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Present-day merchant shipping in the world's oceans. List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state.
Merchant ships of Cambodia (3 P) Merchant ships of Canada (8 C, 57 P) Merchant ships of the Cayman Islands (4 P) Merchant ships of Sri Lanka (1 P) Merchant ships of Chile (2 C, 7 P) Merchant ships of China (3 C, 19 P) Merchant ships of Costa Rica (3 P) Merchant ships of Croatia (1 C) Merchant ships of Cyprus ...
A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft , which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships , which are used for military purposes.
As of 2009, the U.S. merchant fleet numbered 422 ships and approximately 69,000 people. Not included in these numbers are the over 700 ships which are owned by American interests but are registered, or flagged, in other countries. See also. Transport portal; Oceans portal; Affreightment; List of merchant navy capacity by country; Maritime history
Cargo ship at Puerto Cortés in Honduras. A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade.
2005 registration of merchant ships (1,000 gross tonnage (GT) and over) per country [2] A nation's shipping fleet (variously called merchant navy, merchant marine, or merchant fleet) consists of the ships operated by civilian crews to transport passengers or cargo from one place to another.
It consists of the merchant vessels owned by Greek civilians, flying either the Greek flag or a flag of convenience. As of 2020, Greece is the largest ship owner country in the world in terms of tonnage; with a total deadweight tonnage of 364 million tons and 4,901 Greek-owned vessels.
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. Merchant ships by country (106 C)
A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
Merchant Marine of Switzerland. Swiss Ocean-worthy ferry Villars. Basel docks. Rhine ship passing through Basel. The Merchant Marine of Switzerland is the largest merchant navy of a landlocked country. [1] Somewhat unusual for a landlocked country, Switzerland has a long tradition of civilian navigation, both on its lakes and rivers, and on the ...