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	6,413		2010
2	.	Liberia	2,771		2010
3	.	China	2,030		2010
4	.	Malta	1,650		2010
5	.	Hong Kong	1,644		2010
6	.	Singapore	1,599		2010
7	.	Marshall Islands	1,593		2010
8	.	Indonesia	1,340		2010
9	.	Antigua and Barbuda	1,257		2010
10	.	Bahamas, The	1,160		2010
11	.	Russia	1,143		2010
12	.	Greece	860		2010
13	.	Cyprus	838		2010
14	.	Korea, South	786		2010
15	.	Netherlands	744		2010
16	.	Japan	684		2010
17	.	Italy	681		2010
18	.	Turkey	629		2010
19	.	Norway	585		2010
20	.	Vietnam	579		2010
21	.	Cambodia	544		2010
22	.	United Kingdom	504		2010
23	.	Philippines	446		2010
24	.	Germany	427		2010
25	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	412		2010
26	.	United States	393		2010
27	.	Denmark	367		2010
28	.	Thailand	363		2010
29	.	India	340		2010
30	.	Isle of Man	321		2010
31	.	Malaysia	315		2010
32	.	Gibraltar	267		2010
33	.	Belize	247		2010
34	.	Sierra Leone	215		2010
35	.	Canada	181		2010
36	.	France	162		2010
37	.	Korea, North	158		2010
38	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	152		2010
39	.	Comoros	149		2010
40	.	Georgia	142		2010
41	.	Bermuda	139		2010
42	.	Sweden	135		2010
43	.	Ukraine	134		2010
44	.	Spain	132		2010
45	.	Moldova	121		2010
46	.	Cayman Islands	116		2010
47	.	Taiwan	112		2010
48	.	Portugal	109		2010
49	.	Barbados	109		2010
50	.	Brazil	109		2010
51	.	Finland	97		2010
52	.	Tanzania	94		2010
53	.	Azerbaijan	90		2010
54	.	Nigeria	89		2010
55	.	Honduras	88		2010
56	.	Belgium	87		2010
57	.	Vanuatu	77		2010
58	.	Croatia	77		2010
59	.	Kiribati	77		2010
60	.	Iran	76		2010
61	.	Saudi Arabia	72		2010
62	.	Egypt	67		2010
63	.	Monaco	64		2010
64	.	Bangladesh	62		2010
65	.	Togo	61		2010
66	.	United Arab Emirates	61		2010
67	.	Tuvalu	58		2010
68	.	Mongolia	57		2010
69	.	Venezuela	53		2010
70	.	Mexico	52		2010
71	.	Luxembourg	49		2010
72	.	Ecuador	44		2010
73	.	Dominica	43		2010
74	.	Chile	42		2010
75	.	Australia	41		2010
76	.	Switzerland	38		2010
77	.	Lithuania	38		2010
78	.	Algeria	38		2010
79	.	Faroe Islands	37		2010
80	.	Argentina	36		2010
81	.	Cook Islands	35		2010
82	.	Kuwait	34		2010
83	.	Papua New Guinea	31		2010
84	.	Ireland	31		2010
85	.	Lebanon	29		2010
86	.	Burma	29		2010
87	.	Qatar	28		2010
88	.	Morocco	26		2010
89	.	Estonia	25		2010
90	.	Slovenia	24		2010
91	.	Libya	23		2010
92	.	Peru	22		2010
93	.	Bulgaria	22		2010
94	.	Sri Lanka	21		2010
95	.	Syria	19		2010
96	.	Paraguay	19		2010
97	.	Maldives	18		2010
98	.	Bolivia	18		2010
99	.	Albania	17		2010
100	.	Uruguay	16		2010
101	.	New Zealand	15		2010
102	.	Jersey	14		2010
103	.	Jamaica	14		2010
104	.	Cape Verde	13		2010
105	.	Jordan	12		2010
106	.	Colombia	12		2010
107	.	French Polynesia	12		2010
108	.	Slovakia	11		2010
109	.	Turkmenistan	11		2010
110	.	Pakistan	11		2010
111	.	Latvia	11		2010
112	.	Kazakhstan	11		2010
113	.	Fiji	11		2010
114	.	Guyana	10		2010
115	.	Tunisia	9		2010
116	.	Poland	9		2010
117	.	Seychelles	9		2010
118	.	Brunei	9		2010
119	.	Israel	8		2010
120	.	Ethiopia	8		2010
121	.	Bahrain	8		2010
122	.	Tonga	7		2010
123	.	Angola	7		2010
124	.	Oman	5		2010
125	.	Romania	5		2010
126	.	Kenya	5		2010
127	.	Equatorial Guinea	5		2010
128	.	Yemen	5		2010
129	.	Trinidad and Tobago	4		2010
130	.	Mauritius	4		2010
131	.	Gambia, The	4		2010
132	.	Eritrea	4		2010
133	.	Ghana	4		2010
134	.	South Africa	3		2010
135	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	3		2010
136	.	New Caledonia	3		2010
137	.	Cuba	3		2010
138	.	Sao Tome and Principe	3		2010
139	.	Austria	3		2010
140	.	Sudan	2		2010
141	.	Montenegro	2		2010
142	.	Mozambique	2		2010
143	.	Samoa	2		2010
144	.	Iraq	2		2010
145	.	Gabon	2		2010
146	.	Iceland	2		2010
147	.	Somalia	1		2008
148	.	Timor-Leste	1		2010
149	.	Madagascar	1		2010
150	.	Namibia	1		2010
151	.	Czech Republic	1		2010
152	.	Costa Rica	1		2010
153	.	Congo, Republic of the	1		2010
154	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1		2010
155	.	Senegal	1		2010
156	.	Greenland	1		2010
157	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
158	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
159	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
160	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
161	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
162	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
163	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
164	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
165	.	Suriname	NA		NA
166	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
167	.	Uganda	NA		NA
168	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
169	.	Tajikistan	NA		NA
170	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
171	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
172	.	West Bank	NA		NA
173	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
174	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
175	.	World	NA		NA
176	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
177	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
178	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
179	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
180	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
181	.	Palau	NA		NA
182	.	Niue	NA		NA
183	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
185	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
186	.	Niger	NA		NA
187	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
188	.	Malawi	NA		NA
189	.	Mali	NA		NA
190	.	Laos	NA		NA
191	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
192	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
193	.	Macedonia	NA		NA
194	.	Macau	NA		NA
195	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
196	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
197	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
198	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
199	.	Nauru	NA		NA
200	.	Nepal	NA		NA
201	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
202	.	El Salvador	NA		NA
203	.	Dominican Republic	NA		NA
204	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
205	.	Curacao	NA		NA
206	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
207	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
208	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
209	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
210	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
211	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
212	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
213	.	San Marino	NA		NA
214	.	Serbia	NA		NA
215	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
216	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
217	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
218	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
219	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
220	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
221	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
222	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
223	.	Burundi	NA		NA
224	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
225	.	Chad	NA		NA
226	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
227	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
228	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
229	.	European Union	NA		NA
230	.	Haiti	NA		NA
231	.	Guinea	NA		NA
232	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
233	.	Grenada	NA		NA
234	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
235	.	Hungary	NA		NA
236	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
237	.	Guam	NA		NA
238	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
239	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
240	.	Zambia	NA		NA
241	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
242	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
243	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
244	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
245	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
246	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
247	.	Aruba	NA		NA
248	.	Andorra	NA		NA
249	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
250	.	Armenia	NA		NA
251	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
252	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
253	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
254	.	Botswana	NA		NA
255	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
256	.	Benin	NA		NA
257	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
258	.	Belarus	NA		NA
259	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA