| Merchant
marine |
total: 1,180
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 23,106,229 GRT/37,032,163 DWT
ships by type: bulk 421, cargo 325, chemical tanker 25, combination
bulk 24, combination ore/oil 2, container 151, liquefied gas
2, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 124, refrigerated
cargo 45, roll on/roll off 37, short-sea passenger 9, specialized
tanker 3, vehicle carrier 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: Austria 12, Belgium 2, Bulgaria 2,
Canada 3, Chile 2, China 16, Croatia 2, Cuba 11, Finland 1,
Germany 229, Greece 607, Guam 1, Hong Kong 6, India 6, Iran
1, Ireland 1, Israel 5, Italy 1, Japan 26, Latvia 14, Lebanon
1, Lithuania 2, Mexico 1, Monaco 10, Netherlands 30, Norway
23, Panama 1, Philippines 2, Poland 19, Portugal 2, Russia
57, Singapore 2, Slovenia 2, South Korea 4, Spain 7, Sudan
2, Sweden 6, Switzerland 4, Turkey 1, Ukraine 1, United Arab
Emirates 13, United Kingdom 6, United States 4, Vietnam 1
(2002 est.) |