemical tanker 19, container 73, liquefied gas tanker 26, livestock carrier 6, oil tanker 20, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off cargo 21, short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 3

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 (1998 est.)

total:

52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 337,163 GRT/348,749 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 22, combination bulk 1, container 5, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 6 (1998 est.)

total:

6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,853 GRT/13,481 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 2, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

101 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,192,559 GRT/1,161,594 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 23, chemical tanker 6, oil tanker 11, passenger 1, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 38, short-sea passenger 12 (1998 est.)

total:

64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,826,364 GRT/2,962,338 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 5, cargo 5, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 20, passenger 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, short-sea passenger 6, specialized tanker 1

note: France also maintains a captive register for French-owned ships in Iles Kerguelen (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) (1998 est.)

total:

594 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,699,596 GRT/9,629,163 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 227, chemical tanker 15, combination bulk 1, container 306, liquefied gas tanker 5, multifunction large-load carrier 5, oil tanker 7, passenger 3, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger 7 (1998 est.)

total:

18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 346m951 GRT/588,765 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 2, container 4, oil tanker 11, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

810 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,798,431 GRT/44,056,618 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 307, cargo 66, chemical tanker 19, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 12, container 45, liquefied gas tanker 5, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 229, passenger 15, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 17, short-sea passenger 76, specialized tanker 3 (1998 est.)

none

total:

3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,210 GRT/19,810 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 79,284 GRT/117,652 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 28, container 2 (1998 est.)

total:

148 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,161,154 GRT/6,880,170 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 28, cargo 7, chemical tanker 14, combination bulk 3, container 20, liquefied gas tanker 14, oil tanker 43, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, vehicle carrier 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 8 ships, Denmark 1, Sweden 1, Belgium 1, and Netherlands 1 (1998 est.)

total:

393 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,982,870 GRT/8,413,850 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 38, cargo 46, chemical tanker 60, combination ore/oil 2, container 16, liquefied gas tanker 35, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 84, passenger 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 53, short-sea passenger 28, specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 11 (1998 est.)

none

total:

11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,429 GRT/44,583 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 316,616 GRT/353,683 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 26, combination bulk 11, oil tanker 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)

total:

37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,033,045 GRT/1,480,023 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, chemical tanker 6, liquefied gas tanker 13, oil tanker 6, passenger 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, vehicle carrier 1 (1998 est.)

total:

1,361 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,436,956 GRT/40,706,665 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 370, cargo 400, chemical tanker 49, combination bulk 18, combination ore/oil 17, container 56, liquefied gas tanker 2, livestock carrier 3, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 302, passenger 7, refrigerated cargo 46, roll-on/roll-off cargo 47, short-sea passenger 19, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 18

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 49 countries among which includes Greece 445, Russia 51, Switzerland 45, Italy 44, Norway 40, Croatia 26, Turkey 35, Germany 32, Georgia 23, and Monaco 24 (1998 est.)

none

total:

510 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,632,477 GRT/4,097,328 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 303, chemical tanker 42, combination bulk 1, container 52, liquefied gas tanker 17, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-load carrier 9, oil tanker 24, passenger 8, refrigerated cargo 30, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 4

note: many Dutch-owned ships are also operating under the registry of Netherlands Antilles (1998 est.)

total:

788 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,200,416 GRT/33,642,888 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 106, cargo 150, chemical tanker 99, combination bulk 8, combination ore/oil 39, container 19, liquefied gas tanker 86, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 143, passenger 12, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off cargo 52, short-sea passenger 22, vehicle carrier 36

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 (1998 est.)

total:

61 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,162,954 GRT/1,866,462 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 53, cargo 3, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1998 est.)

total:

132 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 894,640 GRT/1,366,955 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 13, cargo 72, chemical tanker 14, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 4, vehicle carrier 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 (1998 est.)

total:

199 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,996,157 GRT/2,917,895 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 35, cargo 141, container 2, oil tanker 7, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 9, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

1 short-sea passenger (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,437 GRT/400 DWT (owned by Montenegro) (1998 est.)

total:

3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,041 GRT/19,517 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

137 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,094,408 GRT/1,695,708 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 29, chemical tanker 10, container 10, liquefied gas tanker 3, oil tanker 25, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 35, short-sea passenger 6, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

154 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,894,783 GRT/1,528,077 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 28, chemical tanker 28, combination ore/oil 4, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 24, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 39, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 13 (1998 est.)

total:

20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 412,459 GRT/724,995 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 13, cargo 1, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

181 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,022,047 GRT/1,101,278 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 117, liquefied gas tanker 1, container 4, multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 16, passenger 12, passenger-cargo 3, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 10, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)

total:

155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,460,361 GRT/2,517,875 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 3, cargo 29, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, container 25, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 51, passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 17, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 228,273 GRT/304,654 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2, oil tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

1,469 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,362,067 GRT/36,945,331 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk 430, cargo 530, chemical tanker 23, combination bulk 42, combination ore/oil 11, container 141, liquefied gas tanker 6, oil tanker 152, passenger 7, refrigerated cargo 58, roll-on/roll-off cargo 49, short-sea passenger 14, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 37 countries among which are Greece 611, Germany 129, Russia 49, Latvia 278, Netherlands 20, Japan 28, Cuba 16, China 15, Hong Kong 13, and Poland 15 (1998 est.)

total:

132 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,238,293 GRT/5,658,259 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 46, cargo 35, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 1, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 1, multifunction large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 21, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 10, short-sea passenger 1 (1998 est.)

total:

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 456,845 GRT/780,318 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 14, oil tanker 11, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1998 est.)

total:

23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 736,419 GRT/855,497 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, container 21, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 42,746 GRT/59,100 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 2, container 1, livestock carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,509,061 GRT/4,046,739 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 10, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 7, livestock carrier 3, oil tanker 22 (1998 est.)

total:

64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 267,562 GRT/403,252 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 6, cargo 41, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 3, livestock carrier 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, vehicle carrier 3 (1998 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 (1998 est.)

total:

22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 713,014 GRT/1,112,829 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 10, combination ore/oil 2, container 5, oil tanker 5 (1998 est.)

total:

73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,124,110 GRT/1,467,121 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 1, cargo 13, chemical tanker 7, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 17, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 8 (1998 est.)

total:

131 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 401,407 GRT/578,081 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 11, cargo 115, livestock carrier 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)

total:

531 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,913,171 GRT/9,832,994 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 159, cargo 239, chemical tanker 32, combination bulk 5, combination ore/oil 6, container 12, liquefied gas tanker 5, oil tanker 36, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 21, short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 3 (1998 est.)

total:

74 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,093,795 GRT/1,757,189 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 4, cargo 20, chemical tanker 4, container 8, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 28, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7 (1998 est.)

total:

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

ships by type:

cargo 1, oil tanker 2 (1998 est.)

total:

97 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,647,576 GRT/7,612,686 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 18, cargo 3, chemical tanker 1, container 20, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 27, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger 2

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11 countries among which are UK 24, Canada 12, Hong Kong 11, US 11, Nigeria 4, Sweden 4, Norway 3, and Switzerland 2 (1998 est.)

total:

109 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,489,110 GRT/2,205,274 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 1, bulk 56, cargo 11, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2, oil tanker 16, passenger 3, passenger-cargo 1, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 4, specialized tanker 1

note: does not include ships used exclusively in the Great Lakes (1998 est.)

total:

52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 852,004 GRT/1,236,475 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 2, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 28, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)

none

total:

385 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,123,848 GRT/15,255,996 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 10, bulk 61, cargo 28, chemical tanker 13, combination bulk 2, container 83, liquefied gas tanker 9, multifunctional large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 114, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 7 (1998 est.)

none

total:

57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,767,387 GRT/2,426,710 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 29, cargo 3, chemical tanker 4, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 8, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4 (1998 est.)

total:

1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,310 GRT/2,181 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,721 GRT/13,145 DWT

ships by type:

chemical tanker 2, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)

total:

4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,240 GRT/7,765 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (1998 est.)

none

total:

1 passenger-cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,291 GRT/1,295 DWT (1998 est.)

total:

131 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,572,915 GRT/11,208,214 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 56, cargo 5, chemical tanker 3, container 20, liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 42, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, vehicle carrier 1

note: a flag of convenience registry; includes the ships of Canada 1, China 1, Germany 1, Japan 1, and US 7 (1998 est.)

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