The Norwegian Merchant Fleet
Updated: 1 February 2023
Next update: 1 February 2024
| 2022 | Per Cent Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2022 | 2017 - 2022 | ||
| All | |||
| Vessels | 1 592 | -0.7 | 10.5 |
| Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) | 19 009 029 | -1.3 | 13.2 |
| NOR - Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register | |||
| Vessels | 900 | -2.3 | 1.7 |
| Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) | 2 040 314 | -4.3 | 3.1 |
| NIS - Norwegian International Ship Register | |||
| Vessels | 692 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) | 16 968 715 | -1.0 | 14.6 |
Selected tables and charts from this statistics
- The merchant fleet by register, ownership and yearDownload table as ...The merchant fleet by register, ownership and year1 2
Vessels registered in Norwegian ship registers total Norwegian International Ship Register Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Norwegian owned Foreign owned Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) 2019 1 514 18 016 967 492 11 839 440 133 4 276 332 889 1 901 195 2020 1 571 19 259 134 485 12 074 996 170 5 167 952 916 2 016 186 20213 1 603 19 266 623 538 11 903 776 144 5 231 443 921 2 131 404 2022 1 592 19 009 029 549 11 812 101 143 5 156 614 900 2 040 314 1Norwegian registered vessels (NOR/NIS) of 100 gross tonnes and more for transport of passengers and goods 2Norwegian Maritime Directorate and The Norwegian ship registers NIS/NOR . 3New primary data source. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - The merchant fleet by register, ownership and type of vesselDownload table as ...The merchant fleet by register, ownership and type of vessel1 2
2022 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Registered Norwegain owned Foreign owned Norwegian owned Foreign owned Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Oil tanker 17 15 769 0 0 46 2 811 253 14 896 909 Chemical tankers 5 6 366 0 0 95 1 734 063 35 791 922 Gas tanker 1 1 687 0 0 29 979 150 16 1 404 343 Floating production/storage vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foodstuff tanker 5 3 099 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other tanker 2 4 611 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bulk vessel 21 23 185 0 0 68 1 872 353 17 570 699 Combination vessel 2 3 894 0 0 9 70 795 1 30 521 Sand/rock dumping vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fish carrier/Well boat 109 234 848 3 10 793 4 16 505 5 3 433 General cargo vessel 141 144 137 1 1 094 97 955 204 11 158 326 Container carrier 3 8 166 0 0 23 790 616 1 7 409 Dry cargo barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ro-Ro freight 6 7 386 0 0 8 366 538 7 299 257 Frozen/refrigerated vessel 3 10 075 1 5 943 13 48 991 2 6 528 Vehicle carrier 0 0 0 0 19 1 239 428 6 413 248 Combined general cargo carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barge carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other dry cargo vessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Passenger ships 173 186 360 1 177 2 43 530 4 133 142 Car Ferry 245 538 626 1 313 0 0 0 0 Ro/Ro-passenger carrier 21 164 325 0 0 2 11 782 0 0 Cruise ship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 317 240 Other passenger vessels 22 83 327 3 37 928 3 34 032 0 0 Offshore supply and anchor handling vessels 94 449 671 12 58 872 89 450 383 11 51 252 Offshore service vessels 5 18 176 0 0 6 21 662 1 16 697 Drill units 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Offshore survey/seismographic research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cable vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pipe layer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andre offshoreskip 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tug and pusher vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Salvage and rescue vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fishing vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trawler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fish factory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hunting vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fishery protection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Research vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dredger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Icebreaker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lighthouse vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crane ship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pilot ship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Inspection vessel/patrol ship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Work ship 3 21 485 0 0 36 365 816 5 55 688 Other support vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yacht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lifeboat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Submarine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Floating units 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Training vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Landing craft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Norwegian registered vessels (NOR/NIS) of 100 gross tonnes and more for transport of passengers and goods. 2Source: The Norwegian Ship Registers NIS/NOR. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Merchant fleet by register, ownership and size of vesselDownload table as ...Merchant fleet by register, ownership and size of vessel1 2
2022 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register Norwegian owned Foreign owned Norwegian owned Foreign owned Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Unknown gt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 24 gt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 - 99 gt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 - 199 gt. 145 21 254 1 177 1 135 0 0 200 - 299 gt. 77 18 749 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 - 399 gt. 43 15 173 1 313 1 383 1 349 400 - 499 gt. 67 31 125 0 0 0 0 3 1 455 500 - 999 gt. 119 91 053 0 0 4 3 050 1 830 1 000 - 1 499 gt. 66 81 237 2 2 503 5 6 647 0 0 1 500 - 1 999 gt. 49 84 305 0 0 8 13 423 2 3 488 2 000 - 2 499 gt. 47 106 334 0 0 16 37 925 0 0 2 500 - 2 999 gt. 71 199 695 0 0 42 118 647 4 11 581 3 000 - 3 999 gt. 62 221 188 1 3 457 61 217 035 6 19 864 4 000 - 4 999 gt. 47 211 067 8 36 203 40 178 507 4 19 505 5 000 - 5 999 gt. 24 130 238 5 27 907 30 167 506 1 5 421 6 000 - 6 999 gt. 21 135 910 1 6 632 23 145 743 6 40 268 7 000 - 7 999 gt. 18 135 061 0 0 21 157 009 8 58 475 8 000 - 8 999 gt. 7 58 249 0 0 7 60 301 1 8 829 9 000 - 9 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 7 67 611 2 18 264 10 000 - 10 999 gt. 1 10 181 0 0 3 32 156 0 0 11 000 - 11 999 gt. 5 56 702 2 22 409 20 237 189 0 0 12 000 - 12 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 10 123 921 2 24 595 13 000 - 13 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 4 55 572 0 0 14 000 - 14 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 1 14 740 4 57 350 15 000 - 19 999 gt. 4 69 273 1 15 519 26 458 176 7 128 263 20 000 - 24 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 9 195 311 4 88 445 25 000 - 29 999 gt. 1 27 164 0 0 39 1 128 317 12 339 277 30 000 - 34 999 gt. 1 34 231 0 0 58 1 888 297 15 490 635 35 000 - 39 999 gt. 1 36 822 0 0 44 1 629 085 15 539 454 40 000 - 44 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 8 347 704 1 44 866 45 000 - 49 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 6 283 062 10 478 506 50 000 - 59 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 11 618 572 2 117 062 60 000 - 69 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 12 802 471 15 995 907 70 000 - 79 999 gt. 2 150 183 0 0 4 305 680 4 296 186 80 000 - 89 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 21 1 791 677 2 164 786 90 000 - 99 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 5 457 767 3 286 480 100 000 - 149 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 1 111 109 8 916 473 150 000 - 199 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 1 157 373 0 0 200 000 - 249 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 000 - 299 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 000 gt. and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Norwegian registered vessels (NOR/NIS) of 100 gross tonnes and more for transport of passengers and goods 2Source: The Norwegian Ship Registers NIS/NOR Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Merchant fleet by register, ownership and ageDownload table as ...Merchant fleet by register, ownership and age
2022 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register Norwegain owned Foreign owned Norwegian owned Foreign owned Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) 04- years 139 378 949 6 40 444 55 2 065 308 43 1 619 356 5-9 years 115 299 054 6 25 606 114 3 231 984 30 1 246 611 10-14 years 124 455 322 4 19 273 149 2 739 649 33 1 239 152 15-19 years 76 337 380 1 5 804 120 2 471 884 16 662 976 20-24 years 61 98 449 1 177 55 844 157 14 365 062 25-29 years 35 103 234 2 22 409 22 269 384 3 3 841 30 years and over 328 252 806 2 1 407 34 189 735 4 19 616 Unknown age 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Merchant fleet by register, ownership and home portDownload table as ...Merchant fleet by register, ownership and home port
2022 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register Norwegain owned Foreign owned Norwegian owned Foreign owned Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Åkrehamn 5 6 303 0 0 5 23 543 0 0 Ålesund 78 189 158 4 20 961 27 156 105 4 15 928 Arendal 2 16 720 0 0 1 85 745 5 114 796 Askerøy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bergen 112 152 671 3 12 964 226 4 465 605 49 1 759 435 Bodø 26 17 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brønnøysund 9 17 296 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brevik 1 498 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drøbak 2 761 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drammen 2 3 822 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egersund 0 0 0 0 12 427 415 15 525 532 Farsund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flekkefjord 2 902 0 0 5 13 948 0 0 Florø 76 154 490 1 313 3 5 732 1 830 Fosnavåg 21 96 967 4 28 160 12 71 620 3 9 051 Fredrikstad 3 544 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grimstad 4 17 007 0 0 13 436 382 1 2 997 Halden 2 388 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hammerfest 50 55 026 2 9 640 1 3 650 2 243 194 Hamar 1 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harstad 18 16 561 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holmestrand 1 534 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haugesund 32 63 320 0 0 49 1 752 599 13 603 705 Horten 10 39 865 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hvitsten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hamnvik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kopervik 4 1 796 0 0 5 12 108 0 0 Kirkenes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kragerø 3 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kristiansand S 10 106 609 2 9 598 9 63 241 3 9 134 Kristiansund N 24 14 042 1 1 409 6 12 527 2 824 Langesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Levanger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lillesand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Longyearbyen 1 226 1 4 324 4 28 081 0 0 Lyngør 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Larvik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melbu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mandal 4 19 281 0 0 0 0 1 6 372 Mo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Molde 27 42 508 0 0 0 0 0 0 Måløy 6 8 762 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moss 1 5 505 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mosjøen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Myre 2 6 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 Namsos 12 10 414 0 0 0 0 0 0 Narvik 13 23 169 0 0 0 0 0 0 Odda 1 343 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 27 161 454 0 0 60 2 278 833 28 1 142 500 Porsgrunn 1 3 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 Risør 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rørvik 11 29 835 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandnes 4 14 966 0 0 1 3 639 0 0 Sarpsborg 1 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandefjord 4 65 206 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sigerfjord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Skudeneshavn 14 82 295 0 0 45 286 270 1 14 506 Skien 4 2 473 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sortland 3 6 264 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandnessjøen 26 35 405 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steinkjer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stokmarknes 7 15 443 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stavanger 82 104 086 1 5 165 44 1 526 468 6 282 032 Svolvær 5 4 224 0 0 1 28 331 0 0 Tønsberg 1 377 0 0 0 0 6 411 906 Trondheim 67 112 560 0 0 12 56 715 0 0 Tromsø 55 196 338 3 22 586 8 73 544 3 13 872 Tvedestrand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vardø 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vadsø 1 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Vessels in Norwegian ship registers not in the merchant fleet, by type of vesselDownload table as ...Vessels in Norwegian ship registers not in the merchant fleet, by type of vessel
2022 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Oil tanker 18 1 073 0 0 Chemical tankers 0 0 0 0 Gas tanker 0 0 0 0 Floating production/storage vessel 1 91 153 0 0 Tank barge 1 867 0 0 Foodstuff tanker 0 0 0 0 Other tanker 2 73 0 0 Bulk vessel 0 0 0 0 Combination vessel 0 0 0 0 Sand/rock dumping vessel 0 0 0 0 Fish carrier/Well boat 13 207 0 0 General cargo vessel 93 4 722 0 0 Container carrier 0 0 0 0 Dry cargo barge 250 330 096 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 1 50 0 0 Barge carrier 1 329 0 0 Other dry cargo vessels 3 86 0 0 Passenger ships 575 16 591 0 0 Car Ferry 18 1 212 0 0 Ro/Ro-passenger carrier 0 0 0 0 Cruise ship 0 0 0 0 Other passenger vessels 20 714 0 0 Offshore supply and anchor handling vessels 0 0 0 0 Offshore service vessels 0 0 0 0 Drill units 4 175 528 0 0 Offshore survey/seismographic research 6 9 202 22 236 080 Cable vessel 2 867 4 45 119 Pipe layer 0 0 0 0 Andre offshoreskip 0 0 0 0 Tug and pusher vessel 166 46 251 3 2 083 Salvage and rescue vessel 43 20 080 0 0 Fishing vessel 4 781 410 954 0 0 Trawler 54 69 909 0 0 Fish factory 3 448 0 0 Hunting vessel 6 1 909 0 0 Fishery protection 0 0 0 0 Research vessel 24 41 376 3 10 752 Dredger 8 2 466 0 0 Icebreaker 2 489 0 0 Lighthouse vessel 3 1 159 1 526 Crane ship 8 9 213 2 59 701 Pilot ship 46 1 902 0 0 Inspection vessel/patrol ship 12 1 024 1 6 074 Work ship 2 954 14 386 1 22 263 Other support vessel 22 1 812 2 22 170 Yacht 10 162 25 578 0 0 Lifeboat 2 0 0 0 Submarine 0 0 0 0 Floating units 63 420 375 5 221 902 Training vessel 43 5 992 0 0 Landing craft 0 0 0 0 Unknown 46 1 812 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
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About the statistics
The statistics show the size and structure of the Norwegian Merchant Fleet. The Norwegian Merchant Fleet consists of vessels for transport, with a gross tonnage of 100 tonnes or more, registered in NIS and NOR.
Ship register
Norway has two ship registers; The Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) and The Norwegian Ship Register (NOR). NIS was established in 1987 in order to improve the competitiveness of Norwegian ships. NIS is also open to foreign owned ships. NOR is primarily limited to Norwegian ships operating in Norwegian waters.
Gross tonnage
Gross tonnage is a function of the moulded volume of all enclosed spaces of the ship.
Classification of ship types has changed from 2007 and on. Through 2006 ships in the merchant fleet was split between wet bulk and dry bulk. Wet bulk includes gas tankers, chemical tankers, crude oil tankers, product tankers and other wet bulk tankers. Dry bulk includes combined tankers (OBO; Oil Bulk Ore, and OO; Oil Ore), dry cargo, passengers/ferries, general cargo, offshore supply/standby vessels. The new standard, Classification of type of vessel 2008 , in use from 2007, does not constitute a change in which vessels are included in the merchant fllet.
Name: The Norwegian Merchant Fleet
Topic: Transport and tourism
Division for Energy, Environmental and Transport Statistics
By home port of vessel.
Year
Production data are kept in SAS and stored long term in ASCII format.
The purpose is to measure the Norwegian registered merchant fleet's size and structure. Until 1957 the statistics comprised of all vessels required to be registered according to Norwegian law - that is, all vessels of steam and motor engine of 25 gross tons and above, and sail ships of 50 gross tons and above. The statistics comprised therefore of many vessels not included in the merchant fleet, e.g. all fishing vessels, whale catching vessels and other specialized vessels (towing, rescue and salvage, ice brakers, cabel laying vessels, and so forth) of 25 (for sail ships 50) gross tons. In 1957 all the Nordic countries agreed to limit the merchant fleet to vessels carrying cargo and passengers of 100 gross tons and above.
The statistics are used by National Accounts, governmental departments, shipping enterprises, research institutions and universities. The statistics are also used by individuals with interest in Norwegian shipping.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
The register was until 2001 used for collection of data in the survey Domestic Maritime Transportation
Arrivals of vessels at Norwegian and foreign ports is an additional source of information on ships registered in NIS.
The Statistics Act $2-2 and 3-2
The statistics was through the year 2009 based on The Maritime Directorate's control system for Norwegian registered vessels, and included all merchant vessels of 100 gross tons and above for passenger and goods transport. The statistics do not include fishing vessels and special vessels such as towing, rescue and salvage, ice breakers, research/weather/seismic vessels, cable laying vessels, drilling vessels and so forth. Statistics over fish catching vessels are published on Fishing and fish farming
All vessels in NIS and NOR must hold certificates issued by the directorate
Through 2008 data was supplied by The Maritime Directorate who through the control system manages certificates needed for the various types of traffic. All vessels in NIS and NOR must hold certificates issued by the directorate. The data supplied to Statistiscs Norway was based on a criteria of valid main certificate in parts of the year.
Starting with the year of 2009 data is collected directly from Skipsregistrene NIS/NOR. This change in sourcing does not impact the type of vessels included in the merchant fleet.
With the shift to Skipsregistrene NIS/NOR, as data supplier, the requirement of valid main certificate is abandoned.
The statistics is a total count of all Norwegian registered vessels given the limitations described earlier.
With Skipsregistrene NIS/NOR as new data supplier in 2009, all vessels in the registrer can be found in tables of Statbank. Main focus is nevertheless on the merchant fleet.
The situation described in the data is as of 31st of december.
The information on the vessels are transmitted electronically, and are adapted to the computer system in Statistics Norway.
Statistics Norway makes few changes on submitted data beyond checking classification codes. In the event that these are found to be wrong or missing the data supplier is consulted. Tabulated data is compared to previous years.
Data is receieved with the vessel types given by The Maritime Directorate which are coded into the standard used by Statistics Norway
No computations are made beyond those required for aggregate numbers.
The extraction of data from The Norwegian Maritime Directorate control system was altered from 2000 and onwards to include only vessels with valid main certificate.
Starting with 2009, data supplier is Skipsregistrene NIS/NOR. This means that the requirement of a valid main certificate is abandoned.
In May 2011 there were discovered errors in classifications for the posted figures for the years 2007-2009. For the merchant fleet in total the error was limited to two vessels in 2007 and 2008, and eight vessels in 2009. The error affected all categories. Revised figures were posted in Statbank while auxiliary tables in the main posting are left unchanged.
Beginning from 2017, the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (SDIR) decided to categorize "construction ships" as part of the Norwegian merchant fleet. This originally led to a deviation between the figures published by SDIR and Statistics Norway for 2017 by 41 vessels. The deviation was corrected on February 1, 2019.
A possible error is deviation of procedure regarding the extraction of data from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate control system, but this is assumed to be small. Errors in data processing can occur if new codes or other non-defined information isn't discovered, and may be wrongly processed. The data has not been changed after receiving the data from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
The above source of error pertains to previous data supplier. This will also apply to Skipsregistren NIS/NOR.
The statistics are a full count of all Norwegian registered vessels with the restrictions mentioned in the chapter about production.
The quality of the statistics depends on the quality in the control system at the Norwegian Maritime Directorate. The control system is assumed to be of good quality.
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