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Which Country Has the Most Maritime Container Ships?

Number of Maritime Container Ships (vessels), 2011 or latest

Transport | February 26, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 47 countries in 2011, Germany ranked the highest in number of maritime container ships with 15,341 vessels followed by Singapore and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Moldova with 5.64 vessels, Austria with 6.40 vessels and Mongolia with 6.84 vessels.

Data for more countries are available at Number of Maritime Container Ships indicator page.

Number of Maritime Container Ships	Unit	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
China	vessels															2,968	3,718	3,873	4,105	4,628
Denmark	vessels															5,027	5,561	5,681	6,189	6,514
France	vessels															981	1,185	1,779	1,776	1,797
Germany	vessels															8,413	11,646	11,453	13,234	15,439
Greece	vessels															2,237	2,194	2,576	2,820	2,832
Indonesia	vessels	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			246	311	462	516	609
Italy	vessels															798	897	1,067	1,301	1,065
Malaysia	vessels															728	840	843	842	858
Malta	vessels															1,477	1,553	1,520	1,785	2,294
Netherlands	vessels															1,903	1,855	1,496	1,621	1,905
Singapore	vessels															4,590	5,274	5,576	7,709	9,429
South Korea	vessels															1,213	1,367	1,420	1,606	1,766
Turkey	vessels	...	...	...												290	304	316	455	530
USA	vessels															3,318	3,102	3,102	3,389	3,325
United Kingdom	vessels															5,781	5,774	6,944	7,753	9,249