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

Continent	1998		2001		2002

Continent	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage

		1 000		1 000		1 000
The whole world	69 284	1 429 650	66 590	1 479 069	66 917	1 505 352
Europe outside Norway	38 649	450 097	41 884	546 755	42 426	551 061
Africa	2 498	71 079	2 309	80 944	2 134	71 068
North America	13 185	465 823	9 822	390 180	9 374	396 797
South America	3 322	78 749	2 285	63 643	2 786	80 564
Asia	10 094	329 971	9 159	362 484	8 824	362 186
Australia and Oceania²	1 536	33 931	1 131	35 063	1 373	43 676

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

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