The Maritime Administration has released an updated edition of its publication "A Statistical Analysis of the World's Merchant Fleets," with data as of December 31, 1979. The 158-page report includes summary statistics on age, size, speed and draft of vessels of major maritime fleets, and more detailed listings by ship type for countries having 100 or more merchant ships under their flags of registry.

Copies of the publication can be obtained through MarAd's Office of Public Affairs, Room 3895, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.