What is the merchant marine of China?

The information collected for the Merchant Marine of China has been obtained from the Central Intelligence Agency. In some instances, these figures are estimates.

Answer: The merchant marine of China is 1,826. It's ranking among other countries is 3. (2008)

Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. This entry contains information in four fields - total, ships by type, foreign-owned, and registered in other countries.

Total includes the number of ships (1,000 GRT or over), total DWT for those ships, and total GRT for those ships. DWT or dead weight tonnage is the total weight of cargo, plus bunkers, stores, etc., that a ship can carry when immersed to the appropriate load line. GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton; there is no stable relationship between GRT and DWT.

Ships by type includes a listing of barge carriers, bulk cargo ships, cargo ships, chemical tankers, combination bulk carriers, combination ore/oil carriers, container ships, liquefied gas tankers, livestock carriers, multifunctional large-load carriers, petroleum tankers, passenger ships, passenger/cargo ships, railcar carriers, refrigerated cargo ships, roll-on/roll-off cargo ships, short-sea passenger ships, specialized tankers, and vehicle carriers.

Foreign-owned are ships that fly the flag of one country but belong to owners in another.

Registered in other countries are ships that belong to owners in one country but fly the flag of another

Merchant Marine By Country	Merchant marine	Updated	Rank
The merchant marine of Panama is	6,323	2008	#1
The merchant marine of Liberia is	2,204	2008	#2
The merchant marine of Malta is	1,438	2008	#4
The merchant marine of Singapore is	1,292	2008	#5
The merchant marine of The Bahamas is	1,223	2008	#6
The merchant marine of Antigua and Barbuda is	1,146	2008	#7
The merchant marine of Hong Kong is	1,114	2008	#8
The merchant marine of Russia is	1,074	2008	#9
The merchant marine of The Marshall Islands is	1,049	2008	#10
The merchant marine of Indonesia is	971	2008	#11
The merchant marine of Greece is	869	2008	#12
The merchant marine of Cyprus is	858	2008	#13
The merchant marine of South Korea is	812	2008	#14
The merchant marine of Norway is	688	2008	#15
The merchant marine of Japan is	683	2008	#16
The merchant marine of Cambodia is	626	2008	#17
The merchant marine of The Netherlands is	622	2008	#18
The merchant marine of Turkey is	612	2008	#19
The merchant marine of Italy is	609	2008	#20
The merchant marine of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is	525	2008	#21
The merchant marine of The United Kingdom is	518	2008	#22
The merchant marine of India is	501	2008	#23
The merchant marine of The United States is	422	2008	#24
The merchant marine of Thailand is	398	2008	#25
The merchant marine of Germany is	393	2008	#26
The merchant marine of The Philippines is	391	2008	#27
The merchant marine of Vietnam is	387	2008	#28
The merchant marine of Denmark is	327	2008	#29
The merchant marine of Malaysia is	306	2008	#30
The merchant marine of The Isle of Man is	273	2008	#31
The merchant marine of Gibraltar is	240	2008	#32
The merchant marine of Belize is	216	2008	#33
The merchant marine of Sweden is	195	2008	#34
The merchant marine of Georgia is	191	2008	#35
The merchant marine of Ukraine is	189	2008	#36
The merchant marine of Sierra Leone is	182	2008	#37
The merchant marine of Canada is	175	2008	#38
The merchant marine of North Korea is	167	2008	#39
The merchant marine of Saint Kitts and Nevis is	159	2008	#40
The merchant marine of Spain is	158	2008	#41
The merchant marine of Netherlands Antilles is	147	2008	#42
The merchant marine of France is	138	2008	#43
The merchant marine of Bermuda is	137	2008	#44
The merchant marine of Brazil is	136	2008	#45
The merchant marine of Comoros is	136	2008	#46
The merchant marine of Honduras is	123	2008	#47
The merchant marine of Portugal is	117	2008	#48
The merchant marine of The Cayman Islands is	109	2008	#49
The merchant marine of Taiwan is	102	2008	#50
The merchant marine of Finland is	98	2008	#51
The merchant marine of Azerbaijan is	89	2008	#52
The merchant marine of Barbados is	85	2008	#53
The merchant marine of Croatia is	80	2008	#54
The merchant marine of Tuvalu is	80	2008	#55
The merchant marine of Belgium is	79	2008	#56
The merchant marine of Mongolia is	77	2008	#57
The merchant marine of Syria is	77	2008	#58
The merchant marine of Bulgaria is	74	2008	#59
The merchant marine of Iran is	74	2008	#60
The merchant marine of Monaco is	70	2008	#61
The merchant marine of Nigeria is	68	2008	#62
The merchant marine of Egypt is	67	2008	#63
The merchant marine of Saudi Arabia is	62	2008	#64
The merchant marine of Venezuela is	62	2008	#65
The merchant marine of The United Arab Emirates is	58	2008	#66
The merchant marine of Mexico is	55	2008	#67
The merchant marine of Vanuatu is	54	2008	#68
The merchant marine of Dominica is	53	2008	#69
The merchant marine of Slovakia is	51	2008	#70
The merchant marine of Australia is	50	2008	#71
The merchant marine of Argentina is	46	2008	#72
The merchant marine of Lithuania is	45	2008	#73
The merchant marine of Luxembourg is	45	2008	#74
The merchant marine of Chile is	44	2008	#75
The merchant marine of Kiribati is	43	2008	#76
The merchant marine of Bangladesh is	40	2008	#77
The merchant marine of Moldova is	39	2008	#78
The merchant marine of Kuwait is	38	2008	#79
The merchant marine of Ecuador is	37	2008	#80
The merchant marine of Morocco is	35	2008	#81
The merchant marine of Switzerland is	35	2008	#82
The merchant marine of Algeria is	33	2008	#83
The merchant marine of Lebanon is	33	2008	#84
The merchant marine of Ireland is	29	2008	#85
The merchant marine of Maldives is	29	2008	#86
The merchant marine of Estonia is	29	2008	#87
The merchant marine of Slovenia is	29	2008	#88
The merchant marine of Sri Lanka is	26	2008	#89
The merchant marine of The Cook Islands is	26	2008	#90
The merchant marine of Albania is	24	2008	#91
The merchant marine of Burma is	24	2008	#92
The merchant marine of Bolivia is	23	2008	#93
The merchant marine of Paraguay is	23	2008	#94
The merchant marine of Latvia is	22	2008	#95
The merchant marine of Qatar is	22	2008	#96
The merchant marine of Jordan is	21	2008	#97
The merchant marine of Papua New Guinea is	21	2008	#98
The merchant marine of Jamaica is	20	2008	#99
The merchant marine of Colombia is	17	2008	#100
The merchant marine of Libya is	17	2008	#101
The merchant marine of Uruguay is	17	2008	#102
The merchant marine of Romania is	17	2008	#103
The merchant marine of The French Polynesia is	15	2008	#104
The merchant marine of Pakistan is	15	2008	#105
The merchant marine of Poland is	15	2008	#106
The merchant marine of Iraq is	14	2008	#107
The merchant marine of New Zealand is	13	2008	#108
The merchant marine of Tonga is	13	2008	#109
The merchant marine of The Faroe Islands is	12	2008	#110
The merchant marine of Cuba is	11	2008	#111
The merchant marine of Israel is	11	2008	#112
The merchant marine of Togo is	10	2008	#113
The merchant marine of Bahrain is	9	2008	#114
The merchant marine of Ethiopia is	9	2008	#115
The merchant marine of Fiji is	9	2008	#116
The merchant marine of Tanzania is	9	2008	#117
The merchant marine of Trinidad and Tobago is	9	2008	#118
The merchant marine of Brunei is	8	2008	#119
The merchant marine of Madagascar is	8	2008	#120
The merchant marine of Seychelles is	8	2008	#121
The merchant marine of Wallis and Futuna is	8	2008	#122
The merchant marine of Peru is	8	2008	#123
The merchant marine of Guyana is	8	2008	#124
The merchant marine of Cape Verde is	8	2008	#125
The merchant marine of Tunisia is	7	2008	#126
The merchant marine of Turkmenistan is	7	2008	#127
The merchant marine of Angola is	6	2008	#128
The merchant marine of Montenegro is	6	2008	#129
The merchant marine of Sao Tome and Principe is	6	2008	#130
The merchant marine of Eritrea is	5	2008	#131
The merchant marine of Kazakhstan is	5	2008	#132
The merchant marine of Gambia is	5	2008	#133
The merchant marine of Austria is	4	2008	#134
The merchant marine of Yemen is	4	2008	#135
The merchant marine of Ghana is	4	2008	#136
The merchant marine of The Federated States of Micronesia is	3	2008	#137
The merchant marine of South Africa is	3	2008	#138
The merchant marine of Sudan is	3	2008	#139
The merchant marine of Puerto Rico is	3	2008	#140
The merchant marine of Mauritius is	3	2008	#141
The merchant marine of Oman is	3	2008	#142
The merchant marine of Gabon is	2	2008	#143
The merchant marine of Greenland is	2	2008	#144
The merchant marine of Iceland is	2	2008	#145
The merchant marine of New Caledonia is	2	2008	#146
The merchant marine of Mozambique is	2	2008	#147
The merchant marine of The Republic of Congo is	1	2008	#148
The merchant marine of The Dominican Republic is	1	2008	#149
The merchant marine of The Czech Republic is	1	2008	#150
The merchant marine of Suriname is	1	2008	#151
The merchant marine of The Turks and Caicos Islands is	1	2008	#152
The merchant marine of The British Virgin Islands is	1	2008	#153
The merchant marine of Samoa is	1	2008	#154
The merchant marine of Namibia is	1	2008	#155
The merchant marine of Timor-Leste is	1	2008	#156
The merchant marine of Somalia is	1	2008	#157
The merchant marine of Equatorial Guinea is	1	2008	#158
The merchant marine of Laos is	1	2008	#159
The merchant marine of Kenya is	1	2008	#160
The merchant marine of Costa Rica is	1	2008	#161
The merchant marine of The Democratic Republic of Congo is	1	2008	#162

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