383 
TABLE 2.—Seaborne foreign trade 
(million metric tons) 
Seaborne foreign Growth rate 
Year trade Absolute increase (percent) 
|2S) J. See eae ae OA ce HM, gel 2 Re 
HOS OBeeeese Se eseie ie ec DISKO a Se re ae See ne ee ee Bese 
NOSDREs seas RULE EVES ESAT se 34.8 9.2 36.1 
V9 GOP oe pee OES So er cee hoe 44.7 9.9 28.4 
IGG! See ee eae Sa ares 58.5 13.8 31.0 
AD: Se ee rete ss ep SLPS 67.0 8.4 14.4 
1OGSO ST. Wess epeg es othe 75.6 8.6 12.9 
NS Le ee ees ae ee 83.7 8.1 10.7 
CASEY i Detain ah Rs oi a es 91.8 8.2 9.8 
N9GG) .eetihe, OTe PGE a! 102.7 10.9 11.9 
NO GH eee ee eee Ak 108.8 6.0 5.8 
GX as SS Se AR es ee ee 111.9 onl WE) 
SYS) SEN pa NE Re cele Me ho 116.1 4.2 SP) 
ESV7A0) ke ke Be § Sol ge a ag i 121.4 5.3 4.6 
NOs /dltPae epee 24g BY 408k lhe 127.6 6.3 ee) 
ICG Ay. ead ee eel ie re em 2 ek 139.2 11.6 9.1 
IG 7Stab es. Besise CSET, 4) 2h 149.5 10.3 7.4 
[OE ce ee Mean ee ass FS 140.3 = 922 = (62 
TABLE 3.—The world’s 10 largest merchant fleets 
Million deadweight Percent of 
tons as of _world total 
Dec. 31, 1974 
iberiaeee resis ort sl! yey Ser eee eee 112.1 DDS 
TApan sepa yen Pi ett ee Oe be ee be APL eee -60.2 12.1 
United Rimedomeet te ist? sec’ EAN 4722 53.0 10.6 
INIOAWERY Ss teed SA SES Se ee ee oe 43.3 8.7 
Greece — TIES. Sarge: eh ee Sey reer Stee 36.7 7.4 
Panama e mee Peeters ee tee ere SEP Ue 18.5 Beil, 
GANIC Ciwhaaey sepeeys ose Ge Soh BS lon mk eee ed = 16.2 3.3 
Malyaas. sOwiVinih Salt A es OIE (td Ce GEO | 14.6 2.9 
United States (active)! ____.___2__-.2-_-_-_+--+-22--- 14.5 28) 
ESAS URGE I ii teren BS 1D fe —-S th aes MEN Pa Gee SUE ES 3 14.2 2.9 
(QUE Sa pee 2 oes eR II raha PIN at te NL 113.9 23.0 
Worldstotale 22. see ey TA Es. 2b se A es 497.2 100.0 
1 Excluding approximately 2.9 million deadweight tons of obsolete Government-owned tonnage in the reserve fleet. 
