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A table of the world's foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked by flag state, based on annual maritime shipping statistics. The table includes gross tonnage, deadweight tonnage, and country of ownership for dwt tonnage for 2022.
Ship registration is the process of documenting a ship and giving it the nationality of a country. Learn about the history, requirements, and types of ship registration, such as national, open, and flag of convenience.
According to the 2005 CIA World Factbook, the total number of merchant ships of at least 1,000 gross register tons in the world was 30,936. In 2010, it was 38,988, an increase of 26%, across many countries. [3] As of December 2018, a quarter of all merchant mariners were born in the Philippines. [4]
MSC is a Swiss-based shipping line that ranks first in the list of 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner. It has a fleet of 801 ships with a capacity of 5.7 million TEU and will join the 2M alliance with Maersk in February 2025.
Find out the names, lengths, capacities and operators of the world's largest container ships as of 2023. Learn about the history, challenges and limitations of ultra-large container ships and their impact on intermodal freight transport.
A classification certificate issued by a classification society recognised by the proposed ship register is required for a ship's owner to be able to register the ship and to obtain marine insurance on the ship, and may be required to be produced before a ship's entry into some ports or waterways, and may be of interest to charterers and ...
The Hong Kong Shipping Register was set up in 1990 under the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance, administered by the Marine Department (Hong Kong). Since the transfer of sovereignty by the United Kingdom in 1997, Hong Kong is authorised under the Basic Law by the Government of the People’s Republic of China , using the name ...
IMO number is a unique identifier for ships and their owners or managers, assigned by the International Maritime Organization. Learn about the history, scope, format and application of IMO numbers for maritime safety and security.