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Gross tonnage of the regular Finnish merchant fleet increased in 2022

release 24/02/2023 | Merchant fleet 2022

According 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.

The vertical bar chart shows the number of vessels in the Finnish registered merchant fleet in 2000 to 2022 divided into three groups: barges and other engineless vessels, small vessels and the regular merchant fleet. The number of vessels in the entire registered merchant fleet has remained relatively unchanged since 2015. The regular merchant fleet comprises more than half of the entire registered merchant fleet measured in terms of number of vessels.

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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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Tables

See key statistical data in the tables.

24.02.2023

Regular merchant fleet at the end of the year 2018-2022

	Amount	Gross tonnage	Net tonnage	Age	Age according to gross tonnage
Merchant fleet total	669	1,855,572	728,412	51.97	16.11
Passenger ships	191	22,676	9,223	61.87	61.18
Ro-ro passenger ships	55	619,670	272,498	33.15	16.86
Ro-ro cargo ships	42	622,784	186,861	32.45	12.32
Bulk carrier ships	10	106,356	52,507	39.00	9.04
Other dry cargo ships	87	217,821	90,454	45.01	24.44
Tankers	9	176,061	87,591	36.78	3.57
Special purpose ships	181	78,146	25,378	53.41	36.72
Other ships	94	12,058	3,900	58.09	49.65

24.02.2023

Small vessels and barges and other engineless vessels at the end of the year 2018-2022

	Amount	Gross tonnage	Net tonnage	Age	Age according to gross tonnage
Small vessels total	286	4,885	2,131	41.64	42.41
Fishing vessels	45	617	197	49.29	56.31
Tugboats	41	686	205	56.29	58.21
Dry cargo vessels (small vessels)	13	214	76	43.77	48.86
Passenger vessels (small vessels)	127	2,394	1,295	40.13	40.43
Other small vessels	60	974	358	28.62	25.93
Barges and other engineless vessels	288	105,794	36,167	39.57	31.81
Barges	256	100,277	34,371	39.29	31.60
Dredgers	32	5,517	1,796	41.81	35.59