Arrivals of vessels at Norwegian and foreign ports (discontinued), 2008

Norwegian ships over 1 000 gross register tonnes (GRT), which includes ships registered in Norway and ships registered abroad with Norwegian ownership, nevertheless made fewer port calls in 2008 than in 2007. The number of port calls went down by 1.9 per cent, from 67 212 in 2007 to 65 935 in 2008, while arrived GRT went up by 3.3 per cent, from 1 279 million GRT in 2007 to 1 321 million GRT in 2008.

More tankers to Brazil and Venezuela

Port calls in Brazil went up by 127 from 2007 to 2008. The corresponding increase in arrived GRT was 10.1 million; a relative increase of 15.5 and 32.7 per cent respectively. Venezuela had 100 port calls more in 2008 than in 2007, with a corresponding increase in arrived GRT of 9.6 million; an increase of 44.6 and 183.6 per cent respectively from 2007.

Continued drop in port calls to Europe

Europe is the only world region with a drop in the number of port calls from 2007 to 2008. In 2008, the number of port calls was 42 249; down 5.7 per cent from the 44 800 port calls of 2007. Arrived GRT fell from 509 million in 2007 to 496 million in 2008; a 2.4 per cent decrease. This is the second year in a row that Europe has seen a drop in both the number of port calls and arrived GRT. Note that these numbers are for Europe excluding Norway.

Tug and offshore supply in Norwegian registries

There were 104 more Norwegian ships in Norwegian and foreign ports in 2008 than in 2007. Fifteen more ships registered in Norway made port calls in 2008 than in 2007, while in the same period, 89 additional ships registered abroad appeared in ports around the world. The largest increase can be seen within the tankers, tug, and offshore supply. Within tankers, there were 18 fewer Norwegian registered ships making port calls while there were 97 additional ships registered abroad making port calls. In tug and offshore supply, there were 24 more ships registered in Norway making port calls in 2008 than in 2007.

Tables:

• Table 1 Norwegian vessels at foreign ports. By continent. 2006-2008
• Table 2 Norwegian vessels at foreign ports. Ships registered in Norway. By continent. 2006-2008
• Table 3 Norwegian vessels at foreign ports. Ships registered outside of Norway. By continent. 2006-2008
• Table 4 Norwegian vessels at foreign ports. Country. 2008
• Table 5 Norwegian vessels at foreign ports. Ports with more than 75 callings by norwegian wessels. 2008
• Table 6 Norwegian vessels at Norwegian and foreign ports. Port callings between world regions, by vessel type. 2008
• Table 7 Norwegian vessels at Norwegian ports. Port callings, by vessel type. 2008
• Table 8 Norwegian vessels at Norwegian and foreign ports. Port callings, arrived GRT, and vessels by vessel type. 2008