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==Worldwide service== [[File:BALTIC JASMINE.jpg|thumb|250px|Reefer ''Baltic Jasmine'' at Rotterdam]] {{See also|List of merchant marine capacity by country}} According to the CIA's ''[[The World Factbook]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2108rank.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613005224/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2108rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2007 |title=Country Comparison :: Merchant Marine |work=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> there were about 38,000 registered merchant ships in the world in 2010, of which about 920 were designed as refrigerated cargo ships. Because of the proliferation of self-contained refrigerated container systems on [[container ship]]s, there are many more ships than those designed for only refrigerated cargo that are also carrying some refrigerated cargo. As of 2010, the countries with the largest numbers of reefer ships in their registries are the world's two most prominent [[Flag of convenience|flags of convenience]]: [[Panama]] with 212 and [[Liberia]] with 109.
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