Royal Caribbean International formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, was founded 53 years ago by three Norwegian shipping companies: Anders Wilhelmsen & Company, I.M. Skaugen & Company, and Gotaas Larsen in 1968. It merged with the Greek Cruise line’s,...

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Hope the Series of Ship-Owning Nations has amazed you with the majority of knowledge and information! With the end of the Ship-Owning sequel, we have come up with a spellbinding third series, the ‘Series of the Top Cruise Companies in the World’, that have never stood...

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Even though South Korea is on top of the list of largest shipbuilding countries, the country is also known for its ship-owning status globally and withholds 6th position on our list. South Korea is essentially an “island” with over 2,400 kilometers of coastline....

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Norway, one of the world’s largest and most advanced ship-owning nations, has been a major player in the world’s oceans for over 150 years. It controls over 3% of global carrying capacity. Norway, the small and sparsely populated nation, located on the edge of...

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Occupying the fourth position on the list of the Top ‘Ship-Owning Nations’, Singapore is a city-state located on a small island; a country and a city, all rolled into one, in maritime Southeast Asia. It is a country located about one degree of latitude (137 kilometers...

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The next one on the list of ‘Top Ship-owning Nations’ – China – has been playing an increasingly crucial role in the global shipping industry, dominantly controlling the world’s second-largest shipping fleet of more than 5,600 vessels, totalling a capacity of 270...

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