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The Norwegian Merchant Fleet
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.
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2024 Per Cent Change 2023 - 2024 2019 - 2024 All Vessels 1 577 -0.9 4.2 Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) 18 185 116 -3.3 0.9 NOR - Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Vessels 891 -1.0 0.2 Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) 2 126 350 1.1 11.8 NIS - Norwegian International Ship Register Vessels 686 -0.7 9.8 Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) 16 058 766 -3.8 -0.4 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - 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) 2021 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 20233 1 591 18 800 245 540 12 423 413 151 4 273 518 900 2 103 314 2024 1 577 18 185 116 542 12 140 334 144 3 918 432 891 2 126 350 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
2024 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 16 16 262 0 0 34 2 192 132 4 234 855 Chemical tankers 5 6 366 0 0 91 1 615 911 26 571 971 Gas tanker 3 22 941 0 0 28 1 012 808 11 1 016 335 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 26 142 0 0 64 1 715 939 16 533 552 Combination vessel 2 3 894 0 0 10 124 838 1 30 521 Sand/rock dumping vessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fish carrier/Well boat 118 297 078 5 16 555 7 26 114 5 4 211 General cargo vessel 124 122 065 1 1 094 112 1 018 676 7 166 993 Container carrier 2 5 634 0 0 24 800 924 1 7 409 Dry cargo barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ro-Ro freight 5 5 758 0 0 11 333 249 6 286 824 Frozen/refrigerated vessel 3 10 075 1 5 943 13 48 991 2 6 528 Vehicle carrier 0 0 0 0 37 2 448 939 4 261 927 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 179 185 006 0 0 2 43 530 1 7 344 Car Ferry 234 507 120 1 313 0 0 0 0 Ro/Ro-passenger carrier 21 146 715 0 0 2 11 782 0 0 Cruise ship 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 544 649 Other passenger vessels 29 184 183 0 0 1 2 191 0 0 Offshore supply and anchor handling vessels 87 421 944 21 106 168 70 397 522 41 175 541 Offshore service vessels 4 17 285 0 0 5 16 836 0 0 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 2 10 098 0 0 31 329 952 7 69 772 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
2024 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. 130 19 187 0 0 1 135 0 0 200 - 299 gt. 84 20 727 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 - 399 gt. 41 14 504 1 313 1 383 1 349 400 - 499 gt. 66 30 658 0 0 1 498 2 957 500 - 999 gt. 113 86 847 0 0 3 2 223 0 0 1 000 - 1 499 gt. 61 75 007 2 2 503 4 5 315 1 1 276 1 500 - 1 999 gt. 50 86 185 0 0 8 14 158 3 4 881 2 000 - 2 499 gt. 43 97 455 1 2 186 17 40 403 0 0 2 500 - 2 999 gt. 74 208 834 0 0 45 126 894 4 11 800 3 000 - 3 999 gt. 63 223 886 3 10 828 53 186 144 17 59 261 4 000 - 4 999 gt. 45 201 377 10 45 529 29 130 610 18 76 861 5 000 - 5 999 gt. 24 131 974 9 49 172 33 185 151 3 16 059 6 000 - 6 999 gt. 18 116 189 3 19 542 35 225 162 2 13 817 7 000 - 7 999 gt. 21 157 661 0 0 20 148 837 10 72 148 8 000 - 8 999 gt. 7 58 401 0 0 5 42 499 0 0 9 000 - 9 999 gt. 1 9 720 0 0 6 57 655 4 38 084 10 000 - 10 999 gt. 3 31 435 0 0 4 42 464 0 0 11 000 - 11 999 gt. 6 67 773 0 0 19 224 610 0 0 12 000 - 12 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 12 147 045 1 12 162 13 000 - 13 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 3 41 679 0 0 14 000 - 14 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 1 14 740 3 43 018 15 000 - 19 999 gt. 7 110 057 0 0 22 388 004 5 95 226 20 000 - 24 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 5 114 787 5 108 590 25 000 - 29 999 gt. 1 27 164 0 0 40 1 151 888 7 201 613 30 000 - 34 999 gt. 1 34 231 0 0 52 1 695 705 13 422 379 35 000 - 39 999 gt. 1 36 822 0 0 46 1 692 446 15 539 457 40 000 - 44 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 3 133 431 1 44 866 45 000 - 49 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 6 283 062 9 430 652 50 000 - 59 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 15 834 068 3 172 364 60 000 - 69 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 17 1 144 055 5 333 853 70 000 - 79 999 gt. 2 150 183 0 0 8 609 022 2 143 332 80 000 - 89 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 21 1 797 550 2 164 786 90 000 - 99 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 6 548 602 1 96 483 100 000 - 149 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 1 111 109 7 814 158 150 000 - 199 999 gt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2024 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 121 361 249 5 19 945 54 1 748 395 35 1 207 059 5-9 years 115 303 623 4 16 215 93 2 878 566 28 883 384 10-14 years 120 389 215 15 75 492 119 2 576 987 30 419 058 15-19 years 103 377 386 2 11 210 128 2 597 069 28 923 526 20-24 years 52 212 948 1 5 804 58 1 115 890 11 395 223 25-29 years 44 90 722 0 0 45 929 918 10 86 930 30 years and over 307 261 134 2 1 407 45 293 509 2 3 252 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
2024 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 6 7 828 0 0 9 46 029 0 0 Ålesund 88 215 455 6 28 332 23 121 925 12 50 327 Arendal 2 16 720 0 0 1 85 745 6 125 787 Askerøy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bergen 113 162 271 5 25 874 238 4 829 405 36 1 186 791 Bodø 21 15 474 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 11 396 464 15 525 535 Farsund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flekkefjord 1 595 0 0 6 16 385 0 0 Florø 78 155 073 1 313 2 4 208 0 0 Fosnavåg 23 135 005 3 12 641 18 122 446 4 13 953 Fredrikstad 1 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grimstad 1 4 926 0 0 11 371 770 1 2 997 Halden 1 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hammerfest 51 64 327 0 0 1 3 650 2 243 194 Hamar 1 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harstad 18 21 788 0 0 1 2 449 0 0 Holmestrand 1 534 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haugesund 27 59 425 0 0 49 1 925 976 15 617 651 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 2 1 148 0 0 4 10 265 0 0 Kirkenes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kragerø 3 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kristiansand S 11 110 245 1 4 799 8 50 447 1 3 636 Kristiansund N 25 15 791 2 3 595 3 7 923 3 2 337 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 3 4 842 0 0 6 61 493 1 7 344 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 5 25 544 0 0 2 12 449 0 0 Mo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Molde 25 42 296 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 11 20 730 0 0 0 0 0 0 Odda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 25 159 908 0 0 70 2 601 754 12 557 508 Porsgrunn 1 3 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 Risør 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rørvik 12 37 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandnes 6 18 912 10 49 354 0 0 21 84 196 Sarpsborg 1 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandefjord 2 27 592 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sigerfjord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Skudeneshavn 5 37 386 0 0 23 202 919 4 25 334 Skien 4 2 473 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sortland 2 2 626 0 0 1 2 990 0 0 Sandnessjøen 25 35 376 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steinkjer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stokmarknes 7 24 475 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stavanger 87 120 023 1 5 165 38 1 182 217 3 53 422 Svolvær 4 4 040 0 0 1 28 331 0 0 Tønsberg 1 377 0 0 0 0 6 411 892 Trondheim 61 110 675 0 0 12 44 803 0 0 Tromsø 55 236 412 0 0 4 8 291 2 6 528 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
2024 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Vessels Tonnage, measured (gross tonnes) Oil tanker 17 1 023 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 66 3 321 0 0 Container carrier 0 0 0 0 Dry cargo barge 246 322 921 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 1 329 0 0 Other dry cargo vessels 3 86 0 0 Passenger ships 545 15 702 0 0 Car Ferry 15 1 047 0 0 Ro/Ro-passenger carrier 0 0 0 0 Cruise ship 0 0 0 0 Other passenger vessels 19 671 0 0 Offshore supply and anchor handling vessels 0 0 0 0 Offshore service vessels 0 0 0 0 Drill units 2 88 286 0 0 Offshore survey/seismographic research 5 5 995 22 254 917 Cable vessel 2 867 3 37 947 Pipe layer 0 0 0 0 Andre offshoreskip 0 0 0 0 Tug and pusher vessel 155 45 288 3 1 270 Salvage and rescue vessel 47 23 691 0 0 Fishing vessel 4 772 443 388 0 0 Trawler 51 72 378 0 0 Fish factory 3 448 0 0 Hunting vessel 6 1 902 0 0 Fishery protection 0 0 0 0 Research vessel 23 40 175 3 10 683 Dredger 6 1 453 0 0 Icebreaker 2 489 0 0 Lighthouse vessel 3 1 159 0 0 Crane ship 9 10 117 2 59 701 Pilot ship 46 1 884 0 0 Inspection vessel/patrol ship 11 946 1 6 074 Work ship 3 094 21 881 1 22 263 Other support vessel 23 1 924 2 22 170 Yacht 10 296 28 191 0 0 Lifeboat 1 0 0 0 Submarine 0 0 0 0 Floating units 64 426 025 5 221 902 Training vessel 42 6 044 0 0 Landing craft 0 0 0 0 Unknown 28 1 699 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 20 January 2022.
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.