Table 7
Beneficial ownership of bulk and combined carriers of open-registry fleets, 1972
(Number of vessels and thousand dwt)
Countries of
Liberia
registration
Countries
of beneficial
Panama
Nb
4224
Dwt
Nb
Dwt
Singapore
25
Nb
Dwt
Cyprus
로
Bermuda
Hong Kong
Bahamas
Dwt
224
Nb
Dwt Nb
Dwt
NL
로
Total
Dwt
Nb
Dwt
ownership
Hong Kong
283
11 982
85
2 408
-
1
United States of America
174
10 245
8
139
1
38
1
B
Japan
91
4 211
98
2 804
10
643
}
-
Greece
127
6787
6
129
2
53
13 246
1 36
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
20
1 293
12
490
22
842
}
Unspecified
49
1 863
23
538
1
7
Switzerland
29
1 618
14
298
2
99
Norway
29
1 818
1
24
5
94
Canada
14
523
Italy
22
1 209
6
100
United Kingdom
9
779
22
1
1
1
1
23
Monaco
13
575
4
139
--
<<
21 countries, entities
34
1 223
34
936
34
947
}
24
2
15
647
383
15 037
1 27
1
123
1
25
186
10 597
199
7658
149
7 251
54
2 625
73
2.408
45
2.015
2
32
37
1968
17
851
1
57
32
1 431
29
1 332
7
453
18
1 254
17
714
72
105
3 202
1
or territories, each
beneficially owning
less than 500,000 dwt Unidentified
5
251
12
354
5
188
1
3
66
1
TOTAL
899
44 377
305
8 381
82
2 911
14 269 22 970 29
1 418
25
859
25
1 352
58 351
Share in the total for
bulk and combined
carriers
66.5
76.0 22.6
14.4 6.1
5.0 1.0 0.5 1.6 1.7 2.1
2.4
0.1
100.0
100.0
Source: Based on a report prepared for the UNCTAD secretariat by A. and P. Appledore (London) Ltd.
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