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Merchant marine Tonga, in 36 editions.
The entry for Tonga published Merchant marine in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 30 editions. Each is shown as published. Merchant marine in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 30
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Merchant marine” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 20246 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,249 GRT/50,116 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas
6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,249 GRT/50,116 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas
6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,857 GRT/480,726 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas
6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 37,249 GRT/50,116 35,857 GRT/480,726 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas
4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,511 GRT/17,816 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 liquefied gas
6 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,857 GRT/480,726 11,511 GRT/17,816 DWT; includes 2
cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 liquefied gas
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,765 GRT/10,597 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 liquefied gas
4 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,511 GRT/17,816 6,765 GRT/10,597 DWT; includes 21 cargo,
1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 liquefied gas
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,761 GRT/10,597 DWT, cargo 1, liquefied gas 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,765 6,761 GRT/10,597 DWT; includes 1 cargo, DWT, cargo 1,1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 liquefied gas 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
- total:
- 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,440 GRT/8,984 DWT
- ships by type:
- cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
3 total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,761 GRT/10,597 DWT, cargo 1, 5,440 GRT/8,984 DWTliquefied gas ships by type: cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
- total:
- 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,990 GRT/14,884 DWT
- ships by type:
- cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1995 est.)
total: 2 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,440 GRT/8,984 9,990 GRT/14,884 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 1 (1995 est.)
- total:
- 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,990 GRT/14,884 DWT
- ships by type :
- cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1996 est.)
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,990 GRT/14,884 DWT
ships by type: type : cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 1 (1995 (1996 est.)
- total:
- 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,278 GRT/16,441 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1997 est.)
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,990 GRT/14,884 11,278 GRT/16,441 DWT
ships by type : cargo type: bulk 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off
1 (1996 (1997 est.)
- total:
- 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,754 GRT/25,969 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998 est.)
total: 4 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,278 GRT/16,441 17,754 GRT/25,969 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas
tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo(1997 (1998 est.)
- total:
- 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,760 GRT/25,948 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 1, cargo 2, liquified gas 2, petroleum tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,754 GRT/25,969 17,760 GRT/25,948 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, liquefied liquified gas
tankercargo 1 (1998 (1999 est.)
- total:
- 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,626 GRT/29,468 DWT ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 (2000 est.)
total: 7 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,760 GRT/25,948 20,626 GRT/29,468 DWTliquified liquefied gas 2, 3, petroleum tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off roll on/roll off 1 (1999 (2000 est.)
- total:
- 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 292,139 GRT/421,221 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 10, cargo 54, liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 4
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 1, Australia 4, Austria 1, Bolivia 1, Cyprus 1, Djibouti 1, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Lebanon 2, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Morocco 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Romania 3, Russia 1, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 5, Ukraine 1, United Arab Emirates 16, United States 4 (2002 est.)
Rewritten: too little of the 2001 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 292,139 GRT/421,221 DWT
ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 54, liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 4
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 1, Australia 4, Austria 1, Bolivia 1, Cyprus 1, Djibouti 1, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Lebanon 2, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Morocco 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Romania 3, Russia 1, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 5, Ukraine 1, United Arab Emirates 16, United States 4 (2002 est.)
- total:
- 78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 250,020 GRT/350,055 DWT
- ships by type:
- bulk 6, cargo 44, chemical tanker 4, container 1, liquefied gas 5, livestock carrier 2, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 4, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 1, Australia 4, Austria 1, Bolivia 1, Cyprus 1, Djibouti 1, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Lebanon 2, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Morocco 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Romania 3, Russia 1, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 5, Ukraine 1, UAE 16, US 4 (2002 est.)
total: 80 78 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 292,139 GRT/421,221 250,020 GRT/350,055 DWT
ships by type: bulk 10, 6, cargo 54, 44, chemical tanker 4, container 1, liquefied gas 4, 5, livestock carrier 2, petroleum tanker 8, 9, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 4 4, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 1, Australia 4, Austria 1, Bolivia 1, Cyprus 1, Djibouti 1, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Lebanon 2, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Morocco 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Romania 3, Russia 1, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 5, Ukraine 1, United Arab Emirates UAE 16, United States US 4 (2002 est.)
- total:
- 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 136,977 GRT/200,751 DWT
- by type:
- bulk 3, cargo 21, chemical tanker 2, container 1, liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
- foreign-owned:
- Albania 1, Australia 4, Brazil 1, Cyprus 1, Egypt 1, Greece 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 1, Panama 2, Romania 1, Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 1, United (2004 est.)
total: 78 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 250,020 GRT/350,055 136,977 GRT/200,751 DWTships by type: bulk 6, 3, cargo 44, 21, chemical tanker 4, 2, container 1, liquefied gas 5, livestock carrier 2, 4, petroleum tanker 9, 5, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 4, 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: foreign-owned: Albania 1, Australia 4, Austria 1, Bolivia Brazil 1, Cyprus 1, Djibouti 1, Egypt 2, 1, Greece 4, 1, Lebanon 2, 1, Liberia 2, 1, Marshall Islands 2, Morocco 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, 2, Romania 3, Russia 1, Sao Tome and Principe Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 5, Ukraine 1, UAE 16, US 4 (2002 United (2004 est.)
- total:
- 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 136,977 GRT/200,751 DWT
- by type:
- cargo 21, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1
- foreign-owned:
- 7 (Cyprus 1, France 1, Greece 1, Norway 1, Romania 2, United Kingdom 1) (2005)
total: 40 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 136,977 GRT/200,751 DWT
by type: bulk 3, cargo 21, chemical tanker 2, container 1, liquefied gas 4, 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 5, 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: Albania 1, Australia 4, Brazil 1, Cyprus 7 (Cyprus 1, Egypt France 1, Greece 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 1, Panama 2, Romania 1, Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 1, 2, United (2004 est.) Kingdom 1) (2005)
- total:
- 16 ships (1000 GRT or over) 62,185 GRT/72,960 DWT
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, cargo 10, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1
- foreign-owned:
- 4 (Australia 1, Norway 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2006)
total: 29 16 ships (1,000 (1000 GRT or over) 136,977 GRT/200,751 62,185 GRT/72,960 DWT
by type: cargo 21, chemical tanker bulk carrier 1, cargo 10, liquefied gas 2, 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 7 (Cyprus 1, France 1, Greece 4 (Australia 1, Norway 1, Romania 2, United Kingdom Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2005) (2006)
- total:
- 14 ships (1000 GRT or over) 58,756 GRT/67,889 DWT
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, cargo 9, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1
- foreign-owned:
- 3 (Australia 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2007)
total: 16 14 ships (1000 GRT or over) 62,185 GRT/72,960 58,756 GRT/67,889 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 10, 9, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 4 3 (Australia 1, Norway 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2006) (2007)
- total:
- 13
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, cargo 8, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1
- foreign-owned:
- 4 (Australia 1, Cyprus 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2008)
total: 14 ships (1000 GRT or over) 58,756 GRT/67,889 DWT 13
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 9, 8, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 3 4 (Australia 1, Cyprus 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2007) (2008)
- total:
- 13
- country comparison to the world:
- 109
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, cargo 8, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1
- foreign-owned:
- 4 (Australia 1, Cyprus 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2008)
total:
13
country comparison to the world:
109
by type:
bulk carrier 1, cargo 8, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned:
4 (Australia 1, Cyprus 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2008)
- total:
- 10
- country comparison to the world:
- 115
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, cargo 6, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1
- foreign-owned:
- 3 (Australia 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2010)
total:13 10
country comparison to the world:109 115
by type:
bulk carrier 1, cargo 8, 6, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned:4 3 (Australia 1, Cyprus 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2008) (2010)
- total:
- 10
- country comparison to the world:
- 114
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, cargo 6, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1
- foreign-owned:
- 3 (Australia 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2010)
total:
10
country comparison to the world:115 114
by type:
bulk carrier 1, cargo 6, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1
foreign-owned:
3 (Australia 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2010)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- total:
- 7
- country comparison to the world:
- 122
- by type:
- cargo 4, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2
- foreign-owned:
- 2 (Australia 1, UK 1) (2010)
total:10 7
country comparison to the world:114 122
by type:bulk carrier 1, cargo 6, 4, carrier 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1 2
foreign-owned:3 2 (Australia 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1) (2010)
The same text in 2015 and 2016.
- total:
- 7
- by type:
- cargo 4, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2
- foreign-owned:
- 2 (Australia 1, UK 1) (2010)
- country comparison to the world:
- 122
total:country comparison to the world:by type:
122
foreign-owned:
country comparison to the world: 122
- total:
- 7
- by type:
- cargo 4, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2
- foreign-owned:
- 2 (Australia 1, UK 1) (2010)
- country comparison to the world:
- 123
total: 7
by type: cargo 4, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2
foreign-owned: 2 (Australia 1, UK 1) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 122 123
- total:
- 34 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 14, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2017)
total: 7 34 (2017)
by type: cargo 4, bulk carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2 container ship 1,
foreign-owned: 2 (AustraliaUK 1) (2010) general cargo 14, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 123
- total:
- 33
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 15, oil tanker 1, other 15 (2018)
total: 34 (2017) 33
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 14, 15, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2017) 15 (2018)
- total:
- 36
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, general cargo 14, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2019)
total: 33 36
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, 4, general cargo 15, 14, oil tanker 1, other 15 (2018) 17 (2019)
The same text in 2021 and 2022.
- total:
- 32
- by type:
- container ship 4, general cargo 13, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2021)
total: 36 32
by type: bulk carrier container ship 4, general cargo 14, 13, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2019) 14 (2021)
- total:
- 32 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 4, general cargo 13, oil tanker 1, other 14
total: 32 (2022)
by type: container ship 4, general cargo 13, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2021)
The same text in 2024 and 2025.
- total:
- 29 (2023)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 13, oil tanker 1, other 14
total: 32 (2022) 29 (2023)
by type: container ship 4, 1, general cargo 13, oil tanker 1, other 14
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Tonga: Merchant marine.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/tonga/merchant-marine.