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Published: 20 November 2020

Vessels in the regular merchant fleet numbered 678 in October 2020

In October 2020, the size of the Finnish merchant fleet was 1,239 vessels. The regular merchant fleet included 678 vessels and the number of small vessels was 286. The number of barges and other engineless vessels was 275 in total. The Register of Merchant Vessels, in which vessels operating mainly in foreign traffic can be entered, contained a total of 113 vessels in October 2020. The gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet was 1,862,324. The share of gross tonnage of the regular merchant fleet was 1,728,792 and the share of vessels entered in the Register of Merchant Vessels 1,564,966.

Vessels in the regular merchant fleet and in the Register of Merchant Vessels by gross tonnage 31st October 2020

Most of the vessels in the regular merchant fleet were passenger ships and second most were special vessels and other vessels. There were 194 passenger ships, 176 special vessels and 100 vessels in the category other vessels. The biggest category by gross tonnage was ro-ro passenger ships. The next biggest categories were ro-ro cargo ships and other dry cargo ships. The gross tonnage of ro-ro passenger ships and ro-ro cargo ships was more than half of the tonnage of the entire regular merchant fleet.

Table 1. Regular merchant fleet 31.10.2020

Vessel type	Amount	Gross tonnage	Net tonnage
Regular merchant fleet total	678	1,728,792	711,376
Passenger ships	194	22,930	9,335
Ro-ro passenger ships	54	603,936	283,965
Ro-ro cargo ships	44	511,702	154,069
Bulk carrier ships	10	106,356	52,507
Other dry cargo ships	90	220,509	94,259
Tankers	10	182,031	91,645
Special purpose ships	176	67,431	21,018
Other ships	100	13,897	4,578

The majority of vessels entered in the Register of Merchant Vessels were other dry cargo ships, ro-ro cargo ships and special purpose ships. There were 35 other dry cargo ships, 29 ro-ro cargo ships and 21 special purpose ships. The biggest category by gross tonnage was ro-ro passenger ships, ro-ro cargo ships and other dry cargo ships. The gross tonnage of ro-ro passenger ships and ro-ro cargo ships made up two-thirds of the volume of the entire Register of Merchant Vessels.

The number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet had decreased by nine compared to the situation at the turn of the year. The number of other dry cargo ships decreased by four. The number of passenger vessels decreased by three and the number of other vessels decreased by two. The number of ro-ro passenger ships and special vessels decreased by one each. The number of ro-ro cargo ships increased by two vessels.

The number of small vessels increased by two and the number of barges and other engineless vessels remained unchanged compared to the situation at the turn of the year. The number of vessels in the Register of Merchant Vessels remained unchanged in October 2020.

Source: Transport and Tourism, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Ella Oksa 029 551 3476, Matti Kokkonen 029 551 3770, ella.oksa@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala

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Updated 20.11.2020