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Preview of global ballast water treatment markets
Volume 11 No 1 January 2012 Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology
Flag
Flag % by dwt
Number of ships
% Ships of world fleet
Panama
22.52%
8,881
7.87%
Liberia
10.49%
2,565
2.27%
Marshall Islands
5.93%
1,541
1.37%
Hong Kong
5.47%
1,487
1.32%
Greece
5.36%
1,682
1.49%
Bahamas
5.29%
1,566
1.39%
Singapore
5.07%
2,786
2.47%
Malta
4.22%
1,639
1.45%
China
3.53%
4,347
3.85%
Cyprus
2.46%
1,109
0.98%
Korea (South)
1.73%
3,087
2.74%
Norwegian International Register
1.50%
579
0.51%
Germany
1.46%
1,111
0.98%
United Kingdom
1.43%
2,189
1.94%
United States of America
1.39%
8,257
7.32%
Italy
1.27%
1,812
1.61%
Japan
1.26%
6,555
5.81%
Isle of Man
1.17%
453
0.40%
India
1.15%
1,368
1.21%
Danish International Register
1.02%
500
0.44%
Antigua
1.01%
1,231
1.09%
Bermuda
0.87%
197
0.17%
Malaysia
0.84%
1,375
1.22%
Unknown
0.81%
5,457
4.84%
Indonesia
0.64%
5,100
4.52%
France (FIS)
0.62%
787
0.70%
Netherlands
0.62%
1,746
1.55%
Turkey
0.62%
1,424
1.26%
Russia
0.60%
3,682
3.26%
Philippines
0.57%
2,335
2.07%
St Vincent
0.57%
1,143
1.01%
Belgium
0.56%
373
0.33%
Vietnam
0.43%
1,439
1.28%
Cayman Islands
0.32%
611
0.54%
Taiwan
0.32%
663
0.59%
TOTAL
93.11%
81,077
71.86%
Table 1a: Top 35 flag countries by deadweight tonnage. (Countries that have ratified the Ballast Water Convention as of
31 October 2009 are highlighted in bold)
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