İngiltere'nin başkenti Londra'da buluınan Uluslararası Denizcilik Örgütü (IMO) Genel Merkezinde devam eden Genel Kurulda IMO Konseyi için seçimler de yapılacak.
Türkiye'nin 2001 yılından bu yana C grubundan üye bulunduğu IMO konseyinde bu dönem 5. kez yeniden aday.
Bu arada IMO, Genel Kurula katılan ülkeleri bilgilendirmek amacıyla hazırladığı bir kağıtta IMO üyesi bütün ülkelerin bayrağı altında bulunan deniz ticaret filolarının gross tonaj büyüklüğüne göre bir sıralamasını yaptı.
Bu sıralamaya göre Türkiye, 5,946,844 Gross Tonajla dünya sıralamasında 25. sırada yer aldı.
Tam sıralama ise şu şekilde:
Sıra Ülke Gross Tonaj
Panama - 201,264,453Liberia - 106,708,344Marshall Islands - 62,011,182Bahamas - 50,369,836Singapore - 44,869,918United Kingdom - 43,792,465*Greece - 40,795,358Malta - 38,737,657China - 34,705,141Cyprus - 20,732,488Italy - 17,044,319Japan - 16,857,860Norway - 16,528,688*Germany - 15,282,545Republic of Korea - 12,512,549United States - 11,941,087Denmark - 11,772,192*Antigua and Barbuda - 10,737,659Indonesia - 9,278,513India - 9,244,245Malaysia - 8,073,069Netherlands - 8,001,210*Russian Federation - 7,710,692France - 6,667,932*Turkey - 5,946,844Philippines - 5,256,311Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 4,707,206Belgium - 4,500,757Viet Nam - 3,704,371Sweden - 3,560,521Spain - 3,072,843*Canada - 3,060,115Thailand - 2,941,150Vanuatu - 2,435,213Brazil - 2,392,735Kuwait - 1,908,260Cambodia - 1,775,696Australia - 1,698,432Saudi Arabia - 1,660,823Croatia - 1,509,503Mexico - 1,459,161Finland - 1,450,206Belize - 1,373,981Barbados - 1,283,479Portugal - 1,225,435*Egypt - 1,113,730United Arab Emirates - 1,087,210Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - 1,062,092Luxembourg - 1,030,042Saint Kitts and Nevis - 971,988Qatar - 959,744Comoros - 911,669Dominica - 907,917Bangladesh - 880,074Chile - 870,956Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 864,633Sierra Leone - 824,381Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 813,691Algeria - 789,919Ukraine - 787,109Tuvalu - 763,364Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 754,985Azerbaijan - 740,796Georgia - 711,460Switzerland - 704,799Nigeria - 661,248Mongolia - 654,712Argentina - 622,901Kiribati - 547,900Bahrain - 531,844Honduras - 522,259Brunei Darussalam - 492,544Peru - 453,807Bulgaria - 422,185Lithuania - 417,528Morocco - 390,410Estonia - 375,054Republic of Moldova - 362,835Pakistan - 340,413Ecuador - 334,488United Republic of Tanzania - 331,170*Israel - 282,501Latvia - 263,626Togo - 246,922New Zealand - 219,964Ireland - 218,096Jordan - 217,195Seychelles - 200,649Sri Lanka - 196,804Myanmar - 194,613Tunisia - 189,487Cook Islands - 185,484Syrian Arab Republic - 178,083Jamaica - 170,190South Africa - 168,621Poland - 162,245Iceland - 155,467Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - 136,384Lebanon - 128,353Namibia - 125,581Kazakhstan - 117,479Ethiopia - 112,422Maldives - 110,635Ghana - 107,198Papua New Guinea - 103,723Uruguay - 98,048Romania - 91,730Colombia - 90,186Turkmenistan - 74,161Mauritius - 73,487Angola - 71,353Albania - 57,087Slovakia - 56,286Cuba - 54,104Tonga - 53,156Trinidad and Tobago - 51,986Senegal - 48,805Mauritania - 46,875Paraguay - 46,393Guyana - 42,408Equatorial Guinea - 40,755Mozambique - 39,625Yemen - 35,354Fiji - 34,459Cape Verde - 34,262Gambia - 32,964Oman - 28,580Guinea - 26,516Sudan - 23,620Iraq - 18,933Cameroon - 17,461Madagascar - 15,027Gabon - 14,954São Tomé and Príncipe - 13,667Eritrea - 13,075Democratic Republic of the Congo - 11,931Samoa - 11,510Solomon Islands - 11,443El Salvador - 10,822Kenya - 10,369Austria - 9,860Côte d'Ivoire - 7,553Guinea-Bissau - 6,141Dominican Republic - 6,092Somalia - 6,018Montenegro - 5,348Nicaragua - 4,809Suriname - 4,687Costa Rica - 4,611Guatemala - 3,912Congo - 3,839Djibouti - 2,898Slovenia - 2,126Grenada - 1,700Benin - 1,271Timor-Leste - 1,134Haiti - 1,024Monaco - 135Bosnia and Herzegovina - 0Czech Republic - 0Hungary - 0Malawi - 0Nepal - 0Saint Lucia - 0San Marino - 0Serbia - 0The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 0Uganda - 0Zimbabwe - 0Associate Members
Hong Kong, China - 55,543,246
Faroes - 354,240**
Macao, China - 2,321