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Vessels in the regular merchant fleet numbered 674 in July 2022

release | Merchant fleet 2022, July

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, in July 2022, the size of the Finnish merchant fleet was 1,241 vessels. The regular merchant fleet included 674 vessels and the number of small vessels was 283. The number of barges and other engineless vessels was 284 in total. The gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet was 2,019,854.

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  • The Register of Merchant Vessels, in which vessels operating mainly in foreign traffic can be entered, contained a total of 108 vessels in July 2022.
  • Of the gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet, the gross tonnage of the regular merchant fleet accounted for 95 per cent and vessels entered in the Register of Merchant Vessels for 86 per cent.
  • The number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet has increased by five compared to the situation at the turn of the previous year.

The gross tonnage of ro-ro ships was 68 per cent of the tonnage of the entire regular merchant fleet

Most of the vessels in the regular merchant fleet were passenger ships. The biggest category by gross tonnage was ro-ro passenger ships. The gross tonnage of ro-ro passenger ships and ro-ro cargo ships was 68 per cent of the tonnage of the entire regular merchant fleet. Ro-ro ships are vessels where cargo is loaded and unloaded by moving it on wheels onto and off the ship on ramps in the stern and bow or through side doors (roll on/roll off).

The majority of vessels entered in the Register of Merchant Vessels were other dry cargo ships, ro-ro cargo ships and special purpose ships. The gross tonnage of ro-ro passenger ships and ro-ro cargo ships made up 73 per cent of the volume of the entire Register of Merchant Vessels.

The size of the regular merchant fleet has grown during 2022

The number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet had increased by five compared to the situation at the turn of the previous year. The number of other dry cargo ships, ro-ro passenger ships and special purpose ships increased by one each and the number of ro-ro cargo ships increased by two. The number of vessels in the Register of Merchant Vessels had increased by two compared to the situation at the turn of the previous year.

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