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431 Vessels registered in Norwegian ship registers1, 2. Vessels and tonnage, by type of vessel. 2012
Types of vessel Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register (NOR) Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS)
Vessels Tonnage Total Norwegian owned3 Foreign owned4
Vessels Tonnage Vessels Tonnage Vessels Tonnage
    1 000 GT   1 000 GT   1 000 GT   1 000 GT
Total  905 2 096  487 13 601  377 10 223  110 3 378
                 
Tankers 24  317  205 6 995  129 4 317 76 2 678
Oil tankers 18  313 70 3 389 45 2 418 25  971
Chemical tankers - - 94 1 598 63 1 054 31  544
Gas carriers 1 2 41 2 008 21  845 20 1 163
Tank barge - - - - - - - -
Foodstuff tankers 3 1 - - - - - -
Other tankers 2 1 - - - - - -
                 
Dry cargo vessels  881 1 779  282 6 607  248 5 906 34  700
Bulk vessel 19 11 59 1 701 56 1 606 3 94
Combination carriers 1 2 14  897 14  897 - -
Fish carriers 77 52 - - - - - -
General cargo vessels  169  119 42  657 32  575 10 82
Container carriers 2 5 13  327 13  327 - -
Roro freight vessels 4 6 18 1 002 14  791 4  211
Refrigerated cargo vessels 1 1 7 29 7 29 - -
Vehicle carriers - - 30 1 554 26 1 294 4  260
Passenger vessels  143  175 3 1 1 0 2 1
Car ferries  236  398 - - - - - -
Roro passenger carriers 9  101 1 12 1 12 - -
Other passenger vessels 30  107 2 46 2 46 - -
Offshore supply and anchor handling vessels  175  749 92  364 81  312 11 52
Offshore service vessels 17 54 1 17 1 17 - -
1  Vessels of 100 gross tonnes and more for transport of passengers and goods.
2  Includes vessels registered in the Norwegian ship registers the whole year or part of the year.
3  Registered by § 1.1 and 1.2.
4  Registered by § 1.3.
Source: The Norwegian ship registers NIS/NOR and Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/handelsfl 

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