Table 2 Merchant fleet. Vessels in Norwegian ship registers. Number of vessels and gross tonnage, by vessel type as for 31. December 2006

2	Merchant fleet. Vessels in Norwegian ship registers.¹ Number of vessels and gross tonnage, by vessel type as for 31. December 2006

2006	Vessels in Norwegian ship registers. Total		Norwegian International Ship Register				Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register

	Number	Gross Tonnage	Owned by Norwegian citizens		Owned by foreigners		Number	Gross Tonnage
	Number	Gross Tonnage	Number	Gross Tonnage	Number	Gross Tonnage	Number	Gross Tonnage

All vessel types²	1 335	17 342 828	363	7 367 145	231	7 509 583	741	2 466 099
Tankers	260	8 617 171	114	3 272 926	113	4 163 056	33	1 181 189
Gas Carriers	65	2 330 054	47	1 533 708	17	794 659	1	1 687
Chemicals Tankers	80	1 271 674	35	448 194	45	823 480	-	-
Oil Tankers	102	4 866 461	30	1 268 930	50	2 423 320	22	1 174 211
Other Tankers	13	148 982	2	22 094	1	121 597	10	5 291
Dry Cargo Vessels	1 075	8 725 656	249	4 094 219	118	3 346 527	708	1 284 910
Combination Carriers	77	1 636 721	39	509 445	35	1 111 371	3	15 905
Bulk Carriers	54	2 146 303	40	1 156 746	13	975 441	1	14 116
Refrigerated Cargo Vessels	13	41 906	10	34 920	1	1 800	2	5 186
Passenger Ships / Ferries	365	742 260	4	41 651	4	4 996	357	695 613
Supply / Tender Vessels for platforms	183	534 226	35	97 286	4	18 616	144	418 324
Other Dry Cargo Vessels	383	3 624 240	121	2 254 171	61	1 234 303	201	135 766

¹	Vessels in Norwegian Ordinary Register (NOR) or Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS).
²	All tankers and dry cargo vessels.
Source: Norwegian Maritime Directorate.