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Indian National Shipowners’ Association

3.9 Top Ten Open Registry Flags by Ship Type as of July 1st, 2021

(1)No
Flag Bulk Container General Passenger % share
dwt-rank ‘21(‘20) (2) 1000 dwt Tankers Carriers ships Cargo Ships ships Total of total
(3) 1000 TEU
1. (1) Panama (1) 1508 2513 658 1892 112 6683 34.4
(2) 83728 193233 41847 23165 521 342493 29.7
(3) 9 3592 181 1 3783 30.2
2. (2) Liberia (1) 1225 1517 900 270 6 3918 20.1
(2) 111627 141841 51174 5091 26 309759 26.9
(3) - - 4234 98 - 4333 34.6
3. (3) Marshall Islands (1) 1454 1688 261 227 14 3644 18.7

(2) 120821 131354 14150 6609 44 272979 23.7
(3) - 2 1181 52 - 1236 9.9
4. (4) Malta (1) 754 538 310 250 77 1929 9.9
(2) 43977 41090 24501 3570 354 113492 9.9
(3) - 2 2117 74 1 2193 17.5
5. (5) Bahamas (1) 349 274 43 267 149 1082 5.6
(2) 34758 17878 1493 5510 887 60525 5.3

(3) - - 118 68 - 187 1.5
6. (6) Cyprus (1) 124 266 174 209 89 862 4.4
(2) 6328 20643 4666 1982 362 33981 3.0
(3) - - 372 74 2 449 3.6
7. (8) Cayman Islands (1) 84 32 2 11 2 131 0.7
(2) 4239 1884 165 192 3 6484 0.6
(3) - - 14 - - 14 0.1
8. (7) Antigua & Barbuda (1) 23 28 117 441 - 609 3.1
(2) 277 835 1777 3348 - 6237 0.5

(3) - - 140 177 - 317 2.5
9. (9) Belize (1) 72 68 1 336 12 489 2.5
(2) 1416 1596 5 1322 8 4348 0.4
(3) - - - 9 - 9 0.1
10.(10) Vanuatu (1) 5 14 3 71 5 98 0.5
(2) 231 574 15 378 2 1200 0.1
(3) - - 1 8 0 9 0.1

TOTAL (1) 5598 6938 2469 3974 466 19445 100
(2) 407401 550929 139794 51167 2206 1151498 100
(3) - 13 11770 741 5 12530 100
% share of total (1) 28.8 35.7 12.7 20.4 2.4 100
(2) 35.4 47.8 12.1 4.4 0.2 100
(3) - 0.1 93.9 5.9 - 100

Source: ISL Shipping Statistics & Market Review

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