Statistics Norway

Marine casualties

5 Marine casualties. Vessels totally and partially lost, by geographical area
Geographical area 2008
Totally lost Partially lost
Vessel Gross tonnage Vessel Gross tonnage
Total 18 8 881  121  520 431
East of Lindesnes - - 8 9 629
Lindesnes to Bergen(Bergen not included) - - 24 76 750
Bergen to Trondheim(Trondheim not included) 3  166 23 46 756
Trondheim to Tromsø(Tromsø not included) 4 10 29 36 027
Tromsø to the Varangerfjord 8 66 14 9 649
Norwegian continental shelf including Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya 1  425 3 20 641
Other Norwegian coastal area 1 31 2  573
The Baltic Sea - - 6  106 875
The North Sea with adjacent coastal areas of England - - 4 13 378
The English Channel, Celtic Sea - - 1 28 292
The Bay of Biscaya, west coast of France and Spain - - - -
Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and The Suez Channel - - 1 32 749
North Atlantic Sea - - 1 11 433
East coast of North America to Panama, Caribbean Sea 1 8 183 - -
West coast of Africa - - - -
East coast og South America - - 3 71 692
Indean Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf - - 1 55 000
South China Sea - - - -
East coast of Asia and more - - - -
Antarctica - - - -
Other - - 1  987

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