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	2002		2003		2004		2005

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

		1 000		1 000		1 000		1 000
The whole world	42 086	927 161	42 165	913 320	37 110	760 514	37 586	722 005
Europe outside Norway	27 441	385 381	27 192	376 177	23 681	299 136	25 293	313 334
Africa	1 328	40 908	1 248	33 925	1 308	34 432	1 125	35 738
North America	5 373	213 749	5 893	251 936	4 786	204 875	4 348	162 525
South America	1 567	50 138	1 625	48 163	1 549	42 985	1 523	39 214
Asia	5 577	208 900	5 580	181 824	5 163	161 190	4 713	151 137
Australia and Oceania²	800	28 084	627	21 296	623	17 896	584	20 057

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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