territorial sea: 12 NM
Ethiopia:none (landlocked)
Europa Island:exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): continental shelf: 200 NM
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Faroe Islands:continental shelf: 200 NM or agreed boundaries ormedian line
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line
territorial sea: 3 NM
Fiji:measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Finland:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM (in the Gulf of Finland - 3 NM)
France: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM (does not apply to the Mediterranean)
territorial sea: 12 NM
French Guiana: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
French Polynesia: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM from Iles Kerguelen only
territorial sea: 12 NM
Gabon: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Gambia, The: contiguous zone: 18 NM
continental shelf: not specified
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Gaza Strip:Israeli-occupied with current status subject to theIsraeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to bedetermined through further negotiation
Georgia:NA
Germany:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Ghana: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Gibraltar:territorial sea: 3 NM
Glorioso Islands:exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Greece:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
territorial sea: 6 NM
Greenland:continental shelf: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or medianline
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line
territorial sea: 3 NM
Grenada: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Guadeloupe: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Guam: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Guatemala:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Guernsey: exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Guinea: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Guinea-Bissau: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Guyana:continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of thecontinental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Haiti: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Holy See (Vatican City):none (landlocked)
Honduras:contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Hong Kong:territorial sea: 3 NM
Howland Island:exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Hungary:none (landlocked)
Iceland:continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of thecontinental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
India: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Indonesia: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Iran: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: natural prolongation
exclusive economic zone: bilateral agreements or median lines in the Persian Gulf
territorial sea: 12 NM
Iraq: continental shelf: not specified
territorial sea: 12 NM
Ireland: continental shelf: not specified
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Israel: continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 NM
Italy:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
territorial sea: 12 NM
Jamaica: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Jan Mayen: contiguous zone: 10 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 4 NM
Japan: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM; between 3 NM and 12 NM in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait
Jarvis Island: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Jersey: exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Johnston Atoll: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Jordan: territorial sea: 3 NM
Juan de Nova Island: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Kazakhstan:none (landlocked)
Kenya:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Kingman Reef: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Kiribati: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Korea, North: territorial sea: 12 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
note: military boundary line 50 NM in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned
Korea, South: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: not specified
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM; between 3 NM and 12 NM in the Korea Strait
Kuwait:territorial sea: 12 NM
Kyrgyzstan:none (landlocked)
Laos:none (landlocked)
Latvia:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Lebanon:territorial sea: 12 NM
Lesotho:none (landlocked)
Liberia:territorial sea: 200 NM
Libya:territorial sea: 12 NM
note: Gulf of Sidra closing line - 32 degrees, 30 minutes north
Liechtenstein:none (landlocked)
Lithuania:territorial sea: 12 NM
Luxembourg:none (landlocked)
Macau:not specified
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:none (landlocked)
Madagascar:contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or 100 NM from the 2,500-m deep isobath
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Malawi:none (landlocked)
Malaysia:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Maldives: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Mali:none (landlocked)
Malta:contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 25 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Man, Isle of: exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Marshall Islands: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Martinique: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Mauritania: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Mauritius:continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of thecontinental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Mayotte: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Mexico: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Micronesia, Federated States of: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Midway Islands: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Moldova:none (landlocked)
Monaco:territorial sea: 12 NM
Mongolia:none (landlocked)
Montserrat:exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Morocco: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Mozambique: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Namibia: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Nauru: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Navassa Island: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Nepal:none (landlocked)
Netherlands:exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Netherlands Antilles: exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
New Caledonia: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
New Zealand:continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of thecontinental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Nicaragua: continental shelf: natural prolongation
territorial sea: 200 NM
Niger:none (landlocked)
Nigeria:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Niue: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Norfolk Island: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Northern Mariana Islands: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Norway: contiguous zone: 10 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 4 NM
Oman: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Pakistan: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Palau:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
extended fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Palmyra Atoll: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Panama: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Papua New Guinea: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Paracel Islands:NA
Paraguay:none (landlocked)
Peru:continental shelf: 200 NM
territorial sea: 200 NM
Philippines: continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 NM from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 NM in breadth
Pitcairn Islands: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM
Poland: exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties
territorial sea: 12 NM
Portugal: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Puerto Rico: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Qatar:contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: as determined by bilateral agreements or the median line
territorial sea: 12 NM
Reunion: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Romania: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Russia:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Rwanda:none (landlocked)
Saint Helena:exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Saint Kitts and Nevis: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
territorial sea: 12 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
Saint Lucia: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Samoa: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
San Marino:none (landlocked)
Sao Tome and Principe:measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Saudi Arabia: contiguous zone: 18 NM
continental shelf: not specified
territorial sea: 12 NM
Senegal: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Seychelles: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Sierra Leone: territorial sea: 200 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Singapore:exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorialsea, as defined in treaties and practice
territorial sea: 3 NM
Slovakia:none (landlocked)
Slovenia:NA
Solomon Islands:measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
continental shelf: 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Somalia:territorial sea: 200 NM
South Africa:contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Spain: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)
territorial sea: 12 NM
Spratly Islands:NA
Sri Lanka:contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Sudan: contiguous zone: 18 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 NM
Suriname: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Svalbard:exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM unilaterally claimed byNorway but not recognized by Russia
territorial sea: 4 NM
Swaziland:none (landlocked)
Sweden:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines
territorial sea: 12 NM (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas)
Switzerland:none (landlocked)
Syria:contiguous zone: 41 NM
territorial sea: 35 NM
Tajikistan:none (landlocked)
Tanzania:exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Thailand:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Togo: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 30 NM
Tokelau: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Tonga:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Trinidad and Tobago:contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Tromelin Island:continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth ofexploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Tunisia: contiguous zone: 24 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Turkey:exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only: to the maritimeboundary agreed upon with the former USSR
territorial sea: 6 NM in the Aegean Sea; 12 NM in Black Sea and inMediterranean Sea
Turkmenistan:none (landlocked)
Turks and Caicos Islands:exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Tuvalu: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Uganda:none (landlocked)
Ukraine:continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
United Arab Emirates: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
United Kingdom:continental shelf: as defined in continental shelforders or in accordance with agreed upon boundaries
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
United States: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: not specified
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Uruguay: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Uzbekistan:none (doubly landlocked)
Vanuatu:measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Venezuela: contiguous zone: 15 NM
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Vietnam: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Virgin Islands: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Wake Island: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Wallis and Futuna: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
West Bank:none (landlocked)
Western Sahara:contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue
World:contiguous zone: 24 NM claimed by most, but can vary
continental shelf: 200-m depth claimed by most or to depth of exploitation; others claim 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM claimed by most, but can vary
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM claimed by most, but can vary
territorial sea: 12 NM claimed by most, but can vary
note: boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 NM; 43 nations and other areas that are landlocked include Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Yemen: contiguous zone: 24 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Yugoslavia:NA
Zambia:none (landlocked)
Zimbabwe:none (landlocked)
Taiwan:exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
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@Merchant marine
Albania:total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,797GRT/26,324 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9 (2000 est.)
Algeria:total: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 896,911GRT/1,047,991 DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 25, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas10, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 13, short-sea passenger 4,specialized tanker 1 (2000 est.)
American Samoa:none (2000 est.)
Angola:total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,305GRT/63,067 DWT
ships by type: cargo 8, petroleum tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Anguilla: none (2000 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: total: 681 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,070,390 GRT/5,289,904 DWT
ships by type: bulk 15, cargo 424, chemical tanker 10, combination bulk 4, container 176, liquefied gas 4, multi-functional large-load carrier 6, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 11, roll on/roll off 29
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Cyprus 2, Germany 4, Slovenia 2 (2000 est.)
Argentina:total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 185,355GRT/281,475 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, petroleum tanker 11, railcar carrier 1,refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 2(2000 est.)
Aruba:total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,120 GRT/3,635DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.)
Australia:total: 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,558,371GRT/2,038,776 DWT
ships by type: bulk 26, cargo 3, chemical tanker 5, container 1,liquefied gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 6(2000 est.)
Austria:total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 86,905GRT/117,417 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 18, combination bulk 2, container 2(2000 est.)
Azerbaijan:total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 253,882GRT/313,252 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 12, petroleum tanker 40, roll on/rolloff 2, short-sea passenger 1 (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The:total: 1,049 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling30,000,221 GRT/44,601,471 DWT
ships by type: bulk 185, cargo 214, chemical tanker 36, combination bulk 15, combination ore/oil 22, container 66, liquefied gas 33, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large-load carrier 4, passenger 79, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 182, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 118, roll on/roll off 50, short-sea passenger 15, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 24
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Algeria 2, Australia 1, Austria 1, Bermuda 6, Belgium 14, Canada 1, Cuba 1, Cyprus 2, Denmark 17, Finland 7, France 9, Germany 9, Greece 89, Hong Kong 7, Indonesia 2, India 1, Israel 4, Italy 8, Japan 23, Jamaica 1, Kenya 1, Lebanon 2, Luxembourg 2, Monaco 15, Malaysia 1, Netherlands 16, Norway 139, Poland 3, Portugal 2, Russia 2, Saudi Arabia 5, Singapore 12, Spain 7, Sweden 14, Syria 1, Switzerland 7, UAE 1, Trinidad and Tobago 2, UK 67, Ukraine 3, US 50, British Virgin Islands 1, British Virgin Islands 1 (2000 est.)
Bahrain:total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 175,609GRT/207,652 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2 (2000 est.)
Bangladesh:total: 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 268,566GRT/375,110 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 25, container 3, petroleum tanker 2,refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2 (2000 est.)
Barbados:total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 671,545GRT/1,125,635 DWT
ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 28, combination bulk 1, container 2,petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flagof convenience: Canada 2, Hong Kong 1 (2000 est.)
Belgium:total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,912GRT/53,161 DWT
ships by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 9, petroleum tanker 6 (2000est.)
Belize:total: 402 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,575,851GRT/2,241,731 DWT
ships by type: bulk 27, cargo 265, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, container 14, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 56, refrigerated cargo 18, roll on/roll off 7, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Cuba 1, Singapore 1, US 1 (2000 est.)
Benin:none (2000 est.)
Bermuda:total: 105 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,836,538GRT/9,728,045 DWT
ships by type: bulk 27, cargo 4, container 15, liquefied gas 7,passenger 2, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 16, rollon/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flagof convenience: Canada 10, Hong Kong 10, Japan 1, Nigeria 4, SaudiArabia 1, Sweden 3, Switzerland 2, UK 10, US 7 (2000 est.)
Bolivia:total: 42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 141,017GRT/211,058 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 20, chemical tanker 3, container 1,petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 3 (2000 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:none (2000 est.)
Brazil:total: 171 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,788,999GRT/6,067,314 DWT
ships by type: bulk 33, cargo 26, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 9, container 12, liquefied gas 11, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 56, roll on/roll off 12, short-sea passenger 1 (2000 est.)
British Virgin Islands: total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 70,285 GRT/6,946 DWT
ships by type: passenger 1 (2000 est.)
Brunei:total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476GRT/340,635 DWT
ships by type: liquefied gas 7 (2000 est.)
Bulgaria:total: 81 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 938,706GRT/1,440,374 DWT
ships by type: bulk 44, cargo 16, chemical tanker 4, container 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 6, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Burma:total: 37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 411,181GRT/632,769 DWT
ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 20, container 1, passenger/cargo 3,petroleum tanker 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flagof convenience: Japan 2 (2000 est.)
Cambodia:total: 295 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,305,932GRT/1,853,487 DWT
ships by type: bulk 22, cargo 237, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 3, container 8, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 2, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 5, short-sea passenger 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flagof convenience: Cyprus 3, South Korea 1, Malta 1, Panama 1, Russia1, Singapore 1 (2000 est.)
Canada:total: 121 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,767,259GRT/2,633,290 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 67, cargo 13, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 1, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 17, railcar carrier 2, roll on/roll off 7, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Cape Verde:total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,523GRT/11,798 DWT
ships by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands:total: 106 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling1,656,452 GRT/2,643,036 DWT
ships by type: bulk 21, cargo 5, chemical tanker 27, container 4,liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 13, refrigerated cargo 30, rollon/roll off 4, specialized tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flagof convenience: Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Finland 1, Greece 11, Norway 3,UK 3, US 3 (2000 est.)
Chile:total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 606,506GRT/884,023 DWT
ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 7, chemical tanker 8, container 4,liquefied gas 2, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off3, vehicle carrier 2 (2000 est.)
China:total: 1,745 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,533,521GRT/24,746,859 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 324, cargo 825, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk 11, combination ore/oil 1, container 132, liquefied gas 24, multi-functional large-load carrier 5, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 45, petroleum tanker 258, refrigerated cargo 22, roll on/roll off 23, short-sea passenger 41, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1 (2000 est.)
Christmas Island:none (2000 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:none (2000 est.)
Colombia:total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 53,322GRT/69,444 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 4, container 1, multi-functionallarge-load carrier 1, petroleum tanker 2 (2000 est.)
Comoros:total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,122GRT/29,817 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2 (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:none (2000 est.)
Cook Islands:total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,310GRT/2,181 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.)
Costa Rica:total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,716 GRT/NADWT
ships by type: passenger 1 (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire:total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,200GRT/1,500 DWT
ships by type: petroleum tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Croatia:total: 53 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 631,853GRT/969,739 DWT
ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 18, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 5, container 3, multi-functional large-load carrier 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 3 (2000 est.)
Cuba:total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,821GRT/78,062 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 7, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker1, refrigerated cargo 5 (2000 est.)
Cyprus:total: 1,328 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,905,542GRT/36,312,219 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 431, cargo 438, chemical tanker 23, combination bulk 36, combination ore/oil 4, container 140, liquefied gas 6, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 143, refrigerated cargo 40, roll on/roll off 42, short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Austria 8, Belgium 7, China 10, Cuba 10, Denmark 2, Germany 79, Greece 385, Hong Kong 9, Croatia 2, India 5, Iran 1, Israel 4, Italy 2, Japan 19, South Korea 3, Latvia 10, Lithuania 1, Monaco 1, Netherlands 13, Norway 11, Poland 9, Portugal 3, Russia 42, Singapore 1, Spain 5, Sudan 2, Sweden 3, Switzerland 2, UAE 6, UK 8, Ukraine 2, US 9, Venezuela 2 (2000 est.)
Denmark:total: 342 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,073,489GRT/8,027,002 DWT
ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 128, chemical tanker 27, container 76, liquefied gas 26, livestock carrier 6, petroleum tanker 22, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll on/roll off 23, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Finland 1 (2000 est.)
Djibouti:total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369GRT/3,030 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.)
Dominica: none (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.)
Ecuador:total: 30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 233,312GRT/385,784 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1,passenger 3, petroleum tanker 22, specialized tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Egypt:total: 181 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,336,678GRT/1,982,220 DWT
ships by type: bulk 23, cargo 61, container 2, liquefied gas 1,passenger 61, petroleum tanker 15, roll on/roll off 15, short-seapassenger 3 (2000 est.)
El Salvador:none (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: total: 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 26,035 GRT/27,927 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 7, combination bulk 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 1 (2000 est.)
Eritrea:total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,069GRT/19,549 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker1, roll on/roll off 1 (2000 est.)
Estonia:total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 253,460GRT/219,727 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 19, combination bulk 1, container 5,petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 10, short-sea passenger 6 (2000est.)
Ethiopia:total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 85,382GRT/108,526 DWT
ships by type: cargo 6, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, rollon/roll off 3 (2000 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):none (2000 est.)
Faroe Islands:total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,247GRT/11,736 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1,roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1 (2000 est.)
Fiji:total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,870 GRT/14,787DWT
ships by type: chemical tanker 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1,roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1 (2000 est.)
Finland:total: 98 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,172,808GRT/1,138,175 DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 23, chemical tanker 5, passenger 1,petroleum tanker 11, railcar carrier 1, roll on/roll off 37,short-sea passenger 11 (2000 est.)
France:total: 46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 942,333GRT/1,304,754 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 4, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 1, container 1, liquefied gas 3, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 17, roll on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1 (2000 est.)
French Guiana:none (2000 est.)
French Polynesia:total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,240GRT/7,765 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (2000 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: total: 74 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,024,194 GRT/5,255,703 DWT
ships by type: bulk 7, cargo 5, chemical tanker 9, container 11, liquefied gas 7, petroleum tanker 23, roll on/roll off 12
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flagof convenience: France 1 (2000 est.)
Gambia, The:none (2000 est.)
Georgia:total: 37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 131,316GRT/190,289 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 25, chemical tanker 2, container 2,petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 1 (2000 est.)
Germany:total: 457 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,414,724GRT/7,952,776 DWT
ships by type: cargo 169, chemical tanker 10, combination ore/oil 1, container 243, liquefied gas 2, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 7, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 12, short-sea passenger 7 (2000 est.)
Ghana:total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 13,484GRT/18,583 DWT
ships by type: petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 4 (2000 est.)
Gibraltar:total: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 669,056GRT/1,003,809 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 15, chemical tanker 6, container 7,multi-functional large-load carrier 3, passenger 2, petroleum tanker14, roll on/roll off 1 (2000 est.)
Greece:total: 780 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 25,564,988GRT/44,761,916 DWT
ships by type: bulk 272, cargo 55, chemical tanker 22, combination bulk 5, combination ore/oil 6, container 51, liquefied gas 5, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger 14, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 255, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 20, short-sea passenger 63, specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: South Korea 1, UK 4 (2000 est.)
Greenland:total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,289GRT/1,500 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1 (2000 est.)
Grenada:none (2000 est.)
Guadeloupe:total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240GRT/109 DWT
ships by type: passenger 1 (2000 est.)
Guam:none (2000 est.)
Guatemala:none (2000 est.)
Guernsey:none (2000 est.)
Guinea:none (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:none (2000 est.)
Guyana:total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,929 GRT/4,507DWT
ships by type: cargo 2 (2000 est.)
Haiti:none (2000 est.)
Honduras:total: 313 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 760,819GRT/820,582 DWT
ships by type: bulk 21, cargo 187, chemical tanker 7, container 4, livestock carrier 2, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 52, refrigerated cargo 17, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Russia 4, Singapore 2, Vietnam 1 (2000 est.)
Hong Kong:total: 354 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,330,662GRT/17,227,315 DWT