| Number of Civil Transport Vessels Owned by Region | ||||||||||
| Year | Motor Vessels | Barges | Sailing Boats | |||||||
| Number (unit) | Net Weight Tonnage (ton) | Passenger Capacity (seat) | Towing Power (kw) | Number (unit) | Net Weight Tonnage (ton) | Passenger Capacity (seat) | Number (unit) | Net Loading Capacity (ton) | ||
| 1980 | 64307 | 12789410 | 545042 | 1514998 | 119464 | 5951401 | 100312 | 113031 | 1204001 | |
| 1985 | 260296 | 20898230 | 877963 | 1665030 | 132682 | 8670224 | 99643 | 82022 | 758541 | |
| 1990 | 325858 | 29090082 | 1138937 | 1750351 | 82482 | 9066738 | 62926 | 17564 | 184269 | |
| 1991 | 307127 | 29959203 | 1169982 | 1845705 | 78410 | 9588216 | 61526 | 15057 | 148500 | |
| 1992 | 302313 | 31225749 | 1177035 | 1844101 | 71255 | 9437823 | 46337 | 13123 | 141511 | |
| 1993 | 307285 | 34682035 | 1124114 | 1734606 | 65196 | 8891435 | 43801 | 10453 | 81569 | |
| 1994 | 293472 | 39591864 | 1065140 | 1678066 | 59913 | 8898065 | 26335 | 8270 | 54921 | |
| 1995 | 299717 | 40940087 | 979985 | 1707115 | 57998 | 9449652 | 17722 | 7253 | 40298 | |
| 1996 | 269879 | 39774235 | 988046 | 1616585 | 56128 | 9315335 | 15148 | 4946 | 30938 | |
| 1997 | 215814 | 38749289 | 1022970 | 1468612 | 49983 | 9064891 | 13879 | 6059 | 26797 | |
| 1998 | 212093 | 38896576 | 983630 | 1584601 | 48115 | 9019417 | 14914 | 3368 | 23304 | |
| 1999 | 194590 | 38911462 | 929138 | 1494500 | 47453 | 8981998 | 10306 | |||
| 2000 | 185018 | 42640605 | 1014013 | 1439743 | 44658 | 8640504 | 18258 | - | - | |
| 2001 | 169329 | 45526726 | 1048915 | 1370221 | 41457 | 8968670 | 27902 | |||
| 2002 | 165936 | 37041 | ||||||||
| Number of civil transport vessels not classified by region is the number of overseas companies under the China Ocean Shipping | ||||||||||
| (Group) Company. Since 1999, the number of civil transport vessels has not included sailing boats. The same as in the following table. | ||||||||||