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Country Comparison :: Merchant marine
Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. This entry contains information in four fields - total, ships by type, foreign-owned, and registered in other countries.
Total includes the number of ships (1,000 GRT or over), total DWT for those ships, and total GRT for those ships. DWT or dead weight tonnage is the total weight of cargo, plus bunkers, stores, etc., that a ship can carry when immersed to the appropriate load line. GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton; there is no stable relationship between GRT and DWT.
Ships by type includes a listing of barge carriers, bulk cargo ships, cargo ships, chemical tankers, combination bulk carriers, combination ore/oil carriers, container ships, liquefied gas tankers, livestock carriers, multifunctional large-load carriers, petroleum tankers, passenger ships, passenger/cargo ships, railcar carriers, refrigerated cargo ships, roll-on/roll-off cargo ships, short-sea passenger ships, specialized tankers, and vehicle carriers.
Foreign-owned are ships that fly the flag of one country but belong to owners in another.
Registered in other countries are ships that belong to owners in one country but fly the flag of another.
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Rank
country Merchant marine Date of Information
1 Panama
6,413
2010
2 Liberia
2,771
2010
3 China
2,030
2010
4 Malta
1,650
2010
5 Hong Kong
1,644
2010
6 Singapore
1,599
2010
7 Marshall Islands
1,593
2010
8 Indonesia
1,340
2010
9 Antigua and Barbuda
1,257
2010
10 Bahamas, The
1,160
2010
11 Russia
1,143
2010
12 Greece
860
2010
13 Cyprus
838
2010
14 Korea, South
786
2010
15 Netherlands
744
2010
16 Japan
684
2010
17 Italy
681
2010
18 Turkey
629
2010
19 Norway
585
2010
20 Vietnam
579
2010
21 Cambodia
544
2010
22 United Kingdom
504
2010
23 Philippines
446
2010
24 Germany
427
2010
25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
412
2010
26 United States
393
2010
27 Denmark
367
2010
28 Thailand
363
2010
29 India
340
2010
30 Isle of Man
321
2010
31 Malaysia
315
2010
32 Gibraltar
267
2010
33 Belize
247
2010
34 Sierra Leone
215
2010
35 Canada
181
2010
36 France
162
2010
37 Korea, North
158
2010
38 Saint Kitts and Nevis
152
2010
39 Comoros
149
2010
40 Georgia
142
2010
41 Bermuda
139
2010
42 Sweden
135
2010
43 Ukraine
134
2010
44 Spain
132
2010
45 Moldova
121
2010
46 Cayman Islands
116
2010
47 Taiwan
112
2010
48 Portugal
109
2010
49 Barbados
109
2010
50 Brazil
109
2010
51 Finland
97
2010
52 Tanzania
94
2010
53 Azerbaijan
90
2010
54 Nigeria
89
2010
55 Honduras
88
2010
56 Belgium
87
2010
57 Croatia
77
2010
58 Vanuatu
77
2010
59 Kiribati
77
2010
60 Iran
76
2010
61 Saudi Arabia
72
2010
62 Egypt
67
2010
63 Monaco
64
2010
64 Bangladesh
62
2010
65 United Arab Emirates
61
2010
66 Togo
61
2010
67 Tuvalu
58
2010
68 Mongolia
57
2010
69 Venezuela
53
2010
70 Mexico
52
2010
71 Luxembourg
49
2010
72 Ecuador
44
2010
73 Dominica
43
2010
74 Chile
42
2010
75 Australia
41
2010
76 Switzerland
38
2010
77 Lithuania
38
2010
78 Algeria
38
2010
79 Faroe Islands
37
2010
80 Argentina
36
2010
81 Cook Islands
35
2010
82 Kuwait
34
2010
83 Papua New Guinea
31
2010
84 Ireland
31
2010
85 Lebanon
29
2010
86 Burma
29
2010
87 Qatar
28
2010
88 Morocco
26
2010
89 Estonia
25
2010
90 Slovenia
24
2010
91 Libya
23
2010
92 Peru
22
2010
93 Bulgaria
22
2010
94 Sri Lanka
21
2010
95 Syria
19
2010
96 Paraguay
19
2010
97 Maldives
18
2010
98 Bolivia
18
2010
99 Albania
17
2010
100 Uruguay
16
2010
101 New Zealand
15
2010
102 Jersey
14
2010
103 Jamaica
14
2010
104 Cape Verde
13
2010
105 Colombia
12
2010
106 Jordan
12
2010
107 French Polynesia
12
2010
108 Fiji
11
2010
109 Kazakhstan
11
2010
110 Turkmenistan
11
2010
111 Pakistan
11
2010
112 Slovakia
11
2010
113 Latvia
11
2010
114 Guyana
10
2010
115 Brunei
9
2010
116 Tunisia
9
2010
117 Seychelles
9
2010
118 Poland
9
2010
119 Bahrain
8
2010
120 Israel
8
2010
121 Ethiopia
8
2010
122 Tonga
7
2010
123 Angola
7
2010
124 Equatorial Guinea
5
2010
125 Kenya
5
2010
126 Yemen
5
2010
127 Romania
5
2010
128 Oman
5
2010
129 Eritrea
4
2010
130 Gambia, The
4
2010
131 Trinidad and Tobago
4
2010
132 Mauritius
4
2010
133 Ghana
4
2010
134 Austria
3
2010
135 Cuba
3
2010
136 South Africa
3
2010
137 New Caledonia
3
2010
138 Sao Tome and Principe
3
2010
139 Micronesia, Federated States of
3
2010
140 Gabon
2
2010
141 Iceland
2
2010
142 Iraq
2
2010
143 Sudan
2
2010
144 Mozambique
2
2010
145 Samoa
2
2010
146 Montenegro
2
2010
147 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1
2010
148 Congo, Republic of the
1
2010
149 Costa Rica
1
2010
150 Czech Republic
1
2010
151 Timor-Leste
1
2010
152 Madagascar
1
2010
153 Namibia
1
2010
154 Senegal
1
2010
155 Somalia
1
2008
156 Greenland
1
2010
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