Korea, North
total: 149 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 881,276
GRT/1,309,547 DWT
ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 120, combination bulk 2, container 1,
multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo
1, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 4, short-sea passenger 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Denmark 1, Greece 2, Pakistan 1, Singapore 1 (2002 est.)
Korea, South
total: 541 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,490,521
GRT/10,602,751 DWT
ships by type: bulk 114, cargo 174, chemical tanker 63, combination
bulk 9, container 52, liquefied gas 17, passenger 3, petroleum
tanker 69, refrigerated cargo 21, roll on/roll off 6, short-sea
passenger 2, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 5
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Australia 1, Bulgaria 1, China 1, Greece 1, Japan 1,
Malaysia 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,
UK 1 (2002 est.)
Kuwait
total: 39 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,273,628 GRT/3,638,645
DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, container 6, liquefied gas 6,
livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 19, roll on/roll off 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Monaco 1, Saudi Arabia 1 (2002 est.)
Laos
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,370 GRT/3,110 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2002 est.)
Latvia
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 52,607 GRT/35,650 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 3,
roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Greece 3 (2002 est.)
Lebanon
total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 230,142 GRT/306,442 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 28, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk
1, container 4, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 9, roll on/roll
off 4, vehicle carrier 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: France 1, Greece 10, Netherlands 4, Panama 1, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Spain 1, Syria 2 (2002 est.)
Liberia
total: 1,432 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 48,700,851
GRT/75,408,994 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 282, cargo 80, chemical tanker
163, combination bulk 12, combination ore/oil 24, container 357,
liquefied gas 82, multi-functional large-load carrier 4, passenger
6, petroleum tanker 286, refrigerated cargo 60, roll on/roll off 19,
short-sea passenger 4, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 37
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2, Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil
5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7, China 39, Croatia 11,
Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437, Greece 154, Hong Kong
69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 90, Latvia 20,
Isle of Man 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, NZ 1, Nigeria 1, Norway
103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66, Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore
20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 10, Spain 2, Sweden 9,
Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4, UAE 12, UK 39, US
113, Uruguay 3, Vietnam 1 (2002 est.)
Libya
total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 130,081 GRT/115,480 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 1, roll
on/roll off 4, short-sea passenger 4
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Algeria 1, Kuwait 1, UAE 1 (2002 est.)
Lithuania
total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 303,910 GRT/328,380 DWT
ships by type: cargo 23, combination bulk 8, petroleum tanker 2,
refrigerated cargo 11, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea passenger 4
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Denmark 13 (2002 est.)
Luxembourg
total: 60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,507,258
GRT/2,118,597 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, chemical tanker 12, container 8, liquefied
gas 18, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 8
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Belgium 21, Finland 3, France 8, Germany 10, Monaco 1,
Netherlands 3, Norway 1, United Kingdom 9, United States 3 (2002
est.)