List of merchant navy capacity by country

Present-day merchant shipping in the world's oceans

List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state. The table is based on the annual maritime shipping statistics provided by the British Government and the Department for Transport. It is complete and correct for the year ending 2012.[1] Statistics are published on an annual basis every September. 2022 numbers are given for actual country of ownership for dwt tonnage.

While countries such as Panama may appear to possess a large merchant navy, this is a result of much of it being managed by foreign overseas companies (such as those based in the United Kingdom and the United States). This is known as flag of convenience.

For example, although the British Merchant Navy totals 30.0 million GT and 40.7 million DWT in shipping, actual UK merchant navy interests worldwide consists of 59.4 million GT and 75.2 million DWT in shipping.[2] This largely includes the merchant navies of British Overseas Territories and UK merchant navy interests in former colonies.

The table

N° Country (or territory) Gross tonnage (millions)[1] Deadweight tonnage (millions)[1]
World 1,034.3 2,180 (2022)
1  Panama 215.8 0 (2022)
 European Union 205.1 293.2
2  Liberia 123.8 0 (2022)
3  Marshall Islands 81.1 0 (2022)
4  Hong Kong (China) 78.5 111 (2022)
5  Singapore 59.2 136 (2022)
6  Bahamas 48.3 0 (2022)
7  Malta 45.0 0 (2022)
8  Greece 41.1 384 (2022)
9  China 38.8 277 (2022)
10  United Kingdom 30.0 58.7 (2022)
11  Cyprus 19.7 01
12  Spain 18.5 25.3
13  Italy 18.0 21.1
14  Japan 17.8 236 (2022)
15  Norway 14.4 59.9 (2022)
16  Germany 13.7 79 (2022)
17  Denmark 11.3 13.8
18  South Korea 11.1 92.3 (2022)
19  Bermuda (UK) 10.9 63.4 (2022)
22  United States 9.9 11.2
23  India 8.5 14.6
24  Netherlands 6.6 7.2
25  Turkey 6.4 9.7
26  Malaysia 6.2 8.4
27  France 5.6 6.9
28  Russia 5.1 6.4
29  Philippines 4.3 6.0
30  Cayman Islands (UK) 3.2 3.8
31  Taiwan 3.0 4.6
32  Sweden 2.8 1.4
33  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8 3.9
34  Thailand 2.6 4.1
35  Canada 2.4 3.0
36  Kuwait 2.4 4.1
37  Iran 2.1 2.9
38  Brazil 1.9 2.9
39  Cambodia 1.3 1.6

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "World fleet registered vessels (FLE05)". gov.uk/. HM Government. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Trading fleets and ships (FLE01)". gov.uk/. HM Government. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ https://hbs.unctad.org/merchant-fleet/