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Published: 20 March 2020

Vessels in the regular merchant fleet numbered 685 in February 2020

In February 2020, the size of the Finnish merchant fleet was 1,243 vessels. The regular merchant fleet included 685 vessels and the number of small vessels was 284. The number of barges and other engineless vessels was 274 in total. The Register of Merchant Vessels, in which vessels operating mainly in foreign traffic can be entered, contained a total of 116 vessels in February 2020. The gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet was 1,874,865. The share of gross tonnage of the regular merchant fleet was 1,739,541 and the share of vessels entered in the Register of Merchant Vessels 1,574,660.

Vessels in the regular merchant fleet and in the Register of Merchant Vessels by gross tonnage 29th february 2020

Most of the vessels in the regular merchant fleet were passenger ships and second most were special vessels and other vessels. There were 196 passenger ships, 176 special vessels and 101 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 29th february 2020

Vessel type	Amount	Gross tonnage	Net tonnage
Regular merchant fleet total	685	1,739,541	716,767
Passenger ships	196	23,033	9,380
Ro-ro passenger ships	55	604,149	284,029
Ro-ro cargo ships	43	511,658	154,055
Bulk carrier ships	10	106,356	52,507
Other dry cargo ships	94	230,558	99,351
Tankers	10	182,031	91,645
Special purpose ships	176	67,535	21,049
Other ships	101	14,221	4,751

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 38 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 two compared to the situation at the turn of the year. The number of special vessels, passenger vessels and other vessels decreased by one each. The number of ro-ro cargo ships increased by one vessel. The number of barges had declined by one vessel. There were no changes to the Register of Merchant Vessels in February 2020.

Source: Transport and Tourism, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Matti Kokkonen 029 551 3770, Sami Lahtinen 029 551 3207, matti.kokkonen@tilastokeskus.fi

Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko

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Updated 20.2.2020