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 by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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