Chinese Flag is the flag most used by bulk carriers

To date, a total of 96,804 bulk carriers sail the world’s oceans, with China’s flag being the most used, according to data provided by MarineTraffic.

The flag of the East Asian nation is flown by 65.9% of ships of this type, which is equivalent to 63,838 ships.

In the same way, Panama-registered vessels follow in second place with 3,834 vessels, the Netherlands in third place with 2,669 motor vessels, Liberia in fourth place with 2,272 and the Marshall Islands in fifth place with 2,079.

In addition, the site dedicated to providing real-time information on the movements and location of maritime transport makes the five main ports of origin – according to bulk carrier departures – Port Hedland (Australia), Tianjin (China), Shanghai (China), Kaohsiung (Taiwan) and Terneuzen (Netherlands).

Finally, the top five bulk carriers in the world are Sea Beijing, Sea Qingdao and Sea Indonesia with the capacity to carry 404,389 DWT, followed by Sea Maranhao with 403,844 DWT and Sea Fujiyama with 403,811 DWT.

Source: Portal Portuário

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