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Table 1-23: Number and Size of the U.S. Flag Merchant Fleet and Its Share
of the World Fleet (Oceangoing ships of 1,000 gross tons and over)
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| World fleet |
17,317 |
18,329 |
19,980 |
22,872 |
24,867 |
25,555 |
23,596 |
25,608 |
26,858 |
27,557 |
27,825 |
28,259 |
28,318 |
28,296 |
| U.S. fleet |
2,926 |
2,376 |
1,579 |
857 |
864 |
737 |
636 |
509 |
495 |
477 |
470 |
463 |
454 |
443 |
| U.S. share of the world fleet |
17% |
13% |
8% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| Freighters, total |
2,138 |
1,747 |
1,076 |
511 |
471 |
417 |
367 |
295 |
292 |
288 |
289 |
284 |
286 |
283 |
| Deadweight tons (DWT) (thousands) |
21,877 |
18,127 |
11,733 |
7,051 |
6,885 |
7,353 |
7,265 |
6,517 |
6,419 |
6,458 |
6,732 |
6,696 |
6,680 |
6,635 |
| General cargoa |
N |
N |
N |
356 |
259 |
209 |
166 |
142 |
146 |
142 |
140 |
137 |
136 |
132 |
| DWT (thousands) |
N |
N |
N |
4,640 |
3,329 |
2,980 |
2,605 |
2,472 |
2,467 |
2,420 |
2,400 |
2,404 |
2,362 |
2,162 |
| Containership |
N |
N |
N |
109 |
121 |
104 |
92 |
81 |
83 |
85 |
91 |
89 |
90 |
91 |
| DWT (thousands) |
N |
N |
N |
1,773 |
2,289 |
2,651 |
2,856 |
2,600 |
2,639 |
2,743 |
3,096 |
3,056 |
3,058 |
3,200 |
| Partial containerships |
N |
N |
N |
37 |
68 |
63 |
59 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| DWT (thousands) |
N |
N |
N |
510 |
940 |
904 |
836 |
57 |
17 |
17 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| RO / RO |
N |
N |
N |
9 |
23 |
41 |
50 |
69 |
62 |
60 |
58 |
58 |
60 |
60 |
| DWT (thousands) |
N |
N |
N |
128 |
327 |
818 |
968 |
1,388 |
1,296 |
1,278 |
1,236 |
1,236 |
1,260 |
1,273 |
| Tankers, total |
422 |
341 |
294 |
267 |
308 |
258 |
233 |
181 |
173 |
161 |
154 |
154 |
142 |
130 |
| DWT (thousands) |
7,815 |
7,561 |
7,739 |
9,711 |
16,152 |
15,534 |
15,641 |
11,028 |
10,378 |
9,696 |
9,289 |
9,373 |
8,447 |
7,532 |
| Petroleum/chemical shipsb |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
244 |
219 |
167 |
159 |
148 |
145 |
146 |
142 |
130 |
| DWT (thousands) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
14,574 |
14,681 |
10,123 |
9,473 |
8,857 |
8,737 |
8,845 |
8,447 |
7,532 |
| Liquefied petroleum/natural gas ships |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
N |
N |
| DWT (thousands) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
960 |
960 |
905 |
905 |
839 |
552 |
528 |
N |
N |
| Combination / passenger and cargo, total |
309 |
227 |
171 |
60 |
65 |
37 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
| DWT (thousands) |
2,070 |
1,488 |
1,107 |
388 |
446 |
299 |
91 |
115 |
139 |
136 |
116 |
99 |
99 |
105 |
| Bulk carriers, total |
57 |
61 |
38 |
19 |
20 |
25 |
26 |
20 |
15 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
15 |
17 |
| DWT (thousands) |
805 |
1,107 |
767 |
544 |
607 |
1,152 |
1,270 |
925 |
575 |
321 |
604 |
579 |
604 |
706 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; RO/RO = roll-on/roll-off vessels.
a Includes barge carriers.
b Includes integrated tug/barges.
NOTES
Excludes nonmerchant type and/or U.S. Navy-owned vessels currently in the National
Defense Reserve Fleet.
Excludes ships operating exclusively on the Great Lakes and inland waterways
and special types such as: channel ships, icebreakers, cable ships, and merchant
ships owned by military forces. All data are as of December 31 of year shown.
SOURCES
1960-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Merchant
Fleets of the World (Washington, DC: Annual issues), and unpublished revisions.
2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, personal
communication, Aug. 27, 2002.
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