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

Table 2: Tonnage of the world fleet by shipowner countries/flag of registration

Economy of ownership(Ranked by tonnage owned) Flag of registration(Ranked by tonnage registered)
Panama Liberia Marshall Islands China, Hong Kong SAR Singapore Malta China World
Greece 26 375 85 396 77 629 1 372 1 832 64 332 0 363 867
Japan 133 322 19 208 13 148 2 947 9 715 573 0 233 195
China 22 970 7 472 4 009 78 238 7 287 2 614 100 269 229 247
Singapore 11 302 16 942 9 689 7 734 74 773 2 243 2 137 396
China, Hong Kong SAR 11 344 5 403 3 399 72 505 4 485 785 149 101 035
Germany 857 33 876 6 235 1 304 3 750 6 723 0 89 412
Republic of Korea 35 500 1 468 26 208 1 123 10 356 0 80 595
Norway 2 061 5 146 7 840 7 505 4 570 1 370 0 63 985
Bermuda 1 784 6 744 18 156 7 492 1 043 423 0 60 414
United States of America 1 240 6 763 25 884 3 091 335 643 0 57 688
Russian Federation 870 10 831 0 8 170 731 0 23 136*
World 328 566 274 842 261 919 201 297 140 145 115 852 100 467 2 051 019
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