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This entry provides the total and the number of each type of privately or publicly owned commercial ship for each country; military ships are not included. There are five types of merchant marine ships:
bulk carrier - for cargo such as coal, grain, cement, ores, and gravel
container ship - for loads in truck-size containers (a transportation system called containerization)
general cargo - also referred to as break-bulk containers, for a wide variety of packaged merchandise
oil tanker - for crude oil and petroleum products
other - includes chemical carriers, dredgers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, refrigerated cargo ships called reefers, tugboats, passenger vessels (cruise and ferry), and offshore supply ships
Algeria
total: 119 (2022)by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 14, other 89
Antigua and Barbuda
total: 614 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 24, container ship 109, general cargo 425, oil tanker 6, other 50
Argentina
total: 201 (2023)by type: container ship 1, bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 158
Bahamas, The
total: 1,274 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 345, container ship 39, general cargo 58, oil tanker 193, other 639
Bangladesh
total: 558 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 68, container ship 10, general cargo 170, oil tanker 162, other 148
Belgium
total: 198 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 17, container ship 2, general cargo 16, oil tanker 21, other 142
Brazil
total: 888 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 13, container ship 20, general cargo 38, oil tanker 27, other 790
Canada
total: 716 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 22, container ship 1, general cargo 78, oil tanker 15, other 600
Cayman Islands
total: 130 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 29, container ship 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 20, other 77
Chile
total: 249 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 5, general cargo 66, oil tanker 14, other 161
China
total: 8,314 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1,831, container ship 419, general cargo 1,392, oil tanker 1,196, other 3,476
Comoros
total: 273 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 17, container ship 7, general cargo 125, oil tanker 36, other 88
Cyprus
total: 1,005 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 243, container ship 154, general cargo 211, oil tanker 47, other 350
Denmark
total: 715 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 15, container ship 132, general cargo 69, oil tanker 107, other 392
Djibouti
total: 40 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 4, oil tanker 13, other 21
Dominican Republic
total: 40 (2023)by type: container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 36
Egypt
total: 441 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 6, general cargo 23, oil tanker 42, other 356
France
total: 553 (2023)by type: container ship 32, general cargo 48, oil tanker 25, other 448
note: includes Monaco
Germany
total: 595 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 69, general cargo 82, oil tanker 32, other 411
Gibraltar
total: 129 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 31, oil tanker 16, other 69
Greece
total: 1,215 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 132, container ship 4, general cargo 79, oil tanker 299, other 701
Hong Kong
total: 2,537 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1,047, container ship 560, general cargo 144, oil tanker 394, other 392
India
total: 1,859 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 66, container ship 22, general cargo 607, oil tanker 144, other 1020
Indonesia
total: 11,422 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 160, container ship 219, general cargo 2,347, oil tanker 714, other 7,982
Iran
total: 965 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 32, container ship 28, general cargo 398, oil tanker 86, other 421
Isle of Man
total: 269 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 102, container ship 6, general cargo 27, oil tanker 56, other 78
Italy
total: 1,276 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 17, container ship 6, general cargo 109, oil tanker 95, other 1,049
Japan
total: 5,229 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 166, container ship 49, general cargo 1,893, oil tanker 666, other 2,455
Korea, North
total: 264 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 10, container ship 5, general cargo 191, oil tanker 29, other 29
Korea, South
total: 2,149 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 93, container ship 115, general cargo 362, oil tanker 219, other 1,360
Lebanon
total: 51 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 2, container ship 1, general cargo 30, oil tanker 1, other 17
Liberia
total: 4,821 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1,895, container ship 1,013, general cargo 170, oil tanker 1,038, other 705
Liechtenstein
total: 17 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 14, general cargo 1, other 2 (includes Switzerland)
Luxembourg
total: 147 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 24, oil tanker 4, other 115
Malaysia
total: 1,750 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 35, general cargo 169, oil tanker 148, other 1,384
Malta
total: 1,957 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 490, container ship 348, general cargo 152, oil tanker 354, other 613
Marshall Islands
total: 4,180 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1,939, container ship 277, general cargo 66, oil tanker 1039, other 859
Moldova
total: 75 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 44, oil tanker 7, other 22
Monaco
total: 1Mongolia
total: 318 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 8, general cargo 151, oil tanker 58, other 93
Netherlands
total: 1,187 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 11, container ship 36, general cargo 521, oil tanker 27, other 592
Niue
total: 70 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 2, general cargo 29, oil tanker 4, other 30
Norway
total: 1,720 (2022)by type: bulk carrier 109, container ship 1, general cargo 274, oil tanker 95, other 1,241
Palau
total: 427 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 49, container ship 8, general cargo 200, oil tanker 52, other 118
Panama
total: 8,174 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 2732, container ship 671, general cargo 1,428, oil tanker 866, other 2,477
Papua New Guinea
total: 205 (2023)by type: container ship 6, general cargo 89, oil tanker 4, other 106
Philippines
total: 2,203 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 52, container ship 43, general cargo 955, oil tanker 207, other 946
Portugal
total: 888 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 110, container ship 299, general cargo 191, oil tanker 29, other 259
Qatar
total: 123 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 4, general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 108
Russia
total: 2,910 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 15, container ship 20, general cargo 976, oil tanker 387, other 1,512
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 341 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 22, container ship 16, general cargo 85, oil tanker 59, other 159
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 830 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 30, container ship 18, general cargo 137, oil tanker 16, other 629
Saudi Arabia
total: 433 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 20, oil tanker 55, other 348
Sierra Leone
total: 584 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 33, container ship 8, general cargo 320, oil tanker 97, other 126
Singapore
total: 3,202 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 591, container ship 604, general cargo 107, oil tanker 600, other 1,300
Switzerland
total: 17 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 14, general cargo 1, other 2 (includes Liechtenstein)
Syria
total: 24 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 13
Taiwan
total: 465 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 29, container ship 53, general cargo 58, oil tanker 35, other 290
Tanzania
total: 381 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 17, general cargo 170, oil tanker 58, other 132
Thailand
total: 884 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 28, container ship 28, general cargo 88, oil tanker 251, other 489
Togo
total: 397 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 10, general cargo 250, oil tanker 56, other 80
Turkey (Turkiye)
total: 1,170 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 43, container ship 43, general cargo 223, oil tanker 134, other 727
Tuvalu
total: 270 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 21, container ship 3, general cargo 29, oil tanker 19, other 198
United Arab Emirates
total: 655 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 2, container ship 3, general cargo 122, oil tanker 16, other 512
United Kingdom
total: 868 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 34, container ship 46, general cargo 62, oil tanker 13, other 713
note: includes Channel Islands (total fleet 2; general cargo 1, other 1); excludes Isle of Man
United States
total: 3,533 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 60, general cargo 96, oil tanker 68, other 3,305
note - oceangoing self-propelled, cargo-carrying vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above
Venezuela
total: 272 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 17, other 225
Vietnam
total: 1,973 (2022)by type: bulk carrier 117, container ship 45, general cargo 1,176, oil tanker 134, other 501
World
total: 103,577 (2023)by type: bulk carrier 13,141, container ship 5,815, general cargo 19,918, oil tanker 11,604, other 53,099