Table 7-3
World Merchant Fleet, 10,000 Deadweight Tons and Above by Top 25 Flag and Type, 2006
Flag of Registry | Tanker | Dry Bulk | Containership | Roll-on/Roll-off | General Cargo | Total | ||||||||
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No. | DWT | No. | DWT | No. | TEU | DWT | No. | DWT | No. | DWT | No. | DWT | ||
1 | Panama | 672 | 61,267,978 | 1,718 | 112,676,858 | 541 | 1,601,251 | 22,132,290 | 244 | 3,852,650 | 240 | 3,507,351 | 3,415 | 203,437,127 |
2 | Liberia | 565 | 50,608,159 | 331 | 19,936,853 | 415 | 1,253,420 | 16,727,439 | 37 | 565,767 | 62 | 994,530 | 1,410 | 88,832,748 |
3 | Greece | 235 | 30,139,575 | 269 | 19,437,133 | 44 | 159,450 | 2,215,783 | 1 | 10,270 | 6 | 97,195 | 555 | 51,899,956 |
4 | Hong Kong | 87 | 11,426,647 | 496 | 32,532,381 | 81 | 272,804 | 3,636,167 | 5 | 83,780 | 52 | 1,060,788 | 721 | 48,739,763 |
5 | Bahamas | 235 | 26,413,600 | 319 | 16,175,530 | 68 | 190,795 | 2,692,249 | 30 | 609,661 | 77 | 1,020,756 | 729 | 46,911,796 |
6 | Marshall Is. | 335 | 31,943,749 | 153 | 9,264,175 | 118 | 293,241 | 3,860,304 | 5 | 77,182 | 32 | 903,724 | 643 | 46,049,134 |
7 | Singapore | 289 | 26,223,289 | 180 | 12,336,140 | 177 | 352,390 | 5,029,292 | 30 | 586,127 | 23 | 457,200 | 699 | 44,632,048 |
8 | Malta | 185 | 13,370,377 | 438 | 19,482,921 | 48 | 85,324 | 1,311,048 | 8 | 94,947 | 66 | 1,094,436 | 745 | 35,353,729 |
9 | Cyprus | 93 | 6,241,801 | 373 | 18,742,535 | 139 | 285,967 | 3,910,717 | 6 | 96,956 | 85 | 1,461,497 | 696 | 30,453,506 |
10 | China P.R. | 127 | 6,333,829 | 372 | 14,551,392 | 87 | 229,053 | 3,224,260 | 7 | 95,225 | 210 | 3,291,531 | 803 | 27,496,237 |
11 | Norwegian Int'l | 215 | 10,578,951 | 104 | 7,222,535 | 1 | 2,835 | 33,855 | 48 | 1,025,810 | 2 | 22,140 | 370 | 18,883,291 |
12 | Isle of Man | 112 | 8,828,365 | 42 | 3,466,291 | 15 | 38,315 | 549,409 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 133,232 | 177 | 12,977,297 |
13 | United States | 93 | 5,418,247 | 62 | 2,391,658 | 75 | 226,185 | 3,065,859 | 55 | 1,386,308 | 8 | 186,473 | 293 | 12,448,545 |
14 | India | 118 | 8,704,380 | 76 | 3,575,699 | 4 | 6,233 | 99,612 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61,020 | 201 | 12,440,711 |
15 | Germany | 18 | 659,091 | 5 | 502,546 | 248 | 825,787 | 10,896,410 | 3 | 36,200 | 3 | 53,316 | 277 | 12,147,563 |
16 | Italy | 125 | 5,109,928 | 40 | 3,126,922 | 25 | 67,811 | 926,928 | 52 | 977,020 | 6 | 69,787 | 248 | 10,210,585 |
17 | South Korea | 10 | 571,390 | 122 | 8,313,809 | 35 | 78,868 | 1,125,888 | 3 | 67,559 | 7 | 102,512 | 177 | 10,181,158 |
18 | Japan | 48 | 5,310,415 | 48 | 3,961,802 | 11 | 35,180 | 518,994 | 15 | 227,094 | 1 | 10,756 | 123 | 10,029,061 |
19 | Iran | 35 | 6,170,089 | 40 | 1,789,317 | 11 | 30,748 | 408,942 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 654,009 | 118 | 9,022,357 |
20 | United Kingdom | 53 | 2,105,500 | 21 | 1,587,552 | 104 | 350,641 | 4,609,620 | 20 | 289,489 | 10 | 148,245 | 208 | 8,740,406 |
21 | Danish Int'l | 41 | 2,680,880 | 4 | 321,829 | 78 | 380,913 | 5,473,985 | 4 | 41,299 | 7 | 101,085 | 134 | 8,619,078 |
22 | St. Vincent & G. | 12 | 620,961 | 119 | 5,106,973 | 4 | 3,374 | 50,173 | 2 | 40,929 | 79 | 1,522,081 | 216 | 7,341,117 |
23 | Belgium | 22 | 4,308,245 | 16 | 2,285,998 | 5 | 11,186 | 161,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6,756,063 |
24 | Bermuda | 23 | 2,121,524 | 26 | 3,626,865 | 19 | 41,961 | 620,046 | 2 | 28,015 | 15 | 187,772 | 85 | 6,584,222 |
25 | Malaysia | 65 | 4,811,853 | 24 | 856,210 | 27 | 43,827 | 660,157 | 1 | 11,179 | 5 | 73,485 | 122 | 6,412,884 |
Top 25 registries | 3,813 | 331,968,823 | 5,398 | 323,271,924 | 2,380 | 6,867,559 | 93,941,247 | 578 | 10,203,467 | 1,039 | 17,214,921 | 13,208 | 776,600,382 | |
All registries | 4,457 | 368,119,651 | 6,327 | 357,806,857 | 2,837 | 7,748,373 | 106,234,517 | 703 | 12,427,776 | 1,495 | 24,144,412 | 15,819 | 868,733,213 | |
Top 25 % of total | 85.6% | 90.2% | 85.3% | 90.3% | 83.9% | 88.6% | 88.4% | 82.2% | 82.1% | 69.5% | 71.3% | 83.5% | 89.4% |
KEY: DWT = deadweight ton; TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.
SOURCE: Clarkson Research Studies, Vessel Registers, London: Clarkson Shipbrokers.
- Panama and Liberia have open registry fleets. An open registry is type of registry offered by a country to foreign nationals or corporations that provides favorable tax, regulatory, and other incentives.
- The United States ranks 13th in terms of flag of registry. Thirty-two percent of the U.S.-flag are tankers while 26% are containerships.