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as at 1 January 2011 (number of ships)
Total
fleet
Oil
tankers
Bulk
carriers
General
cargo shipsc
Container
ships
Other
types
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AFRICA
Algeria
134
12
6
12
0
104
Angola
175
6
0
15
0
154
Benin
7
0
0
0
0
7
Cameroon
66
0
0
6
0
60
Cape Verde
40
3
0
11
0
26
Comoros
308
21
20
145
2
120
Congo
20
0
0
0
0
20
Côte d'Ivoire
32
2
0
0
0
30
Democratic Republic of the Congo
18
1
0
1
0
16
Djibouti
11
0
0
0
0
11
351
40
12
35
3
261
Equatorial Guinea
43
4
0
5
0
34
Eritrea
13
1
0
4
0
8
Egypt
Ethiopia
9
0
8
0
1
Gabon
51
1
0
11
0
39
Gambia
12
1
0
3
0
8
Ghana
233
3
1
16
0
213
Guinea
45
0
0
2
0
43
Guinea-Bissau
24
0
0
7
0
17
Kenya
29
2
0
0
27
Libya
167
19
0
9
0
139
66
1
0
14
0
51
Mauritania
139
1
0
3
0
135
Mauritius
54
1
0
5
0
48
Morocco
508
3
0
7
6
492
Mozambique
121
0
0
8
0
113
Namibia
171
0
0
1
0
170
Nigeria
528
87
0
13
0
428
Madagascar
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
2
0
0
0
0
2
23
1
1
9
0
12
193
1
0
5
0
187
49
6
0
7
0
36
363
54
14
192
6
97
14
0
0
3
0
11
258
7
0
1
0
250
17
0
0
3
0
14
107
12
5
57
2
31
Tunisia
76
1
1
5
0
69
United Republic of Tanzania
48
7
0
11
0
30
4 625
309
65
20
3 529
Togo
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AFRICA
Total
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Total
fleet
Oil
tankers
Bulk
carriers
General
cargo shipsc
Container
ships
Other
types
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AMERICA
Anguilla
3
0
0
2
0
1
484
34
2
12
1
435
1
0
0
0
0
1
Barbados
140
23
20
63
6
28
Belize
426
15
39
197
0
175
Argentina
Aruba
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
47
3
3
32
0
9
617
49
22
54
12
480
0
15
18
1
0
2
Cayman Islands
158
64
17
29
Chile
560
14
12
45
2
487
Colombia
149
6
0
28
0
115
16
0
0
0
0
16
Costa Rica
Cuba
48
63
1
3
7
0
52
Curaçao
152
4
2
104
1
41
Dominica
108
10
11
37
0
50
0
2
0
19
Dominican Republic
21
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
d
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
267
38
0
6
0
223
16
0
0
0
0
16
26
0
0
0
0
26
8
0
0
3
0
5
12
1
0
0
0
11
121
5
0
39
0
77
0
3
0
1
18
241
1
583
5
6
4
21
4
926
83
Jamaica
36
Mexico
854
36
5
13
0
800
28
1
0
2
0
25
Nicaragua
Paraguay
43
2
0
20
4
17
Peru
796
16
0
2
0
778
Saint Kitts and Nevis
268
51
17
110
3
87
15
3
0
3
0
9
130
1
0
1
0
128
0
1
0
6
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
7
Uruguay
116
7
0
4
0
104
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
333
24
5
22
0
282
6 969
492
182
1 090
34
5 171
215
331
7
75
2
20
3
113
4
5
199
118
81
3
0
8
0
70
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF AMERICA
Total
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF ASIA
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brunei Darussalam
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Cambodia
Total
fleet
878
Oil
tankers
20
Bulk
carriers
44
General
cargo shipsc
606
Container
ships
5
Other
types
203
China
4 080
528
624
1 167
214
1 547
China, Hong Kong SAR
1 736
317
686
215
275
243
China, Macao SAR
China, Taiwan Province of
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2
0
0
0
0
2
677
29
39
71
29
509
258
23
9
174
3
49
India
1 404
125
99
159
15
1 006
Indonesia
5 763
420
146
1 708
118
3 371
581
13
14
224
3
327
3
2
0
0
0
1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Jordan
19
1
0
5
0
13
Kuwait
201
19
2
15
6
159
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0
1
0
Lebanon
43
1
3
32
0
7
Malaysia
1 391
170
11
195
42
973
Maldives
86
13
1
44
0
28
Mongolia
109
7
22
44
1
35
Myanmar
120
5
1
43
1
70
44
1
0
8
0
35
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Saudi Arabia
1
52
5
3
3
0
41
1 946
182
86
662
15
1 001
116
6
3
2
13
92
2 913
297
224
420
69
1 903
322
48
0
19
4
251
2 667
708
207
178
329
1 245
Sri Lanka
92
9
4
18
1
60
Syrian Arab Republic
46
5
27
32
189
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Viet Nam
Yemen
888
250
14
32
385
1
0
0
0
0
1
1 334
186
101
494
41
512
530
43
5
83
7
392
1 451
104
130
949
21
247
50
4
0
4
0
42
30 431
3 621
2 523
7 883
1 253
15 151
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF ASIA
Total
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF OCEANIA
Fiji
Kiribati
Micronesia (Federated States of)
56
0
0
15
0
41
117
23
9
59
0
26
29
0
2
10
0
17
137
4
7
61
0
65
Samoa
11
0
0
4
0
7
Solomon Islands
34
0
0
12
0
22
Papua New Guinea
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Tonga
Total
fleet
42
Oil
tankers
2
Bulk
carriers
1
General
cargo shipsc
16
Container
ships
0
Other
types
23
Tuvalu
174
29
6
43
3
93
Vanuatu
497
1
37
38
1
420
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES OF OCEANIA
Total
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES Total
1 097
59
62
258
4
714
43 122
4 481
2 832
9 933
1 311
24 565
738
12
13
63
0
650
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
Australia
Austria
2
0
0
2
0
0
245
14
22
20
4
185
Bulgaria
92
11
14
20
0
47
Canada
984
30
66
36
2
850
Denmark
987
159
6
119
93
610
Estonia
113
5
0
5
0
103
Finland
275
13
1
82
3
176
France
799
51
6
55
25
662
Germany
931
41
7
92
293
498
1 433
429
267
105
32
600
3
0
0
0
0
3
Iceland
220
1
1
4
0
214
Ireland
233
2
0
35
1
195
37
6
0
1
5
25
Italy
1 649
250
89
141
21
1 148
Japan
6 150
638
441
1 560
15
3 496
Belgium
Greece
Guernsey
Israel
Jersey
5
Latvia
140
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
0
1
0
4
7
0
8
0
125
115
1
0
44
1
69
133
17
2
14
10
90
1
0
0
0
0
1
1 302
56
2
548
68
628
270
4
6
51
1
208
1 995
179
62
379
1
1 374
Poland
314
7
0
12
0
295
Portugal
464
23
7
59
7
368
Romania
76
7
0
6
0
63
Slovakia
19
0
1
17
0
1
Slovenia
7
0
0
0
0
7
1 469
38
9
51
6
1 365
488
43
8
88
0
349
37
5
18
9
4
1
United Kingdom
1 938
170
39
340
216
1 173
United States
6 371
65
60
95
84
6 067
30 035
2 284
1 147
4 062
892
21 650
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES Total
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Total
fleet
Oil
tankers
Bulk
carriers
General
cargo shipsc
Container
ships
Other
types
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Albania
65
0
1
56
0
8
Azerbaijan
298
49
0
34
0
215
Croatia
305
18
28
38
0
221
Georgia
280
13
18
172
1
76
Kazakhstan
114
10
0
8
0
96
Montenegro
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
TRANSITION ECONOMIES Total
11
0
0
1
0
10
134
4
8
113
0
9
3 485
353
62
967
13
2 090
61
6
0
8
0
47
528
17
4
150
0
357
5 281
470
121
1 547
14
3 129
MAJOR 10 OPEN AND INTERNATIONAL REGISTRIES
Antigua and Barbuda
1 293
7
51
767
406
62
Bahamas
1 384
305
241
366
56
416
Bermuda
Cyprus
Isle of Man
158
21
23
10
15
89
1 014
132
275
184
198
225
385
140
49
64
7
125
Liberia
2 726
734
580
278
899
235
Malta
1 724
439
528
424
107
226
Marshall Islands
1 622
577
457
95
211
282
Panama
7 986
1 099
2 441
1 984
738
1 724
942
19
72
362
19
470
3 473
4 717
4 534
2 656
3 854
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
MAJOR 10 OPEN AND INTERNATIONAL
REGISTRIES Total
Unknown flag
World totale
19 234
5 720
384
138
1 323
24
3 851
103 392
11 092
8 955
21 399
4 897
57 049
Notes to Annex III
Source: IHS Fairplay.
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this table refer to flags of registration and do not imply the
expression of any opinion by the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country or territory,
or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers.
Seagoing propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tons and above, excluding the Great Lakes fleets of the
United States and Canada and the United States Reserve Fleet.
Including passenger/cargo.
A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
Excluding estimates of the United States Reserve Fleet and the United States and Canadian Great Lakes fleets.
a
b
c
d
e