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Russian Seamen On Ships Under The Flag Of Convenience: Advantage Or Disadvantage?

Table 1: The number of the world fleet by country, ship owner / flag of registration

Economy of ownership(Ranked by number of ships owned) Flag of registration(Ranked by number of ships registered)
Panama China Liberia Marshall Islands Singapore China, Hong Kong SAR Indonesia World
China 617 4 569 113 75 75 921 6 6 869
Greece 469 0 1 021 1 023 29 22 2 4 648
Japan 2 024 0 210 210 155 56 8 3 910
Singapore 288 1 235 139 1 493 138 90 2 861
Germany 30 0 607 119 75 19 0 2 504
Indonesia 18 0 7 2 7 1 2 132 2 208
Norway 43 0 90 129 86 46 4 2 043
United States of America 70 0 93 347 8 43 0 1 933
Russian Federation 36 0 125 0 2 1 0 1 742
China, Hong Kong SAR 297 20 44 65 48 883 3 1 690
World 6 528 4 603 3 686 3 592 2 613 2 425 2 293 52 961
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