| Merchant
marine |
total: 4,860
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 122,543,755 GRT/184,910,607 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 5, bulk 1,443, cargo 846, chemical
tanker 376, combination bulk 72, combination ore/oil 17, container
588, liquefied gas 207, livestock carrier 6, multi-functional
large-load carrier 12, passenger 38, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum
tanker 537, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 287, roll
on/roll off 107, short-sea passenger 41, specialized tanker
33, vehicle carrier 240
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: Albania 2, Angola 1, Antigua and Barbuda
1, Argentina 11, Australia 13, Austria 2, The Bahamas 5, Belgium
2, Belize 6, Brazil 6, British Virgin Islands 8, Cambodia
1, Canada 9, Chile 12, China 259, Colombia 14, Croatia 2,
Cuba 20, Cyprus 3, Denmark 3, Dominican Republic 1, Ecuador
3, Egypt 16, Equatorial Guinea 1, France 9, Germany 72, Greece
523, Haiti 1, Honduras 3, Hong Kong 299, Iceland 1, India
18, Indonesia 48, Ireland 1, Israel 5, Italy 9, Japan 1,642,
Kenya 1, Kuwait 2, Latvia 8, Liberia 5, Lithuania 1, Malaysia
18, Malta 2, Marshall Islands 1, Mexico 8, Monaco 112, Netherlands
19, Netherlands Antilles 1, Nigeria 3, Norway 98, Paraguay
1, Peru 15, Philippines 49, Poland 5, Portugal 7, Puerto Rico
2, Romania 7, Russia 12, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines 5, Saudi Arabia 4, Seychelles 1, Singapore
112, South Africa 3, South Korea 342, Spain 52, Sri Lanka
3, Sudan 1, Sweden 2, Switzerland 81, Taiwan 334, Thailand
14, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Tunisia 1, Turkey 4, Ukraine 1,
UAE 54, UK 73, US 115, Venezuela 6 (2002 est.) |
