173 million gross tonnes in East Asia

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In 2016, Norwegian ships made 4 465 port calls in East Asia. The gross tonnage of these port calls was 173 million. General cargo and other dry cargo vessels made up 1 788 port calls and 77 million in arrived gross tonnage, according to the statistics Arrivals of vessels at Norwegian and foreign ports.

The statistics has been discontinued.

Norwegian ships with a minimum of 1 000 gross tonnes made 70 200 port calls in non-Norwegian ports in 2016. Arrived gross tonnage was 1 461 million, which is 174 million more than in 2015. Ships in the Norwegian Ship Register (NOR) and in the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) made 26 588 port calls with an arrived gross tonnage of 635 million. Norwegian-controlled ships registered outside of Norway made 43 646 port calls with an arrived gross tonnage of 826 million.

Europe most important

In Europe (excluding Norway), 39 001 port calls were made, with 482 million of arrived gross tonnes made by Norwegian ships in 2016. Scandinavia and the Baltic (excluding Norway) saw 116 million of arrived gross tonnes, Northern Continental Europe had 142 million, UK and Ireland had 83 million, Southern Europe had 70 million and the remaining 71 million was distributed amongst the Iberian Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Most Norwegian ships registered abroad in Bahamas, Singapore and the Marshall Islands

In 2016, approximately half of the Norwegian-controlled ships registered outside of Norway were registered in the Bahamas, Singapore, Malta or the Marshall Islands. The Bahamas is the most widely used ship register, containing 170 Norwegian-controlled ships and a total of 2.8 million gross tonnes. The second most widely used ship register belongs to the Pacific island nation state of the Marshall Islands, containing 133 Norwegian-controlled ships and 5.3 million gross tonnes. 

Figure 1. Arrived gross tonnage, by register¹

Norwegian registers Norwegian controlled, registered abroad
2011 800 722
2012 793 674
2013 753 731
2014 752 705
2015 814 758
2016 826 886

Figure 2. Arrived gross tonnage, by register¹

Norwegian registers Norwegian controlled, registered abroad
2011 914 799
2012 917 724
2013 941 819
2014 940 818
2015 951 877
2016 948 965

Figure 3. Arrived gross tonnage, by register¹

Norwegian registers Norwegian controlled, registered abroad
2011 16 19
2012 16 16
2013 16 16
2014 15 16
2015 16 20
2016 17 24

Figure 4. Arrived gross tonnage, by continent

Norway including Svalbard & Jan Mayen Europe excluding Norway Africa Asia North America South America Australia and Oceania
2011 252 463 79 349 216 119 43
2012 260 433 72 337 206 116 43
2013 260 422 70 340 228 118 45
2014 252 407 77 349 234 99 38
2015 285 426 80 399 244 93 43
2016 251 465 91 461 279 117 49

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