Table 14
International shipping – Vessel capacity (gross tons (GT)), cargo tonnage transported and number of movements by flag of registry

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International shipping – Vessel capacity (gross tons (GT)), cargo tonnage transported and number of movements by flag of registry
  Total vessel capacity Tonnage transported Movements
2001 2009 2010 2001 2009 2010 2001 2009 2010
  '000 000 GT '000 000 t number
Transborder Traffic  
Canada 87.8 55.1 58.2 54.3 38.6 39.8 11,293 8,034 8,689
United States 53.0 25.1 29.2 10.7 7.6 9.2 11,841 8,014 8,532
Other 284.9 319.8 316.2 43.0 52.7 54.0 10,853 8,061 8,135
Sub-total 425.7 399.9 403.5 108.0 98.9 102.9 33,987 24,109 25,356
Overseas Traffic  
Canada 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 102 175 116
United States 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 32 19 33
Liberia 36.1 43.9 53.9 18.3 19.2 24.6 1,099 1,052 1,235
Bahamas 45.5 19.8 22.1 12.4 12.2 13.1 1,426 632 791
Panama 89.3 93.6 113.2 45.4 49.6 61.3 2,513 2,520 2,835
Norway 22.8 14.9 21.9 10.1 4.0 6.7 836 540 726
Greece 26.0 29.9 25.7 14.6 22.1 18.2 582 481 423
Cyprus 14.1 11.2 15.5 7.1 5.7 8.5 655 517 653
Japan 7.6 2.9 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.6 178 57 32
Philippines 5.6 1.7 1.4 3.4 1.1 0.7 257 66 49
Hong Kong 15.9 37.4 39.5 8.4 19.7 22.0 506 962 1,099
USSR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0 0
Malta And Gozo 11.3 13.6 13.1 6.4 9.4 7.9 471 449 485
South Korea 1.3 8.7 7.3 0.9 4.6 3.4 56 158 122
Denmark 4.4 6.2 3.3 0.9 1.1 1.4 127 124 101
United Kingdom 9.9 10.1 10.6 2.7 3.9 3.9 254 244 242
Singapore 10.5 12.3 12.7 5.4 6.2 6.8 322 361 325
People Republic Of China 2.3 4.9 7.0 1.0 2.7 3.3 82 113 147
Other 91.2 91.5 107.7 40.1 40.0 47.8 4,978 3,220 4,058
Sub-total 395.6 404.7 458.6 178.9 202.8 230.7 14,476 11,690 13,472
Total Traffic, Transborder and Overseas 821.3 804.5 862.1 286.9 301.8 333.6 48,463 35,799 38,828
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