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