Merchant marine
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; the five ships by type include: 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, such as textiles, furniture and machinery; 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
Albania
total: 69
by type: general cargo 47, oil tanker 1, other 21 (2022)Algeria
total: 119
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 14, other 89 (2022)Angola
total: 58
by type: general cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 37 (2022)Anguilla
total: 2
by type: other 2 (2022)Antigua and Barbuda
total: 638
by type: bulk carrier 26, container ship 112, general cargo 443, oil tanker 4, other 53 (2022)Argentina
total: 203
by type: container ship 1, bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 160 (2022)Aruba
total: 1
by type: other 1 (2022)Australia
total: 587
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 77, oil tanker 6, other 502 (2022)Austria
total: 1
by type: other 1 (2022)Azerbaijan
total: 309
by type: general cargo 38, oil tanker 44, other 227 (2022)Bahamas, The
total: 1,307
by type: bulk carrier 337, container ship 40, general cargo 63, oil tanker 213, other 654 (2022)Bahrain
total: 190
by type: general cargo 11, oil tanker 3, other 176 (2022)Bangladesh
total: 511
by type: bulk carrier 56, container ship 10, general cargo 150, oil tanker 152, other 143 (2022)Barbados
total: 195
by type: bulk carrier 61, general cargo 114, other 20 (2022)Belarus
total: 4
by type: other 4 (2022)Belgium
total: 199
by type: bulk carrier 18, container ship 3, general cargo 15, oil tanker 23, other 140 (2022)Belize
total: 817
by type: bulk carrier 51, general cargo 433, oil tanker 67, other 266 (2022)Benin
total: 7
by type: other 7 (2022)Bermuda
total: 135
by type: container ship 14, oil tanker 15, other 106 (2022)Bolivia
total: 46
by type: general cargo 29, oil tanker 3, other 14 (2022)Brazil
total: 877
by type: bulk carrier 11, container ship 20, general cargo 40, oil tanker 27, other 779 (2022)British Virgin Islands
total: 30
by type: general cargo 3, other 27 (2022)Brunei
total: 98
by type: general cargo 18, oil tanker 3, other 77 (2022)Bulgaria
total: 80
by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 14, oil tanker 8, other 55 (2022)Burma
total: 102
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 45, oil tanker 5, other 51 (2022)Cabo Verde
total: 47
by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 3, other 28 (2022)Cambodia
total: 242
by type: container ship 2, general cargo 159, oil tanker 18, other 63 (2022)Cameroon
total: 121
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 45, oil tanker 33, other 41 (2022)Canada
total: 689
by type: bulk carrier 21, container ship 1, general cargo 65, oil tanker 15, other 587 (2022)Cayman Islands
total: 139
by type: bulk carrier 29, container ship 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 20, other 86 (2022)Chile
total: 239
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 5, general cargo 64, oil tanker 14, other 152 (2022)China
total: 7,362
by type: bulk carrier 1,684, container ship 355, general cargo 1,164, oil tanker 1,133, other 3,026 (2022)Colombia
total: 148
by type: general cargo 28, oil tanker 12, other 108 (2022)Comoros
total: 248
by type: bulk carrier 10, container ship 6, general cargo 108, oil tanker 38, other 86 (2022)Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 23
by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 2, other 16 (2022)Congo, Republic of the
total: 11
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9 (2022)Cook Islands
total: 189
by type: bulk carrier 20, general cargo 53, oil tanker 51, other 65 (2022)Costa Rica
total: 11
by type: other 11 (2022)Cote d'Ivoire
total: 25
by type: oil tanker 2, other 23 (2022)Croatia
total: 376
by type: bulk carrier 12, general cargo 33, oil tanker 14, other 317 (2022)Cuba
total: 64
by type: general cargo 13, oil tanker 10, other 41 (2022)Curacao
total: 59
by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 53 (2022)Cyprus
total: 1,030
by type: bulk carrier 255, container ship 169, general cargo 200, oil tanker 61, other 345 (2022)Denmark
total: 731
by type: bulk carrier 13, container ship 137, general cargo 70, oil tanker 118, other 393 (2022)Djibouti
total: 42
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 4, oil tanker 15, other 21 (2022)Dominica
total: 84
by type: general cargo 31, oil tanker 13, other 40 (2022)Dominican Republic
total: 38
by type: container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 34 (2022)Ecuador
total: 147
by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 28, other 110 (2022)Egypt
total: 436
by type: bulk carrier 15, container ship 6, general cargo 27, oil tanker 41, other 347 (2022)El Salvador
total: 4
by type: other 4 (2022)Equatorial Guinea
total: 46
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 12, oil tanker 7, other 26 (2022)Eritrea
total: 9
by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 4 (2022)Estonia
total: 70
by type: general cargo 2, oil tanker 3, other 65 (2022)Ethiopia
total: 12
by type: general cargo 10, oil tanker 2 (2022)Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total: 2
by type: general cargo 1, other 1 (2022)Faroe Islands
total: 91
by type: container ships 6, general cargo 43, other 42 (2022)Fiji
total: 75
by type: general cargo 21, oil tanker 4, other 50 (2022)Finland
total: 278
by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 74, oil tanker 5, other 189 (2022)France
total: 549
by type: container ship 32, general cargo 49, oil tanker 26, other 442 (2022)
note: includes MonacoFrench Polynesia
total: 25
by type: general cargo 14, other 11 (2022)French Southern and Antarctic Lands
total: 2
by type: other 2 (2022)Gabon
total: 71
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 19, oil tanker 20, other 30 (2022)Gambia, The
total: 9
by type: general cargo 1, other 8 (2022)Georgia
total: 24
by type: general cargo 3, other 21 (2022)Germany
total: 592
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 72, general cargo 79, oil tanker 34, other 406 (2022)Ghana
total: 52
by type: general cargo 7, oil tanker 3, other 42 (2022)Gibraltar
total: 155
by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 12, general cargo 36, oil tanker 16, other 83 (2022)Greece
total: 1,234
by type: bulk carrier 146, container ship 5, general cargo 83, oil tanker 311, other 689 (2022)Greenland
total: 6
by type: other 6 (2022)Grenada
total: 6
by type: general cargo 3, other 3 (2022)Guam
total: 3
by type: other 3 (2022)Guatemala
total: 9
by type: oil tanker 1, other 8 (2022)Guinea
total: 3
by type: general cargo 1, other 2 (2022)Guinea-Bissau
total: 8
by type: general cargo 5, other 3 (2022)Guyana
total: 89
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 45, oil tanker 12, other 31 (2022)Haiti
total: 4
by type: general cargo 3, other 1 (2022)Honduras
total: 505
by type: general cargo 246, oil tanker 82, other 177 (2022)Hong Kong
total: 2,661
by type: bulk carrier 1,135, container ship 558, general cargo 155, oil tanker 394, other 419 (2022)Hungary
total: 1
by type: other 1 (2022)Iceland
total: 40
by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 2, other 33 (2022)India
total: 1,810
by type: bulk carrier 65, container ship 23, general cargo 594, oil tanker 134, other 994 (2022)Indonesia
total: 11,015
by type: bulk carrier 154, container ship 218, general cargo 2,310, oil tanker 700, other 7,633 (2022)Iran
total: 942
by type: bulk carrier 32, container ship 31, general cargo 393, oil tanker 83, other 403 (2022)Iraq
total: 75
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 7, other 67 (2022)Ireland
total: 96
by type: bulk carrier 12, general cargo 34, oil tanker 1, other 49 (2022)Israel
total: 45
by type: container ship 6, general cargo 2, oil tanker 4, other 33 (2022)Italy
total: 1,266
by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 6, general cargo 107, oil tanker 102, other 1,031 (2022)Jamaica
total: 36
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 9, oil tanker 1, other 25 (2022)Japan
total: 5,590
by type: bulk carrier 149, container ship 47, general cargo 2,071, oil tanker 690, other 2,633 (2022)Jordan
total: 35
by type: general cargo 6, other 29 (2022)Kazakhstan
total: 120
by type: general cargo 3, oil tanker 7, other 110 (2022)Kenya
total: 25
by type: oil tanker 3, other 22 (2022)Kiribati
total: 90
by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 35, oil tanker 11, other 41 (2022)Korea, North
total: 270
by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 5, general cargo 193, oil tanker 33, other 30 (2022)Korea, South
total: 2,063
by type: bulk carrier 84, container ship 99, general cargo 358, oil tanker 200, other 1,322 (2022)Kuwait
total: 166
by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 29, other 122 (2022)Laos
total: 1
by type: general cargo 1 (2022)Latvia
total: 80
by type: container ship 2, general cargo 30, oil tanker 9, other 39 (2022)Lebanon
total: 49
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 32, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2022)Liberia
total: 4,311
by type: bulk carrier 1,673, container ship 962, general cargo 141, oil tanker 907, other 628 (2022)Libya
total: 94
by type: general cargo 2, oil tanker 12, other 80 (2022)Liechtenstein
total: 20
by type: bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Switzerland) (2022)Lithuania
total: 62
by type: container ship 4, general cargo 22, oil tanker 2, other 34 (2022)Luxembourg
total: 149
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 27, oil tanker 3, other 114 (2022)Macau
total: 1
by type: other 1 (2022)Madagascar
total: 28
by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 2, other 11 (2022)Malaysia
total: 1,790
by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 33, general cargo 181, oil tanker 156, other 1,406 (2022)Maldives
total: 80
by type: general cargo 30, oil tanker 20, other 30 (2022)Malta
total: 2,047
by type: bulk carrier 545, container ship 312, general cargo 182, oil tanker 395, other 613 (2022)Marshall Islands
total: 4,042
by type: bulk carrier 1,879 container ship 276, general cargo 62, oil tanker 1023, other 802 (2022)Mauritania
total: 11
by type: general cargo 2, other 9 (2022)Mauritius
total: 31
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 5, other 25 (2022)Mexico
total: 669
by type: container ship 1, bulk carrier 5, general cargo 10, oil tanker 32, other 621 (2022)Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 37
by type: general cargo 19, oil tanker 4, other 14 (2022)Moldova
total: 126
by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 2, general cargo 79, oil tanker 7, other 33 (2022)Mongolia
total: 314
by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 6, general cargo 151, oil tanker 57, other 97 (2022)Montenegro
total: 18
by type: bulk carrier 4, other 14 (2022)Morocco
total: 93
by type: container ship 6, general cargo 5, oil tanker 2, other 80 (2022)Mozambique
total: 30
by type: general cargo 9, other 21 (2022)Namibia
total: 15
by type: general cargo 1, other 14 (2022)Nauru
total: 3
by type: other 3 (2022)Netherlands
total: 1,175
by type: bulk carrier 11, container ship 37, general cargo 543, oil tanker 26, other 558 (2022)New Caledonia
total: 23
by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2022)New Zealand
total: 116
by type: container ship 1, general cargo 12, oil tanker 5, other 98 (2022)Nicaragua
total: 5
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2022)Niger
total: 2
by type: general cargo 1, other 1 (2022)Nigeria
total: 832
by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 111, other 705 (2022)Niue
total: 71
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 2, general cargo 29, oil tanker 4, other 32 (2022)Norway
total: 1,710
by type: bulk carrier 105, container ship 1, general cargo 273, oil tanker 95, other 1,236 (2022)Oman
total: 57
by type: general cargo 11, other 46 (2022)Pakistan
total: 58
by type: bulk carrier 5, oil tanker 7, other 46 (2022)Palau
total: 304
by type: bulk carrier 29, container ship 6, general cargo 137, oil tanker 43, other 89 (2022)Panama
total: 8,025
by type: bulk carrier 2,690, container ship 662, general cargo 1,418, oil tanker 785, other 2,470 (2022)Papua New Guinea
total: 199
by type: container ship 6, general cargo 87, oil tanker 3, other 103 (2022)Paraguay
total: 105
by type: container ship 2, general cargo 24, oil tanker 5, other 74 (2022)
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial bargesPeru
total: 101
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 8, other 92 (2022)Philippines
total: 1,853
by type: bulk carrier 59, container ship 43, general cargo 749, oil tanker 210, other 792 (2022)Poland
total: 149
by type: general cargo 7, oil tanker 6, other 136 (2022)Portugal
total: 820
by type: bulk carrier 103, container ship 290, general cargo 175, oil tanker 28, other 224 (2022)Qatar
total: 123
by type: bulk carrier 6, container ship 4, general cargo 4, oil tanker 3, other 106 (2022)Romania
total: 125
by type: general cargo 11, oil tanker 6, other 108 (2022)Russia
total: 2,917
by type: bulk carrier 12, container ship 18, general cargo 987, oil tanker 392, other 1,508 (2022)Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 282
by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 11, general cargo 64, oil tanker 46, other 152 (2022)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 832
by type: bulk carrier 32, container ship 17, general cargo 148, oil tanker 14, other 621 (2022)Samoa
total: 15
by type: general cargo 3, oil tanker 5, other 7 (2022)Sao Tome and Principe
total: 25
by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 2, other 8 (2022)Saudi Arabia
total: 413
by type: bulk carrier 6, container ship 1, general cargo 21, oil tanker 58, other 327 (2022)Senegal
total: 35
by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 29 (2022)Seychelles
total: 31
by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 7, other 18 (2022)Sierra Leone
total: 605
by type: bulk carrier 36, container ship 6, general cargo 325, oil tanker 104, other 134 (2022)Singapore
total: 3,227
by type: bulk carrier 574, container ship 542, general cargo 99, oil tanker 633, other 1,379 (2022)Slovenia
total: 9
by type: general cargo 1, other 8 (2022)Solomon Islands
total: 27
by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2022)Somalia
total: 4
by type: general cargo 1, other 3 (2022)South Africa
total: 107
by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 7, other 96 (2022)Spain
total: 494
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 35, oil tanker 23, other 435 (2022)Sri Lanka
total: 92
by type: bulk carrier 5, general cargo 13, oil tanker 11, other 63 (2022)Sudan
total: 15
by type: other 15 (2022)Suriname
total: 10
by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 2 (2022)Sweden
total: 368
by type: general cargo 46, oil tanker 21, other 301 (2022)Switzerland
total: 20
by type: bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein) (2022)Syria
total: 22
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 8, other 13 (2022)Taiwan
total: 450
by type: bulk carrier 34, container ship 53, general cargo 58, oil tanker 34, other 271 (2022)Tanzania
total: 322
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 9, general cargo 148, oil tanker 46, other 115 (2022)Thailand
total: 829
by type: bulk carrier 26, container ship 28, general cargo 91, oil tanker 246, other 438 (2022)Timor-Leste
total: 1
by type: other 1 (2022)Togo
total: 403
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 10, general cargo 254, oil tanker 57, other 81 (2022)Tonga
total: 32
by type: container ship 4, general cargo 13, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2022)Trinidad and Tobago
total: 102
by type: general cargo 1, other 101 (2022)Tunisia
total: 70
by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 60 (2022)Turkey (Turkiye)
total: 1,237
by type: bulk carrier 37, container ship 41, general cargo 288, oil tanker 130, other 741 (2022)Turkmenistan
total: 72
by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 8, other 58 (2022)Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 3
by type: general cargo 1, other 2 (2022)Tuvalu
total: 260
by type: bulk carrier 23, container ship 3, general cargo 39, oil tanker 24, other 171 (2022)Ukraine
total: 410
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 84, oil tanker 15, other 309 (2022)United Arab Emirates
total: 636
by type: bulk carrier 2, container ship 3, general cargo 121, oil tanker 16, other 494 (2022)United Kingdom
total: 1,174
by type: bulk carrier 133, container ship 58, general cargo 97, oil tanker 73, other 813 (2022)United States
total: 178 (2022)
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 61, general cargo 19, oil tanker 65, other (roll on/roll off 29) (2022)
note - oceangoing self-propelled, cargo-carrying vessels of 1,000 gross tons and aboveUruguay
total: 60
by type: container ship 1, general cargo 4, oil tanker 4, other 51 (2022)Vanuatu
total: 331
by type: bulk carrier 16, container ship 4, general cargo 87, oil tanker 2, other 222 (2022)Venezuela
total: 272
by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 25, oil tanker 17, other 226 (2022)Vietnam
total: 1,975
by type: bulk carrier 116, container ship 42, general cargo 1,194, oil tanker 137, other 486 (2022)Virgin Islands
total: 1,868
by type: bulk carrier 91, container ship 39, general cargo 1,205, oil tanker 118, other 415 (2019)Wallis and Futuna
total: 1
by type: other 1 (2021)World
total: 101,158
by type: bulk carrier 12,707, container ship 5,583, general cargo 19,647, oil tanker 11,396, other 51,825 (2022)Yemen
total: 30
by type: general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 27 (2022)Zambia
total: 2
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1 (2022)