Table 1 Norwegian vessels callings at foreign ports. By continent

Arrivals of vessels at foreign ports

1	Norwegian vessels¹ callings at foreign ports. By continent

	1998		2002		2003		2004


Part of the world	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage
		1 000		1 000		1 000		1 000
The whole world	69 284	1 429 650	66 917	1 505 352	69 394	1 651 322	70 501	1 647 014
Europe outside Norway	38 649	450 097	42 426	551 061	43 574	575 911	44 135	533 282
Africa	2 498	71 079	2 134	71 068	1 995	64 209	2 365	80 113
North America	13 185	465 823	9 374	396 797	10 609	539 750	11 279	594 460
South America	3 322	78 749	2 786	80 564	2 752	79 393	2 469	63 196
Asia	10 094	329 971	8 824	362 186	9 296	355 624	9 244	346 558
Australia and Oceania²	1 536	33 931	1 373	43 676	1 168	36 434	1 009	29 406

¹	Vessels in domestic and foreign ship registers controlled by Norwegian enterprises.
²	Including Antarctica.
Source: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit.

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