Source: UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport, various years.

Share of Foreign-flagged Deadweight Tonnage, 1989-2007

The steady increase in the share of total deadweight tonnage that is foreign flagged shows a trend at reducing ownership costs through the usage of flags of convenience. About 65% of the global fleet is foreign-flagged.

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