Vessels in the regular merchant fleet numbered 607 in the second quarter of 2025

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release | Merchant fleet 2025, 2nd quarter

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the size of Finland's regular merchant fleet was 607 vessels in the second quarter of 2025. Small vessels included 174 vessels and barges and other engineless vessels 268 vessels. The total size of the Finnish merchant fleet was 1,049 vessels with gross tonnage of 1,885,712.

Key selections

  • Compared to the situation at the end of the last quarter of 2024, the number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet had decreased by 17 and the number of vessels in the entire combined merchant fleet by 46 by the end of the second quarter of 2025.
  • The Register of Merchant Vessels, in which vessels operating mainly in foreign traffic can be entered, contained a total of 99 vessels in the second quarter of 2025.

Tables

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Regular merchant fleet at the end of the quarter in 2023Q3 to 2025Q2

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Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Merchant fleet [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, 2nd quarter. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 9.7.2025].
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