Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. This entry contains information in four fields - total, ships by type, foreign-owned, and registered in other countries.
Total includes the number of ships (1,000 GRT or over), total DWT for those ships, and total GRT for those ships. DWT or dead weight tonnage is the total weight of cargo, plus bunkers, stores, etc., that a ship can carry when immersed to the appropriate load line. GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton; there is no stable relationship between GRT and DWT.
Ships by type includes a listing of barge carriers, bulk cargo ships, cargo ships, chemical tankers, combination bulk carriers, combination ore/oil carriers, container ships, liquefied gas tankers, livestock carriers, multifunctional large-load carriers, petroleum tankers, passenger ships, passenger/cargo ships, railcar carriers, refrigerated cargo ships, roll-on/roll-off cargo ships, short-sea passenger ships, specialized tankers, and vehicle carriers.
Foreign-owned are ships that fly the flag of one country but belong to owners in another.
Registered in other countries are ships that belong to owners in one country but fly the flag of another.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	Panama	6,379		2010
2	.	Liberia	2,512		2010
3	.	China	2,010		2010
4	.	Malta	1,571		2010
5	.	Hong Kong	1,429		2010
6	.	Singapore	1,422		2010
7	.	Marshall Islands	1,381		2010
8	.	Indonesia	1,244		2010
9	.	Antigua and Barbuda	1,219		2010
10	.	Bahamas, The	1,170		2010
11	.	Russia	1,097		2010
12	.	Greece	886		2010
13	.	Cyprus	839		2010
14	.	Korea, South	819		2010
15	.	Netherlands	706		2010
16	.	Japan	673		2010
17	.	Italy	667		2010
18	.	Turkey	645		2010
19	.	Norway	632		2010
20	.	Cambodia	620		2010
21	.	Vietnam	537		2010
22	.	United Kingdom	527		2010
23	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	444		2010
24	.	Philippines	428		2010
25	.	Germany	421		2010
26	.	United States	418		2010
27	.	Thailand	382		2010
28	.	Denmark	347		2010
29	.	India	324		2010
30	.	Malaysia	321		2010
31	.	Isle of Man	292		2010
32	.	Gibraltar	265		2010
33	.	Belize	231		2010
34	.	Georgia	193		2010
35	.	Sierra Leone	189		2010
36	.	Canada	184		2010
37	.	Comoros	177		2010
38	.	France	167		2010
39	.	Sweden	163		2010
40	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	160		2010
41	.	Ukraine	160		2010
42	.	Korea, North	158		2010
43	.	Bermuda	139		2010
44	.	Spain	138		2010
45	.	Brazil	126		2010
46	.	Cayman Islands	113		2010
47	.	Portugal	111		2010
48	.	Moldova	107		2010
49	.	Honduras	104		2010
50	.	Taiwan	101		2010
51	.	Nigeria	98		2010
52	.	Barbados	95		2010
53	.	Finland	93		2010
54	.	Azerbaijan	92		2010
55	.	Belgium	81		2010
56	.	Croatia	75		2010
57	.	Saudi Arabia	74		2010
58	.	Iran	74		2010
59	.	Tanzania	72		2010
60	.	Vanuatu	72		2010
61	.	Kiribati	71		2010
62	.	Monaco	68		2010
63	.	Egypt	66		2010
64	.	Tuvalu	66		2010
65	.	Mexico	60		2010
66	.	Venezuela	59		2010
67	.	Mongolia	58		2010
68	.	United Arab Emirates	57		2010
69	.	Togo	53		2010
70	.	Bangladesh	50		2010
71	.	Chile	48		2010
72	.	Luxembourg	47		2010
73	.	Australia	45		2010
74	.	Argentina	43		2010
75	.	Lithuania	42		2010
76	.	Syria	41		2010
77	.	Ecuador	41		2010
78	.	Dominica	40		2010
79	.	Bulgaria	37		2010
80	.	Switzerland	35		2010
81	.	Algeria	35		2010
82	.	Cook Islands	34		2010
83	.	Morocco	30		2010
84	.	Kuwait	30		2010
85	.	Qatar	29		2010
86	.	Lebanon	29		2010
87	.	Papua New Guinea	28		2010
88	.	Ireland	28		2010
89	.	Libya	27		2010
90	.	Burma	26		2010
91	.	Faroe Islands	26		2010
92	.	Slovenia	25		2010
93	.	Albania	25		2010
94	.	Estonia	24		2010
95	.	Maldives	24		2010
96	.	Paraguay	23		2010
97	.	Slovakia	23		2010
98	.	Sri Lanka	22		2010
99	.	Bolivia	22		2010
100	.	Jamaica	19		2010
101	.	Uruguay	18		2010
102	.	Romania	15		2010
103	.	New Zealand	14		2010
104	.	Peru	13		2010
105	.	Cape Verde	13		2010
106	.	Colombia	13		2010
107	.	French Polynesia	13		2010
108	.	Latvia	13		2010
109	.	Jordan	13		2010
110	.	Tunisia	11		2010
111	.	Jersey	11		2010
112	.	Pakistan	10		2010
113	.	Poland	10		2010
114	.	Tonga	10		2010
115	.	Fiji	10		2010
116	.	Israel	10		2010
117	.	Seychelles	9		2010
118	.	Brunei	9		2010
119	.	Ethiopia	9		2010
120	.	Turkmenistan	9		2010
121	.	Wallis and Futuna	8		2008
122	.	Guyana	8		2010
123	.	Kazakhstan	8		2010
124	.	Madagascar	8		2010
125	.	Angola	7		2010
126	.	Bahrain	7		2010
127	.	Yemen	6		2010
128	.	Trinidad and Tobago	6		2010
129	.	Cuba	5		2010
130	.	Gambia, The	5		2010
131	.	Oman	4		2010
132	.	South Africa	4		2010
133	.	Eritrea	4		2010
134	.	Ghana	4		2010
135	.	Equatorial Guinea	4		2010
136	.	New Caledonia	3		2010
137	.	Puerto Rico	3		2008
138	.	Sao Tome and Principe	3		2010
139	.	Mauritius	3		2010
140	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	3		2010
141	.	Samoa	2		2010
142	.	Sudan	2		2010
143	.	Gabon	2		2010
144	.	Mozambique	2		2010
145	.	Montenegro	2		2010
146	.	Iraq	2		2010
147	.	Iceland	2		2010
148	.	Austria	2		2010
149	.	Senegal	1		2010
150	.	Suriname	1		2008
151	.	Somalia	1		2008
152	.	Timor-Leste	1		2010
153	.	Congo, Republic of the	1		2010
154	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1		2010
155	.	Czech Republic	1		2010
156	.	Costa Rica	1		2010
157	.	Dominican Republic	1		2008
158	.	Greenland	1		2010
159	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	1		2008
160	.	Namibia	1		2010
161	.	Laos	1		2008
162	.	Kenya	1		2010
163	.	British Virgin Islands	1		2008
164	.	Zambia	NA		NA
165	.	Niue	NA		NA
166	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
167	.	Niger	NA		NA
168	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
169	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
170	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
171	.	Palau	NA		NA
172	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
173	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
174	.	San Marino	NA		NA
175	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
176	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
177	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
178	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
179	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
180	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
181	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
182	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
183	.	Serbia	NA		NA
184	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
185	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
186	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
187	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
188	.	Tajikistan	NA		NA
189	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
190	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
191	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
192	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
193	.	Chad	NA		NA
194	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
195	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
196	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
197	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
198	.	Botswana	NA		NA
199	.	Burundi	NA		NA
200	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
201	.	Belarus	NA		NA
202	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
203	.	Curacao	NA		NA
204	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
205	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
206	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
207	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
208	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
209	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
210	.	European Union	NA		NA
211	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
212	.	El Salvador	NA		NA
213	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
214	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
215	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
216	.	Uganda	NA		NA
217	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
218	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
219	.	West Bank	NA		NA
220	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
221	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
222	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
223	.	World	NA		NA
224	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
225	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
226	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
227	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
228	.	Malawi	NA		NA
229	.	Mali	NA		NA
230	.	Nepal	NA		NA
231	.	Nauru	NA		NA
232	.	Guinea	NA		NA
233	.	Haiti	NA		NA
234	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
235	.	Hungary	NA		NA
236	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
237	.	Grenada	NA		NA
238	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
239	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
240	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
241	.	Guam	NA		NA
242	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
243	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
244	.	Macedonia	NA		NA
245	.	Macau	NA		NA
246	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
247	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
248	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
249	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
250	.	Armenia	NA		NA
251	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
252	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
253	.	Aruba	NA		NA
254	.	Andorra	NA		NA
255	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
256	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
257	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
258	.	Benin	NA		NA
259	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Merchant marine(ships) 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Merchant marine(ships) 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Merchant marine(ships) 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.