Table 3. Ages and class of vessels from 15 flags with 500 ships of over 500grt.
*sample size insufficient, so statistically insignificant.
GC=General Cargo; BC=Bulk Carrier; TA=Tanker; OB=Ore Bulk Oil; GA=Liquified Gas; CH=Chemical tanker; RR=Roll on,Roll off; CO=Container vessel; PF=Passenger or Ferry; OT=Other vessels
Flags Years Old Ships
No		 Class of Vessels G Tonnage
>500
0-5 6-12 13-20 >21 GC BC TA OB GA CH RRCOPFOT
Greek 4 12 63 71 150 104 13 24 2 1   1   4 1 1,608,720
Panamanian 2 18 53 77 150 117 14 7 1   2 1   2 6 874,780
Liberian 10 30 62 48 150 59 32 45 8 1 3   2     3,524,820
Cyprus 2 17 51 80 150 123 8 9 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1,214,260
UK 11 14 50 50 125 71 9 22 4 2   5  1 5 6 1,013,070
Japanese 39 50 31 7 127 100 4 12   4 2 1   1 3 495,140
Philippine 3 13 33 59 108 79   8   3     1 17   285,280
Italian 7 13 35 47 102 67 5 18 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 597,010
Spanish 21 26 16 37 100 76 6 9     1 1 2 1 4 687,820
Lebanese* 1 2 18 57 78 71 5               2 262,020
Norwegian* 16 18 23 11 68 43 5 15   1 2     2   697,470
Brazilian* 3 15 15 25 58 48 4 1 1 2       1 1 259,140
USA* 2 3 13 40 58 18 12 20   1   1 2 2 2 608,510
W.German* 19 17 14 7 57 45 1 2     1 3 1   4 188,690
Chilian* 3 6 10 19 13 3 1 1           1 155,980
G.Total 140 251 483 626 1,500 1,034 121 193 19 18171512393212,472,710
% 9.3 16.8 32.2 41.7 100 69 8.1 12.9 10 100