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Merchant marine
This entry provides the total and the number of each type of privately or publicly owned commercial ship for each country; military ships are not included; the five ships by type include: bulk carrier - for cargo such as coal, grain, cement, ores, and gravel; container ship - for loads in truck-size containers, a transportation system called containerization; general cargo - also referred to as break-bulk containers - for a wide variety of packaged merchandise, such as textiles, furniture and machinery; oil tanker - for crude oil and petroleum products; other - includes chemical carriers, dredgers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, refrigerated cargo ships called reefers, tugboats, passenger vessels (cruise and ferry), and offshore supply ships
| Country | Merchant marine |
|---|---|
| Albania |
total:
60
by type:
bulk carrier 1, general cargo 50, oil tanker 1, other 8
(2018)
|
| Algeria |
total:
106
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 11, oil tanker 10, other 84
(2018)
|
| Angola |
total:
55
by type:
general cargo 14, oil tanker 8, other 33
(2018)
|
| Anguilla |
total:
1
by type:
other 1
(2018)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
total:
853
by type:
bulk carrier 33, container ship 189, general cargo 562, oil tanker 2, other 67
(2018)
|
| Argentina |
total:
167
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 9, oil tanker 27, other 130
(2018)
|
| Australia |
total:
563
by type:
bulk carrier 4, general cargo 84, oil tanker 7, other 468
(2018)
|
| Azerbaijan |
total:
313
by type:
general cargo 48, oil tanker 48, other 217
(2018)
|
| Bahamas, The |
total:
1,418
by type:
bulk carrier 328, container ship 49, general cargo 96, oil tanker 271, other 674
(2018)
|
| Bahrain |
total:
259
by type:
bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 12, oil tanker 4, other 241
(2018)
|
| Bangladesh |
total:
329
by type:
bulk carrier 33, container ship 4, general cargo 77, oil tanker 122, other 93
(2018)
|
| Barbados |
total:
121
by type:
bulk carrier 21, general cargo 82, other 18
(2018)
|
| Belarus |
total:
5
by type:
oil tanker 1, other 4
(2018)
|
| Belgium |
total:
192
by type:
bulk carrier 18, general cargo 18, oil tanker 20, other 136
(2018)
|
| Belize |
total:
764
by type:
bulk carrier 54, container ship 4, general cargo 383, oil tanker 57, other 266
(2018)
|
| Benin |
total:
6
by type:
other 6
(2018)
|
| Bermuda |
total:
160
by type:
bulk carrier 6, container ship 11, general cargo 1, oil tanker 19, other 123
(2018)
|
| Bolivia |
total:
49
by type:
general cargo 36, oil tanker 2, other 11
(2018)
|
| Brazil |
total:
791
by type:
bulk carrier 13, container ship 15, general cargo 47, oil tanker 38, other 678
(2018)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
total:
25
by type:
general cargo 4, other 21
(2018)
|
| Brunei |
total:
100
by type:
general cargo 20, LNG tanker 2, other 78
(2018)
|
| Bulgaria |
total:
80
by type:
bulk carrier 2, general cargo 18, oil tanker 8, other 52
(2018)
|
| Burma |
total:
95
by type:
bulk carrier 1, general cargo 41, oil tanker 5, other 48
(2018)
|
| Cabo Verde |
total:
43
by type:
general cargo 20, oil tanker 3, other 20
(2018)
|
| Cambodia |
total:
364
by type:
container ship 2, general cargo 260, oil tanker 25, other 77
(2018)
|
| Cameroon |
total:
19
by type:
general cargo 4, other 15
(2018)
|
| Canada |
total:
657
by type:
bulk carrier 17, container ship 1, general cargo 91, oil tanker 17, other 531
(2018)
|
| Cayman Islands |
total:
165
by type:
bulk carrier 31, general cargo 4, oil tanker 19, other 111
(2018)
|
| Chile |
total:
222
by type:
bulk carrier 9, container ship 5, general cargo 58, oil tanker 15, other 135
(2018)
|
| China |
total:
4,610
by type:
bulk carrier 1114, container ship 242, general cargo 741, oil tanker 503, other 2010
(2018)
|
| Colombia |
total:
102
by type:
general cargo 18, oil tanker 8, other 76
(2018)
|
| Comoros |
total:
218
by type:
bulk carrier 7, container ship 2, general cargo 102, oil tanker 29, other 78
(2018)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total:
27
by type:
general cargo 12, oil tanker 1, other 14
(2018)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
total:
16
by type:
general cargo 3, oil tanker 2, other 11
(2018)
|
| Cook Islands |
total:
215
by type:
bulk carrier 23, container ship 5, general cargo 91, oil tanker 25, other 71
(2018)
|
| Costa Rica |
total:
11
by type:
general cargo 2, other 9
(2018)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total:
15
by type:
oil tanker 2, other 13
(2018)
|
| Croatia |
total:
131
by type:
bulk carrier 28, oil tanker 14, other 89
(2018)
|
| Cuba |
total:
41
by type:
general cargo 11, oil tanker 3, other 27
(2018)
|
| Curacao |
total:
82
by type:
general cargo 11, oil tanker 1, other 70
(2018)
|
| Cyprus |
total:
1,020
by type:
bulk carrier 311, container ship 184, general cargo 177, oil tanker 51, other 297
(2018)
|
| Denmark |
total:
668
by type:
bulk carrier 7, container ship 123, general cargo 77, oil tanker 75, other 386
(2018)
|
| Djibouti |
total:
15
by type:
other 15
(2018)
|
| Dominica |
total:
100
by type:
general cargo 26, oil tanker 25, other 49
(2018)
|
| Dominican Republic |
total:
23
by type:
general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 20
(2018)
|
| Ecuador |
total:
137
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 6, oil tanker 34, other 96
(2018)
|
| Egypt |
total:
389
by type:
bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 33, oil tanker 36, other 298
(2018)
|
| El Salvador |
total:
2
by type:
other 2
(2018)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
total:
38
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 6, other 24
(2018)
|
| Eritrea |
total:
9
by type:
general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 4
(2018)
|
| Estonia |
total:
74
by type:
general cargo 8, oil tanker 6, other 60
(2018)
|
| Ethiopia |
total:
11
by type:
general cargo 9, oil tanker 2
(2018)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
total:
3
by type:
general cargo 1, other 2
(2018)
|
| Faroe Islands |
total:
100
by type:
container ship 3, general cargo 42, oil tanker 1, other 54
(2018)
|
| Fiji |
total:
60
by type:
general cargo 21, oil tanker 1, other 38
(2018)
|
| Finland |
total:
259
by type:
bulk carrier 7, container ship 1, general cargo 88, oil tanker 4, other 159
(2018)
|
| France |
total:
555
by type:
container ship 24, general cargo 73, oil tanker 29, other 429
(2018)
note: includes Monaco |
| French Polynesia |
total:
17
by type:
general cargo 8, other 9
(2018)
|
| Gabon |
total:
29
by type:
general cargo 11, oil tanker 1, other 17
(2018)
|
| Gambia, The |
total:
9
by type:
other 9
(2018)
|
| Georgia |
total:
82
by type:
bulk carrier 1, general cargo 24, oil tanker 2, other 55
(2018)
|
| Germany |
total:
629
by type:
bulk carrier 1, container ship 107, general cargo 92, oil tanker 36, other 393
(2018)
|
| Ghana |
total:
44
by type:
general cargo 6, oil tanker 2, other 36
(2018)
|
| Gibraltar |
total:
250
by type:
bulk carrier 11, container ship 26, general cargo 81, oil tanker 27, other 105
(2018)
|
| Greece |
total:
1,343
by type:
bulk carrier 191, container ship 6, general cargo 136, oil tanker 405, other 605
(2018)
|
| Greenland |
total:
8
by type:
general cargo 1, other 7
(2018)
|
| Grenada |
total:
6
by type:
general cargo 3, other 3
(2018)
|
| Guam |
total:
3
by type:
other 3
(2018)
|
| Guatemala |
total:
9
by type:
oil tanker 1, other 8
(2018)
|
| Guinea |
total:
1
by type:
other 1
(2018)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
total:
9
by type:
general cargo 5, other 4
(2018)
|
| Guyana |
total:
55
by type:
general cargo 26, oil tanker 7, other 22
(2018)
|
| Haiti |
total:
4
by type:
general cargo 3, other 1
(2018)
|
| Honduras |
total:
550
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 249, oil tanker 89, other 211
(2018)
|
| Hong Kong |
total:
2,615
by type:
bulk carrier 1143, container ship 499, general cargo 217, oil tanker 355, other 401
(2018)
|
| Iceland |
total:
33
by type:
general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 27
(2018)
|
| India |
total:
1,719
by type:
bulk carrier 75, container ship 22, general cargo 582, oil tanker 133, other 907
(2018)
|
| Indonesia |
total:
9,053
by type:
bulk carrier 97, container ship 205, general cargo 2203, oil tanker 567, other 5981
(2018)
|
| Iran |
total:
720
by type:
bulk carrier 31, container ship 25, general cargo 336, oil tanker 17, other 311
(2018)
|
| Iraq |
total:
80
by type:
general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 73
(2018)
|
| Ireland |
total:
88
by type:
bulk carrier 8, general cargo 34, oil tanker 1, other 45
(2018)
|
| Israel |
total:
42
by type:
container ship 5, general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 29
(2018)
|
| Italy |
total:
1,405
by type:
bulk carrier 59, container ship 10, general cargo 142, oil tanker 128, other 1066
(2018)
|
| Jamaica |
total:
43
by type:
bulk carrier 1, container ship 8, general cargo 10, oil tanker 1, other 23
(2018)
|
| Japan |
total:
5,299
by type:
bulk carrier 158, container ship 29, general cargo 1942, oil tanker 703, other 2467
(2018)
|
| Jordan |
total:
32
by type:
general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 23
(2018)
|
| Kazakhstan |
total:
121
by type:
general cargo 3, oil tanker 10, other 108
(2018)
|
| Kenya |
total:
22
by type:
general cargo 1, oil tanker 2, other 19
(2018)
|
| Kiribati |
total:
111
by type:
bulk carrier 3, general cargo 46, oil tanker 16, other 46
(2018)
|
| Korea, North |
total:
274
by type:
bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 198, oil tanker 31, other 32
(2018)
|
| Korea, South |
total:
1,897
by type:
bulk carrier 95, container ship 86, general cargo 379, oil tanker 196, other 1141
(2018)
|
| Kuwait |
total:
158
by type:
general cargo 18, oil tanker 26, other 114
(2018)
|
| Laos |
total:
1
by type:
general cargo 1
(2017)
|
| Latvia |
total:
68
by type:
general cargo 18, oil tanker 8, other 42
(2018)
|
| Lebanon |
total:
55
by type:
bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 40, oil tanker 1, other 12
(2018)
|
| Liberia |
total:
3,321
by type:
bulk carrier 1086, container ship 834, general cargo 130, oil tanker 723, other 548
(2018)
|
| Libya |
total:
98
by type:
general cargo 2, oil tanker 16, other 80
(2018)
|
| Lithuania |
total:
61
by type:
container ship 3, general cargo 28, oil tanker 2, other 28
(2018)
|
| Luxembourg |
total:
152
by type:
bulk carrier 4, container ship 9, general cargo 6, oil tanker 2, other 131
(2018)
|
| Macau |
total:
1
by type:
other 1
(2018)
|
| Madagascar |
total:
28
by type:
general cargo 15, oil tanker 3, other 10
(2018)
|
| Malaysia |
total:
1,704
by type:
bulk carrier 15, container ship 22, general cargo 182, oil tanker 137, other 1348
(2018)
|
| Maldives |
total:
67
by type:
bulk carrier 1, general cargo 27, oil tanker 15, other 24
(2018)
|
| Malta |
total:
2,205
by type:
bulk carrier 645, container ship 283, general cargo 288, oil tanker 391, other 598
(2018)
|
| Marshall Islands |
total:
3,419
by type:
bulk carrier 1437, container ship 256, general cargo 68, oil tanker 837, other 821
(2018)
|
| Mauritania |
total:
7
by type:
bulk carrier 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 3
(2018)
|
| Mauritius |
total:
28
by type:
general cargo 1, oil tanker 4, other 23
(2018)
|
| Mexico |
total:
617
by type:
bulk carrier 6, general cargo 11, oil tanker 35, other 565
(2018)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
total:
63
by type:
general cargo 40, oil tanker 6, other 17
(2018)
|
| Moldova |
total:
151
by type:
bulk carrier 3, container ship 3, general cargo 113, oil tanker 8, other 24
(2018)
|
| Mongolia |
total:
265
by type:
bulk carrier 4, container ship 3, general cargo 107, oil tanker 68, other 83
(2018)
|
| Montenegro |
total:
12
by type:
bulk carrier 4, other 8
(2018)
|
| Morocco |
total:
87
by type:
container ship 7, general cargo 6, oil tanker 3, other 71
(2018)
|
| Mozambique |
total:
27
by type:
general cargo 10, other 17
(2018)
|
| Namibia |
total:
10
by type:
general cargo 1, other 9
(2018)
|
| Netherlands |
total:
1,233
by type:
bulk carrier 13, container ship 41, general cargo 586, oil tanker 21, other 572
(2018)
|
| New Caledonia |
total:
10
by type:
general cargo 2, other 8
(2018)
|
| New Zealand |
total:
111
by type:
general cargo 15, oil tanker 6, other 90
(2018)
|
| Nicaragua |
total:
5
by type:
general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3
(2018)
|
| Niger |
total:
1
by type:
other 1
(2018)
|
| Nigeria |
total:
576
by type:
general cargo 14, oil tanker 90, other 472
(2018)
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
total:
1
by type:
other 1
(2018)
|
| Norway |
total:
1,581
by type:
bulk carrier 102, general cargo 249, oil tanker 81, other 1149
(2018)
|
| Oman |
total:
51
by type:
general cargo 9, other 42
(2018)
|
| Pakistan |
total:
53
by type:
bulk carrier 5, oil tanker 7, other 41
(2018)
|
| Panama |
total:
7,914
by type:
bulk carrier 2585, container ship 590, general cargo 1327, oil tanker 808, other 2604
(2018)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
total:
173
by type:
container ship 7, general cargo 79, oil tanker 3, other 84
(2018)
|
| Paraguay |
total:
80
by type:
container ship 3, general cargo 23, oil tanker 6, other 48
(2018)
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges |
| Peru |
total:
95
by type:
container ship 2, oil tanker 13, other 80
(2018)
|
| Philippines |
total:
1,615
by type:
bulk carrier 58, container ship 43, general cargo 654, oil tanker 191, other 669
(2018)
|
| Poland |
total:
148
by type:
bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 13, oil tanker 7, other 126
(2018)
|
| Portugal |
total:
576
by type:
bulk carrier 68, container ship 236, general cargo 84, oil tanker 11, other 177
(2018)
|
| Qatar |
total:
140
by type:
bulk carrier 10, container ship 5, general cargo 6, oil tanker 7, other 112
(2018)
|
| Romania |
total:
112
by type:
general cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 91
(2018)
|
| Russia |
total:
2,625
by type:
bulk carrier 15, container ship 13, general cargo 879, oil tanker 411, other 1307
(2018)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total:
240
by type:
bulk carrier 6, container ship 5, general cargo 44, oil tanker 55, other 130
(2018)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
total:
889
by type:
bulk carrier 22, container ship 14, general cargo 184, oil tanker 17, other 652
(2018)
|
| Samoa |
total:
13
by type:
general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 7
(2018)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
total:
15
by type:
general cargo 12, other 3
(2018)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
total:
380
by type:
bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 19, oil tanker 65, other 290
(2018)
|
| Senegal |
total:
28
by type:
general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 23
(2018)
|
| Seychelles |
total:
24
by type:
general cargo 4, oil tanker 6, other 14
(2018)
|
| Sierra Leone |
total:
469
by type:
bulk carrier 21, container ship 10, general cargo 255, oil tanker 68, other 115
(2018)
|
| Singapore |
total:
3,526
by type:
bulk carrier 603, container ship 490, general cargo 132, oil tanker 732, other 1,569
(2018)
|
| Slovenia |
total:
8
by type:
other 8
(2018)
|
| Solomon Islands |
total:
23
by type:
general cargo 6, other 17
(2018)
|
| Somalia |
total:
5
by type:
general cargo 1, other 4
(2018)
|
| South Africa |
total:
88
by type:
bulk carrier 2, general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 79
(2018)
|
| Spain |
total:
119
by type:
container ship 2, general cargo 17, oil tanker 12, other 88
(2019)
|
| Sri Lanka |
total:
87
by type:
bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 11, oil tanker 11, other 55
(2018)
|
| Sudan |
total:
18
by type:
general cargo 1, other 17
(2018)
|
| Suriname |
total:
10
by type:
general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 2
(2018)
|
| Sweden |
total:
359
by type:
general cargo 66, oil tanker 22, other 271
(2018)
|
| Switzerland |
total:
30
includes Liechtenstein
by type:
bulk carrier 24, general cargo 4, oil tanker 2
(2019)
|
| Syria |
total:
21
by type:
bulk carrier 1, general cargo 7, other 13
(2018)
|
| Taiwan |
total:
267
by type:
bulk carrier 18, container ship 59, general cargo 60, oil tanker 19, other 111
(2018)
|
| Tanzania |
total:
329
by type:
bulk carrier 6, container ship 9, general cargo 184, oil tanker 41, other 89
(2018)
|
| Thailand |
total:
807
by type:
bulk carrier 27, container ship 25, general cargo 91, oil tanker 241, other 423
(2018)
|
| Togo |
total:
327
by type:
bulk carrier 7, container ship 4, general cargo 215, oil tanker 42, other 59
(2018)
|
| Tonga |
total:
33
by type:
bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 15, oil tanker 1, other 15
(2018)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
total:
102
by type:
general cargo 1, other 101
(2018)
|
| Tunisia |
total:
66
by type:
general cargo 14, oil tanker 1, other 51
(2018)
|
| Turkey |
total:
1,277
by type:
bulk carrier 61, container ship 70, general cargo 305, oil tanker 139, other 702
(2018)
|
| Turkmenistan |
total:
72
by type:
general cargo 9, oil tanker 8, other 55
(2018)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
total:
4
by type:
general cargo 1, other 3
(2018)
|
| Tuvalu |
total:
254
by type:
bulk carrier 24, container ship 1, general cargo 41, oil tanker 25, other 163
(2018)
|
| Uganda |
total:
1
by type:
bulk carrier 1
(2017)
|
| Ukraine |
total:
417
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 92, oil tanker 14, other 310
(2018)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
total:
616
by type:
container ship 2, general cargo 103, oil tanker 22, other 489
(2018)
|
| United Kingdom |
total:
1,570
by type:
bulk carrier 129, container ship 109, general cargo 162, oil tanker 177, other 993
(2018)
|
| United States |
total:
3,692
by type:
bulk carrier 5, container ship 61, general cargo 115, oil tanker 71, other 3440
(2018)
|
| Uruguay |
total:
57
by type:
container ship 1, general cargo 6, oil tanker 3, other 47
(2018)
|
| Vanuatu |
total:
405
by type:
bulk carrier 27, container ship 1, general cargo 35, other 342
(2018)
|
| Venezuela |
total:
269
by type:
bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 30, oil tanker 26, other 208
(2018)
|
| Vietnam |
total:
1,863
by type:
bulk carrier 83, container ship 38, general cargo 1266, oil tanker 114, other 362
(2018)
|
| World |
total:
92,647
by type:
bulk carrier 11,115, container ship 5,145, general cargo 19,128, oil tanker 10,252, other 47,007
(2018)
|
| Yemen |
total:
31
by type:
general cargo 3, oil tanker 4, other 24
(2018)
|
| Zambia |
total:
1
by type:
other 1
(2017)
|