As of May 2021, Japan owned the most valuable merchant fleet in the world. It is estimated that Japan owned ships to the value of almost *** billion U.S. dollars that year. China came in second, with a combined value of its merchant vessels of around *** billion U.S. dollars.
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Website (infomaritime.eu). (May 23, 2021). Value of vessels in the global merchant fleet in 2021, by owning country (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½app×îа汾. Retrieved August 17, 2026, from /statistics/1284471/leading-ship-owning-countries-based-on-ship-values/
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Value of vessels in the global merchant fleet in 2021, by owning country (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Website (infomaritime.eu), May 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1284471/leading-ship-owning-countries-based-on-ship-values/
