Transport in Antigua and Barbuda - Merchant Marine

Merchant Marine

Statistics for the shipping industry of Antigua and Barbuda
Total: 1,011 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over)
Totalling: 7,452,503 GRT/9,783,309 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Cargo ships
Bulk ships 40
Cargo ship 596
Container ships 321
Roll-on / roll-off ships 21
Tankers
Liquefied gas tanker ships 11
Chemical tanker ships 7
Petroleum tanker ships 1
Passenger ships
Combined passenger/cargo 2
Foreign ownership and documentation
Note: 984 of these are foreign-owned: Australia 1, Bangladesh 4, Belgium 4, Colombia 2, Denmark 14, Estonia 12, France 1, Germany 858, Iceland 8, Isle of Man 2, Latvia 5, Lebanon 1, Lithuania 3, Netherlands 14, Norway 11, New Zealand 1, Poland 3, Russia 6, Singapore 1, Slovenia 6, Switzerland 4, Turkey 8, United Kingdom 7, United States 7, Vietnam 1. 2006 estimates.
Source: This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.

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