"Table 2-1 Top 15 Ranking of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Owner, Year-End 2006",,,,,,,,,,,
Number of Vessels,,,,,,,,,,,
Country,Tanker,Liquid Gas,Dry Bulk,Container,Roll-on/Roll-off,Combination,Other a,Total,,,
Japan, 728 , 276 ," 1,041 ", 242 , 377 ,0, 337 ," 3,001 ",,,
Greece, 827 , 73 ," 1,326 ", 168 , 69 , 20 , 318 ," 2,801 ",,,
Germany, 169 , 56 , 182 ," 1,209 ", 56 , 6 , 659 ," 2,337 ",,,
China P.R., 319 , 75 , 979 , 324 , 40 , 6 , 587 ," 2,330 ",,,
Norway, 309 , 93 , 175 , 16 , 121 , 27 , 145 , 886 ,,,
South Korea, 220 , 61 , 224 , 140 , 44 ,0, 119 , 808 ,,,
Singapore, 341 , 41 , 175 , 153 , 8 , 5 , 67 , 790 ,,,
United States, 316 , 19 , 197 , 63 , 91 , 12 , 74 , 772 ,,,
United Kingdom, 232 , 45 , 142 , 107 , 56 , 1 , 91 , 674 ,,,
Taiwan, 48 , 6 , 209 , 203 , 8 , 3 , 86 , 563 ,,,
Netherlands, 49 , 19 , 15 , 49 , 38 ,0, 375 , 545 ,,,
Italy, 214 , 42 , 75 , 21 , 93 , 2 , 63 , 510 ,,,
Russia, 179 ,0, 72 , 24 , 16 ,0, 194 , 485 ,,,
Turkey, 151 , 7 , 146 , 44 , 26 , 1 , 104 , 479 ,
Denmark, 142 , 58 , 24 , 151 , 35 ,0, 59 , 469 ,
"Total, top 15"," 4,244 ", 871 ," 4,982 "," 2,914 "," 1,078 ", 83 ," 3,278 "," 17,450 ",
"Total, all flags"," 6,042 "," 1,190 "," 6,225 "," 3,641 "," 1,600 ", 102 ," 4,815 "," 23,615 ",
Deadweight (thousands),,,,,,,,,
Country,Tanker,Liquid Gas,Dry Bulk,Container,Roll-on/Roll-off,Combination,Other a,Total,
 Greece ," 71,220 "," 1,339 "," 76,555 "," 6,242 ", 538 ," 1,416 "," 3,429 "," 160,739 ",
 Japan ," 42,758 "," 4,878 "," 75,234 "," 9,201 "," 4,626 ",0," 2,698 "," 139,394 ",
 China P.R. ," 16,951 ", 257 ," 51,555 "," 8,872 ", 290 , 423 ," 7,313 "," 85,661 ",
 Germany ," 7,555 ", 444 ," 10,096 "," 36,225 ", 395 ," 1,112 "," 4,732 "," 60,558 ",
 United States ," 24,999 "," 1,127 "," 9,757 "," 1,816 "," 1,827 "," 1,002 ", 900 ," 41,428 ",
 Singapore ," 23,726 ", 849 ," 9,723 "," 3,255 ", 73 , 423 , 797 ," 38,845 ",
 United Kingdom ," 17,436 "," 2,001 "," 10,138 "," 4,235 ", 429 , 79 , 878 ," 35,196 ",
 Norway ," 17,826 "," 3,247 "," 7,787 ", 329 ," 1,750 "," 2,556 ", 959 ," 34,454 ",
 South Korea ," 7,971 "," 1,546 "," 15,881 "," 2,935 ", 591 ,0, 811 ," 29,734 ",
 Taiwan ," 5,693 ", 132 ," 14,301 "," 7,309 ", 49 , 220 , 583 ," 28,286 ",
 Bermuda ," 17,374 ",0, 153 ,0,0," 1,353 ", 31 ," 18,911 "
 Denmark ," 5,922 ", 499 ," 1,140 "," 8,278 ", 371 ,0, 441 ," 16,651 "
 Italy ," 7,011 ", 425 ," 4,852 ", 666 ," 1,249 ", 137 , 656 ," 14,995 "
 India ," 8,773 ", 560 ," 4,875 ", 109 , 16 , 123 , 217 ," 14,674 "
 Monaco ," 4,227 ", 269 ," 4,932 "," 2,303 ", 66 , 130 , 120 ," 12,047 "
"Total, top 15"," 279,442 "," 17,574 "," 296,978 "," 91,774 "," 12,269 "," 8,975 "," 24,564 "," 731,575 "
"Total, all flags"," 356,488 "," 24,150 "," 348,089 "," 111,418 "," 17,012 "," 9,718 "," 42,288 "," 909,147 "
"a Breakbulk, partial containerships, refrigerated cargo, barge carriers, and specialized ships. ",,,,,,,,
"NOTES: The top 13 countries have held their same position since 2003, and the top 3 countries, Greece, Japan, and China, have gained a 7.2% growth rate by deadweight over the same time period. However, the top 20 countries by deadweight has accounted for 81% of the total. Since 2003, the United States has ranked in fifth place by deadweight, except, the United States ranked fourth in 2004. ",,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: Clarksons Research Services Limited, Shipping Vessel Registers, London: Clarkson Shipbrokers, available at: www.clarksonresearch.com. ",,,,,,,,
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