Table 2 Norwegian vessels callings at foreign ports, by continent

Arrivals of vessels at foreign ports

2	Norwegian vessels¹ callings at foreign ports, by continent

Continent	1990		1994		1998		2001		2002

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

		1 000		1 000		1 000		1 000		1 000
The whole world	37 407	698 976	43 142	818 587	43 583	886 994	42 177	892 711	42 086	927 161
Europe outside Norway	18 336	237 044	25 698	282 291	28 161	335 156	28 006	388 810	27 441	385 381
Africa	1 598	39 308	1 363	41 685	1 276	47 688	1 428	46 202	1 328	40 908
North America	7 467	180 263	7 726	237 402	6 410	252 109	5 554	209 940	5 373	213 749
South America	2 074	41 797	1 751	38 781	1 512	40 051	1 188	36 741	1 567	50 138
Asia	6 990	180 786	5 826	200 199	5 246	186 713	5 398	190 167	5 577	208 900
Australia and Oceania²	942	19 776	778	18 229	978	25 277	603	20 851	800	28 084

¹	Vessels in Norwegian Ordinary Register (NOR) and Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS).
²	Including Antarctica.
Source: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit.

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