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Table 14
International shipping – Vessel capacity (gross
tons (GT)), cargo tonnage transported and number of movements by flag of registry
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| Total vessel capacity | Tonnage transported | Movements | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2005 | 2006 | 1997 | 2005 | 2006 | 1997 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| '000 000 GT | '000 000 t | number | |||||||
| Transborder Traffic | |||||||||
| Canada | 73.3 | 74.3 | 73.4 | 49.9 | 50.9 | 50.7 | 18,785 | 13,020 | 13,366 |
| United States | 62.3 | 67.7 | 51.6 | 7.0 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 11,759 | 13,120 | 12,267 |
| Other | 267.2 | 332.7 | 340.6 | 37.4 | 60.9 | 60.5 | 10,774 | 10,686 | 10,609 |
| Sub-total | 402.8 | 474.7 | 465.6 | 94.3 | 128.7 | 126.7 | 41,318 | 36,826 | 36,242 |
| Overseas Traffic | |||||||||
| Canada | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 187 | 57 | 41 |
| United States | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 80 | 20 | 80 |
| Liberia | 36.3 | 35.6 | 39.2 | 25.7 | 18.1 | 20.1 | 1,040 | 1,058 | 1,011 |
| Bahamas | 38.3 | 36.7 | 35.9 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 1,338 | 1,213 | 1,171 |
| Panama | 56.9 | 82.4 | 85.5 | 36.2 | 42.7 | 44.3 | 1,893 | 2,297 | 2,340 |
| Norway | 31.7 | 17.5 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 1,096 | 546 | 403 |
| Greece | 21.7 | 30.7 | 26.8 | 14.3 | 22.8 | 19.0 | 751 | 590 | 609 |
| Cyprus | 15.5 | 16.2 | 12.8 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 763 | 628 | 536 |
| Japan | 8.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 136 | 41 | 47 |
| Philippines | 12.1 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 490 | 122 | 54 |
| Hong Kong | 16.9 | 33.2 | 42.1 | 9.7 | 17.5 | 22.0 | 470 | 987 | 1,117 |
| USSR | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | 0 | 0 |
| Malta And Gozo | 6.7 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 301 | 416 | 378 |
| South Korea | 0.7 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 33 | 108 | 170 |
| Denmark | 6.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 345 | 54 | 43 |
| United Kingdom | 6.3 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 122 | 337 | 283 |
| Singapore | 10.3 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 368 | 376 | 335 |
| People Republic Of China | 3.7 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 138 | 94 | 138 |
| Other | 79.4 | 96.2 | 90.1 | 36.9 | 41.7 | 39.1 | 4,228 | 4,416 | 4,169 |
| Sub-total | 355.3 | 404.2 | 403.7 | 188.3 | 202.2 | 203.3 | 13,779 | 13,360 | 12,925 |
| Total Traffic, Transborder and Overseas | 758.1 | 878.8 | 869.3 | 282.6 | 330.9 | 330.1 | 55,097 | 50,186 | 49,167 |
