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EMSA issued its Equasis ‘World Merchant Fleet in 2022’ report, providing a picture of the world’s merchant fleet throughout the year, derived from data contained in the Equasis database.

EMSA issued its Equasis 'World Merchant Fleet in 2018' report, providing a picture of the world’s merchant fleet throughout the year, derived from data contained in the Equasis database. The report revealed that small and medium sized ships dominate the Equasis fleet, accounting for 84%. 

Equasis posted its 'World Merchant Fleet in 2017' report, providing a picture of the world’s merchant fleet in 2017, derived from data contained in the Equasis database. The report revealed that there are over 90,000 ships of 100 gt or greater, with a total gross tonnage in excess of 1 billion.

By number, the Equasis fleet is dominated by small and medium sized ships up to 24.999 GT, with tugs, general cargo ships, oil and chemical tankers and bulk carriers being the four most common ship types by number, representing about two thirds of the Equasis fleet, according to annual Equasis report.

EMSA issued Equasis Annual Report 2015 noting that the majority of maritime traffic occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (12%) and Asia (39%), with both geographical areas accounting for 51% of the total sightings reported to Equasis.

EMSA informs that the Equasis Memorandum of Understanding has been extended to cover environmental data on individual ships and operators at a signing ceremony held at IMO on 6 July which marked the 15 years of promoting ship safety and quality.

MarineTraffic has started supplying geographical positioning data to the Equasis project.

The world merchant fleet in 2014 EMSA issuedEquasis annual report 2014 providing a picture of the worlds merchant fleet in 2014, derived from data contained in the Equasis database. It examines the structure and characteristics of the fleet and its performance.The Equasis fleet is dominated (81%) by small and medium sized ships up to 24.999 GT. Small ships alone represent 36% by number, although less than 1% by tonnage.Tugs (19.6%), general cargo ships (19.1%), oil and chemical tankers (14.5%) and bulk carriers (12.9%) are the most common ship types by number, representing about two thirds of the Equasis fleet. Most of these are small and medium sized ships.In the large and very large categories, bulk carriers (30.7%), oil and chemical tankers (29.5%) and container ships (22.9%) represent about 85% of the fleet in number.In terms of tonnage, the large and very large size categories represent 80% of the Equasis fleet, with oil and chemical tankers, bulk carriers, and container ships dominating both categories at 86.1% (large) and 83.1% (very large) respectively.Total number of ships, by age and size(Click on the image for a larger view)The above table shows an almost even distribution of the Equasis fleet, by number, of ships ...

On 27 November, Brazil officially signed the Equasis Memorandum of Understanding. Brazil is now the ninth contributing member of the Equasis Supervisory Committee together with France, EMSA, Canada, Japan, Korea, Norway, the UK and the USA.

The World Fleet in Figures