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Preview of global ballast water treatment markets
Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology Volume 11 No 1 January 2012
Table 1b: Top 35 flag countries by number of merchant ships
Flag
Number of ships Flag % of world fleet subject to ballast
water treatment regulations
Flag % by dwt
Panama
7,484
10.98%
23.10%
Japan
4,376
6.42%
1.29%
China
3,167
4.64%
3.46%
Unknown
3,068
4.50%
0.64%
Indonesia
2,829
4.15%
0.62%
Russia
2,525
3.70%
0.56%
Liberia
2,292
3.36%
10.68%
Korea (South)
1,905
2.79%
1.79%
Singapore
1,793
2.63%
5.13%
Philippines
1,661
2.44%
0.59%
Malta
1,530
2.24%
4.41%
Hong Kong
1,401
2.05%
5.70%
Greece
1,326
1.94%
5.63%
Bahamas
1,289
1.89%
4.87%
Marshall Islands
1,254
1.84%
6.02%
Vietnam
1,252
1.84%
0.40%
United States of America
1,239
1.82%
1.16%
Turkey
1,177
1.73%
0.65%
Antigua
1,112
1.63%
0.99%
Netherlands
1,106
1.62%
0.57%
Italy
1,054
1.55%
1.32%
Norway
979
1.44%
0.15%
United Kingdom
957
1.40%
1.38%
Cyprus
943
1.38%
2.55%
Cambodia
832
1.22%
0.21%
Thailand
730
1.07%
0.32%
Germany
719
1.05%
1.52%
Malaysia
717
1.05%
0.75%
St Vincent
687
1.01%
0.52%
Honduras
659
0.97%
0.06%
India
621
0.91%
1.16%
Spain
557
0.82%
0.05%
Norwegian International Register
494
0.72%
1.53%
Canada
470
0.69%
0.26%
Sweden
389
0.57%
0.19%
TOTAL
54,594
80.06%
90.23%
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