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Annual Review 2021
3.3 World Merchant Fleet Ranking By Flag
(Ships of 300 GT and over)
DWT-rank
January 1st January 1st 2020 January 1st 2021 DWT
Flag % share
2021 (2020) No. of 1000 1000 1000 No. of 1000 1000 1000 of total
Ships GT DWT TEU Ships GT DWT TEU
1 (2) Panama 6486 212179 320335 3489 6612 220525 335293 3822 16.5
3 (3) Marshall Islands 3404 155141 254460 1250 3539 161532 265598 1205 13.1
2 (4) Liberia 3553 165854 266245 4009 3777 181077 293571 4115 14.4
4 (5) Hong Kong (SAR) 2534 126763 200544 3596 2556 129348 204717 3642 10.1
5 (6) Singapore 2362 90016 135649 2467 2331 87755 131596 2472 6.5
6 (7) Malta 2036 79320 114468 2036 1976 80903 115067 2116 5.7
7 (8) China, PR of 4425 61277 95759 954 4734 64922 101691 986 5.0
8 (9) Greece 913 39843 68887 51 876 37561 64739 42 3.2
9 (10) Bahamas 1133 55419 65224 212 1091 53233 61270 188 3.0
10 (11) UK 634 24038 34465 384 579 22126 31844 388 1.6
11 (12) Japan 2591 28738 39822 244 2689 27937 38229 250 1.9
12 (13) Cyprus 864 22402 33785 497 863 22138 33069 471 1.6
13 (14) Denmark 516 21035 23177 1528 548 22235 24916 1539 1.2
14 (15) Indonesia 3391 16037 22651 218 3523 17225 24475 229 1.2
15 (16) Portugal 561 15284 20798 902 608 16491 22686 939 1.1
16 (17) Norway 865 16037 19969 61 905 17018 21423 82 1.1
17 (18) Iran 449 10785 19402 104 461 11388 20112 158 1.0
18 (19) India 888 9645 16501 57 899 9511 16152 55 0.8
19 (20) Korea, Rep. of 1025 10558 14763 145 1040 11912 15206 227 0.7
20 (21) Saudi Arabia 129 7536 13479 8 124 7516 13532 8 0.7
21 (22) Italy 641 13976 11372 109 631 13848 10751 109 0.5
22 (23) Belgium 102 6230 10358 22 98 5817 9522 28 0.5
23 (26) Viet Nam 1401 5113 8359 40 1419 5751 9442 42 0.5
24 (24) Russia 1546 6989 8957 108 1583 7209 9181 116 0.5
25 (25) US 363 7652 8388 253 364 7574 8346 251 0.4
26 (28) Bermuda 128 9713 7355 44 135 10296 7678 44 0.4
27 (29) France 218 6011 7116 242 220 6672 7551 287 0.4
28 (27) Germany 238 7672 8338 605 233 7029 7456 566 0.4
29 (32) Taiwan 200 4421 6659 176 204 4592 7009 176 0.3
30 (30) Malaysia 429 5627 6907 27 432 5522 6620 29 0.3
31 (35) Cayman Islands 138 4392 6524 1 136 4407 6615 5 0.3
32 (33) Antigua & Barbuda 691 5000 6590 343 643 4832 6336 329 0.3
33 (36) Philippines 1041 4166 6165 51 1084 4095 6004 50 0.3
34 (37) Netherlands 763 6067 6147 246 752 5674 5966 230 0.3
35 (31) Turkey 735 4943 6698 97 702 4456 5955 91 0.3
36 (34) Thailand 567 3930 6544 31 562 3574 5898 30 0.3
37 (39) Kuwait 40 2317 4182 1 46 2555 4483 1 0.2
38 (41) Belize 452 1890 2936 15 487 2624 4266 11 0.2
39 (38) Brazil 131 2752 4427 64 119 2597 4209 63 0.2
40 (42) New Zealand 212 1713 2691 16 210 2189 3623 11 0.2
41 (40) Bangladesh 315 1840 3185 0 360 2101 3567 4 0.2
42 (43) Sierra Leone 458 1478 2235 17 492 1730 2679 16 0.1
43 (45) Barbados 137 1203 1953 17 154 1555 2536 18 0.1
44 (58) Palu 155 820 1174 14 186 1399 2111 15 0.1
45 (90) Cameroon 31 167 262 2 63 1171 2038 4 0.1
46 (51) Togo 339 1096 1488 25 338 1366 2024 26 0.1
47 (50) Saint Vincent 234 1151 1641 39 233 1370 1998 42 0.1
48 (44) Gibraltar 179 1753 1978 45 163 1559 1879 37 0.1
49 (46) Croatia 175 1215 1922 - 186 1195 1872 - 0.1
50 (47) Canada 206 1721 1918 11 199 1642 1792 5 0.1
Total (50 flags) 51024 1290925 1934852 24873 52165 1328754 1994593 25570 98.2
Other flags 4631 29215 35674 354 4734 30921 39033 288 1.8
World Total 55655 1320140 1970526 25227 56899 1359675 2033626 25858 100.0
Source: ISL Shipping Statistics & Market Review
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