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World's merchant fleet - number of passenger ships 2017

Number of passenger ships in the world merchant fleet as of January 1, 2017, by ship type

The data describes the number of passenger ships in the world merchant fleet as of January 1, 2017, with a breakdown by ship type. Overall, there were 4,428 passenger ships in the world merchant fleet in 2017, some 1,350 of which were pure passenger ferries.

RoPax	2469
Pure passenger ferries	1350
Cruise vessels	391
Conventional cargo passenger ships	218

World's merchant fleet - number of passenger ships 2017

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