Statistics Norway

The Norwegian merchant fleet

6 Vessels in Norwegian ship registers not included in the merchant fleet.1 Number of vessels and gross tonnage, by vessel type as of 31 December 2011
  NOR NIS
  Vessel Gross tons Vessel Gross tons
Oil tanker 29 1 516 0 0
Chemical tankers 0 0 0 0
Gas tanker 0 0 0 0
Floating production/storage vessel 3  208 073 0 0
Tank barge 3 1 676 0 0
Foodstuff tanker 0 0 0 0
Other tanker 5  170 0 0
Bulk vessel 2 33 1 0
Combination vessel 2 95 0 0
Sand/rock dumping vessel 2 1 549 0 0
Fish carrier/Well boat 16  320 0 0
General cargo vessel  203 9 997 0 0
Container carrier 1 0 0 0
Dry cargo barge  279  309 614 0 0
Ro-Ro freight 0 0 0 0
Frozen/refrigerated vessel 0 0 0 0
Vehicle carrier 0 0 0 0
Combined general cargo carrier 0 0 0 0
Barge carrier 0 0 0 0
Other dry cargo vessels 2 86 0 0
Passenger ships  759 20 016 0 0
Car Ferry 26 1 898 0 0
Ro/Ro-passenger carrier 1 0 0 0
Cruise ship 0 0 0 0
Other passenger vessels 23  744 0 0
Offshore supply and anchor handling vessels 0 0 0 0
Offshore service vessels 0 0 0 0
Drill units 4 60 584 0 0
Offshore survey/seismographic research 7 47 583 27  135 195
Cable vessel 3 11 014 3 23 688
Pipe layer 0 0 0 0
Andre offshoreskip 0 0 0 0
Tug and pusher vessel  188 33 561 3 6 405
Salvage and rescue vessel 38 24 896 0 0
Fishing vessel 6 158  324 198 0 0
Trawler 80 76 286 0 0
Fish factory 3 2 115 0 0
Hunting vessel 7 3 012 0 0
Fishery protection 0 0 0 0
Research vessel 27 11 802 3 4 030
Dredger 13 3 323 0 0
Icebreaker 3  625 0 0
Lighthouse vessel 10 2 824 0 0
Crane ship 10 9 624 2 77 444
Pilot ship 35 1 569 0 0
Inspection vessel/patrol ship 23 7 375 0 0
Work ship 1 409 2 017 0 0
Other support vessel 46 2 806 2 21 112
Yacht 5 794 27 387 0 0
Lifeboat 3 0 0 0
Submarine 0 0 0 0
Floating units 70  164 108 0 0
Training vessel 50 7 648 0 0
Landing craft 0 0 0 0
Unknown  155 7 943 0 0
1  Vessels in Norwegian Ordinary Register (NOR) or Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS).
Source: The Norwegian Ship Registers NIS/NOR.

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