23, livestock carrier 1,
multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 20, petroleum
tanker 45, refrigerated cargo 18, roll on/roll off 34,
short-sea/passenger 11, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: Australia 2, Croatia 4, Cyprus 1, Denmark 42, Finland
1, Germany 52, Greece 36, Hong Kong 16, Italy 3, Japan 1, Monaco 13,
Nigeria 1, Norway 32, South Africa 2, Sweden 13, Taiwan 7, United
registered in other countries: 522 (2004 est.)

United States
total: 466 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 12,436,658
GRT/14,630,116 DWT
by type: barge carrier 8, bulk 69, cargo 75, chemical tanker 12,
combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 100,
multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 12, passenger/cargo
2, petroleum tanker 81, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 83,
short-sea/passenger 3, vehicle carrier 12
foreign-owned: Australia 2, Canada 7, Denmark 17, Malaysia 1,
Netherlands 1, Norway 6, Singapore 3, United Kingdom 5
registered in other countries: 670 (2004 est.)

Uruguay
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 10,918 GRT/10,342 DWT
by type: chemical tanker 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll
on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: Argentina 4, Greece 1
registered in other countries: 6 (2004 est.)

Vanuatu
total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,192,474 GRT/1,560,828
DWT
by type: bulk 28, cargo 2, combination bulk 3, container 2,
liquefied gas 2, multi-functional large load carrier 1, refrigerated
cargo 6, roll on/roll off 2, vehicle carrier 5
foreign-owned: Australia 2, Canada 1, Estonia 1, Germany 1, Japan
25, Monaco 4, New Zealand 2, Panama 1, Poland 7, Switzerland 3,
United Kingdom 5, United States 2
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)

Venezuela
total: 48 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 740,919 GRT/1,191,483
DWT
by type: bulk 6, cargo 7, container 2, liquefied gas 5,
multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo
1, petroleum tanker 16, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea/passenger 1
foreign-owned: Belgium 1, Denmark 2, Greece 2, Spain 1, United
States 2
registered in other countries: 4 (2004 est.)

Vietnam
total: 194 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,170,621 GRT/1,798,376
DWT
by type: bulk 16, cargo 135, chemical tanker 1, container 8,
liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 25, refrigerated cargo 3, roll
on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: Cambodia 1, Germany 1, Japan 2,