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Merchant marine
Merchant marine compares 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.
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Country
Date of Information
1
Indonesia
10,137
2
Panama
7,886
3
China
6,197
4
Japan
5,041
5
Liberia
3,716
6
Marshall Islands
3,683
7
United States
3,652
8
Singapore
3,420
9
Russia
2,808
10
Hong Kong
2,694
11
Malta
2,207
12
Vietnam
1,909
13
Korea, South
1,889
14
Virgin Islands
1,868
15
Malaysia
1,772
16
India
1,768
17
Philippines
1,747
18
Norway
1,619
19
Bahamas, The
1,381
20
Italy
1,310
21
United Kingdom
1,304
22
Greece
1,294
23
Turkey
1,216
24
Netherlands
1,200
25
Cyprus
1,065
26
Iran
877
27
Brazil
875
28
Thailand
840
29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
813
30
Belize
790
31
Nigeria
728
32
Antigua and Barbuda
727
33
Denmark
692
34
Canada
691
35
Portugal
673
36
Mexico
668
37
United Arab Emirates
640
38
Germany
607
39
Australia
581
40
Sierra Leone
557
41
France
545
42
Honduras
514
43
Spain
474
44
Bangladesh
427
45
Togo
415
46
Ukraine
409
47
Taiwan
407
48
Egypt
402
49
Saudi Arabia
376
50
Sweden
368
51
Vanuatu
345
52
Croatia
343
53
Tanzania
315
54
Azerbaijan
303
55
Mongolia
294
56
Venezuela
282
57
Finland
274
58
Korea, North
261
59
Cambodia
257
60
Tuvalu
246
61
Comoros
244
62
Bahrain
234
63
Palau
232
64
Chile
229
65
Saint Kitts and Nevis
218
66
Gibraltar
217
67
Cook Islands
204
68
Belgium
203
69
Argentina
199
70
Papua New Guinea
175
71
Cayman Islands
163
72
Kuwait
159
73
Luxembourg
150
74
Ecuador
147
75
Barbados
145
76
Poland
142
77
Bermuda
138
78
Qatar
131
79
Kazakhstan
128
80
Moldova
127
81
Colombia
120
82
Romania
120
83
Algeria
114
84
New Zealand
114
85
Paraguay
110
86
South Africa
103
87
Trinidad and Tobago
103
88
Brunei
102
89
Faroe Islands
100
90
Dominica
98
91
Peru
97
92
Sri Lanka
96
93
Ireland
95
94
Libya
94
95
Burma
93
96
Morocco
88
97
Kiribati
87
98
Bulgaria
81
99
Georgia
81
100
Albania
70
101
Fiji
70
102
Tunisia
69
103
Iraq
68
104
Turkmenistan
68
105
Estonia
67
106
Maldives
67
107
Niue
67
108
Curacao
66
109
Latvia
66
110
Cameroon
61
111
Lithuania
61
112
Uruguay
60
113
Guyana
58
114
Pakistan
57
115
Cuba
55
116
Oman
55
117
Angola
54
118
Lebanon
52
119
Ghana
50
120
Jamaica
46
121
Cabo Verde
43
122
Bolivia
42
123
Israel
41
124
Equatorial Guinea
40
125
Gabon
40
126
Iceland
40
127
Dominican Republic
38
128
Micronesia, Federated States of
38
129
Tonga
36
130
Jordan
35
131
Senegal
34
132
Yemen
33
133
British Virgin Islands
31
134
Mauritius
30
135
Madagascar
29
136
Mozambique
29
137
Liechtenstein
28
138
Switzerland
28
139
New Caledonia
26
140
Seychelles
26
141
Syria
26
142
Cote d'Ivoire
25
143
French Polynesia
24
144
Kenya
24
145
Solomon Islands
24
146
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
21
147
Djibouti
18
148
Sao Tome and Principe
17
149
Montenegro
16
150
Sudan
15
151
Namibia
14
152
Samoa
12
153
Congo, Republic of the
11
154
Ethiopia
11
155
Costa Rica
10
156
Suriname
10
157
Eritrea
9
158
Slovenia
9
159
Gambia, The
8
160
Greenland
8
161
Guatemala
8
162
Guinea-Bissau
8
163
Benin
6
164
Grenada
6
165
Mauritania
5
166
Nauru
5
167
Nicaragua
5
168
Belarus
4
169
Haiti
4
170
Somalia
4
171
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
3
172
Guam
3
173
Turks and Caicos Islands
3
174
Anguilla
2
175
El Salvador
2
176
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2
177
Guinea
2
178
Hungary
1
179
Laos
1
180
Macau
1
181
Niger
1
182
Northern Mariana Islands
1
183
Timor-Leste
1
184
Uganda
1
185
Zambia
1