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

Part of the world	1990		1994		1998		2002		2003		2004

Part of the world	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage	Port calls	Gross tonnage

		1 000		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	42 086	927 161	42 165	913 320	37 110	760 514
Europe outside Norway	18 336	237 044	25 698	282 291	28 161	335 156	27 441	385 381	27 192	376 177	23 681	299 136
Africa	1 598	39 308	1 363	41 685	1 276	47 688	1 328	40 908	1 248	33 925	1 308	34 432
North America	7 467	180 263	7 726	237 402	6 410	252 109	5 373	213 749	5 893	251 936	4 786	204 875
South America	2 074	41 797	1 751	38 781	1 512	40 051	1 567	50 138	1 625	48 163	1 549	42 985
Asia	6 990	180 786	5 826	200 199	5 246	186 713	5 577	208 900	5 580	181 824	5 163	161 190
Australia and Oceania²	942	19 776	778	18 229	978	25 277	800	28 084	627	21 296	623	17 896

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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