Table 1-4Top 20 Ranking of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Registry as of January 1, 2001a
Table 1-4
Top 20 Ranking of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Registry
as of January 1, 2001a
Tanker | Dry bulk | Container | Otherb | Total | ||||||
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Number of vessels | dwt (thousands) | Number of vessels | dwt (thousands) | Number of vessels | dwt (thousands) | Number of vessels | dwt (thousands) | Number of vessels | dwt (thousands) | |
Panamac | 1,089 | 57,641 | 1,379 | 81,447 | 500 | 14,578 | 1,689 | 14,385 | 4,657 | 168,052 |
Liberiac | 592 | 44,256 | 370 | 22,676 | 229 | 6,956 | 307 | 4,814 | 1,498 | 78,703 |
Maltac | 350 | 21,502 | 437 | 18,238 | 50 | 871 | 558 | 5,230 | 1,395 | 45,841 |
Bahamasc | 262 | 27,941 | 140 | 8,123 | 56 | 1,575 | 565 | 7,461 | 1,023 | 45,099 |
Greece | 281 | 26,400 | 259 | 14,272 | 46 | 1,794 | 108 | 838 | 694 | 43,304 |
Cyprusc | 172 | 7,912 | 461 | 20,062 | 125 | 2,809 | 549 | 5,441 | 1,307 | 36,224 |
Singaporec | 396 | 17,874 | 128 | 8,516 | 172 | 4,051 | 185 | 2,654 | 881 | 33,096 |
Norway (NIS)c | 307 | 17,481 | 88 | 6,928 | 5 | 102 | 259 | 3,675 | 659 | 28,186 |
China | 261 | 3,626 | 326 | 10,800 | 103 | 1,782 | 758 | 5,955 | 1,448 | 22,163 |
Hong Kongc | 35 | 1,255 | 193 | 12,353 | 53 | 1,611 | 55 | 1,189 | 336 | 16,409 |
United States | 142 | 8,447 | 15 | 604 | 90 | 3,058 | 207 | 3,721 | 454 | 15,830 |
Japan | 253 | 8,291 | 154 | 5,645 | 23 | 691 | 191 | 975 | 621 | 15,602 |
Marshall Islandsc | 94 | 11,062 | 64 | 3,514 | 25 | 760 | 12 | 166 | 195 | 15,501 |
India | 101 | 5,212 | 115 | 4,521 | 8 | 152 | 70 | 550 | 294 | 10,435 |
Italy | 221 | 4,248 | 42 | 3,637 | 22 | 696 | 121 | 1,162 | 406 | 9,742 |
Philippines | 66 | 284 | 166 | 7,616 | 7 | 80 | 218 | 1,625 | 457 | 9,606 |
Saint Vincentc | 96 | 1,085 | 129 | 4,607 | 27 | 176 | 509 | 3,722 | 761 | 9,590 |
Bermuda | 27 | 4,840 | 28 | 3,699 | 16 | 459 | 34 | 363 | 105 | 9,361 |
Turkey | 92 | 1,142 | 152 | 5,986 | 21 | 213 | 269 | 1,538 | 534 | 8,879 |
Republic of Korea | 129 | 1,384 | 99 | 5,054 | 45 | 836 | 207 | 1,085 | 480 | 8,360 |
Total of top 20 | 4,966 | 271,880 | 4,745 | 248,299 | 1,623 | 43,253 | 6,871 | 66,551 | 18,205 | 629,983 |
Total of all flags | 7,079 | 328,944 | 5,628 | 280,237 | 2,561 | 67,930 | 13,050 | 99,656 | 28,318 | 776,767 |
aOceangoing self-propelled vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above. U.S. data in this table differ from data in Table 1-7 because, in order to facilitate country comparisons, vessel size is limited here.
bBreakbulk ships, partial containerships, refrigerated cargo ships, barge carriers, cruise/passenger, and specialized cargo ships.
cOpen registry-a term used to denote a type of registry offered by a country to foreign nationals or corporations that provides favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives.
KEY: NIS = Norweigan International Shipping Registry.
SOURCE: Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, Ship Particulars, computer file extract (London: Lloyd's Register, January 2001).
- Eight of the top 10 registries are open registries.
- The top five registries account for nearly half (49 percent) of the total world merchant fleet deadweight.