Table 3
Beneficial ownership a/of open-registry fleets, 1979
(Number of vessels and thousand of dwt)
Countries
Countries of registration
Liberia
Panama
Singapore
Cyprus
Bermuda
Hong Kong
Bahamas
Total
of beneficial
Nb
Dvt
Nb
Dwt
Nb
Dwl
NL
Dwt
Nb
Dwt
Nb
Dwt
N
Dwt
Nb
Dwt
Uwners
United States of America
564
58 119
274
6534
7
114
2
14
21
95
1
123
7 54
Hong Kong
573
33 160
438
7.996
25
247
2
4
27
31
986
1
876 | 65 055
1 071
Greece
324
26 001
148
1 428
11
404
445
2 447
ญ
81
42 420
930|30 361
Japkili
213
10 375
540
7 215
70
4 760
1
823
22 350
Germany, Fed. Rep.
59
3 201
93
1 105
162
2 168
75 367 4
46
393
6.887
Unspecified
81
2 682
175
1 970
4
29
260
I
4.681
Singapore
4
191
51
274
312
3 072
-
367
3537
Italy
33
2 763
70
579
]
11
8
95
6
114
3 454
Switzerland
83
2 659
47
566
7
145
2
10
-
139
3380
Norway
76
2 778
13
72
24
316
6
14
3
58
122
3238
68
Israel
36
2 269
14
370
18
432
3.071
Canada
18
589
2
7
1
5
46
2 213
1
56
3
25
71
2.895
United Kingdom
30
1 419
32
377
40
62
18
97
4
285
18
576
142
2.816
Netherlanda
32
1745
81
637
10
49
ره
22
1
128
2. 453
Monaco
29
1 309
12
256
41
1 565
1
Saudi Arabia
10
1 282
7
31
5
1
22
1 322
France
16
1 151
19
113
1
3
36
1 267
Denmark
27
986
2
17
18
126
1
7
49
1 137
India
3
1 051
1
22
4
1073
Countries and entities, cach beneficially owning less than 0.5 per cent
Uniden Lified
109
2 680
29
1 120
406
300
3 775
50
669 33
1 357
35
205
106
014
202
12
204
148
5
16
621
7.606
2
11
4
170
11
7
487
3 152
Total
2 349 157 530 2 724
34 679
797
12 919 708 3396 90
3 026
61
2.059 27
109
6 764 213 718
Share in total open- registry fleets
73.7 40.3
16.2
11.8
Source:
34.7
Based on a report prepared for the UNCTAD secretariat by A. and P. Appledore (London) Ltd. a The beneficial owner is the person, company or organization which gains the pecuniary benefits from the shipping operations.
6.0 10.5
1.6 1.4
1.4
0.9
1.0
0.4
0.1
100.0
| 100.0