Merchant fleet 2022
Gross tonnage of the regular Finnish merchant fleet increased in 2022
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland, the size of the Finnish registered merchant fleet was 1,243 vessels at the end of 2022. Vessels in the regular merchant fleet numbered 669. The number of vessels in the entire registered merchant fleet increased by eight vessels and the number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet remained unchanged compared to the end of 2021. The gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet was 1,966,251, which is six per cent more than in 2021. The gross tonnage of the regular merchant fleet increased by seven per cent and was 1,855,572.
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- The Finnish registered merchant fleet comprised 1,243 vessels, of which 669 belonged to the regular merchant fleet at the end of 2022.
- The gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet increased by six per cent and the number of vessels increased by eight vessels.
- The gross tonnage of the regular merchant fleet increased by seven per cent and the number of vessels remained unchanged compared to the end of 2021.
- At the end of 2022, the gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet was the highest and that of the regular merchant fleet the second highest during 2000 to 2022.
- The combined gross tonnage of barges and other engineless vessels decreased by 11 per cent, even though there were five vessels more than at the end of 2021.
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Regular merchant fleet at the end of the year 2018-2022
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Small vessels and barges and other engineless vessels at the end of the year 2018-2022
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Merchant fleet [online publication].
Reference period: 2022. ISSN=2670-1669. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 16.10.2026].
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