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	2003		2004		2005		2006

Part of the world	Port calls	Arrived gross tonnage	Port calls	Arrived gross tonnage	Port calls	Arrived gross tonnage	Port calls	Arrived gross tonnage

		1 000		1 000		1 000		1 000
The whole world	42 165	913 320	37 110	760 514	37 586	722 005	37 456	697 032
Europe outside Norway	27 192	376 177	23 681	299 136	25 293	313 334	25 640	309 724
Africa	1 248	33 925	1 308	34 432	1 125	35 738	1 364	40 832
North America	5 893	251 936	4 786	204 875	4 348	162 525	4 082	138 257
South America	1 625	48 163	1 549	42 985	1 523	39 214	1 361	37 777
Asia	5 580	181 824	5 163	161 190	4 713	151 137	4 477	148 493
Australia and Oceania²	627	21 296	623	17 896	584	20 057	532	21 949

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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