Vessels in the regular merchant fleet numbered 669 in December 2022
release | Merchant fleet 2022, DecemberAccording to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, in December 2022, the size of the Finnish merchant fleet was 1,242 vessels. The regular merchant fleet included 669 vessels and the number of small vessels was 285. The number of barges and other engineless vessels was 288 in total. The gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet was 1,966,147.
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- The Register of Merchant Vessels, in which vessels operating mainly in foreign traffic can be entered, contained a total of 104 vessels in December 2022.
- Of the gross tonnage of the entire registered merchant fleet, the gross tonnage of the regular merchant fleet accounted for 94 per cent and vessels entered in the Register of Merchant Vessels for 86 per cent.
- The number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet had remained the same compared to the situation at the turn of the previous year.
The gross tonnage of ro-ro ships was 67 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 cargo ships. The gross tonnage of ro-ro cargo ships and ro-ro passenger ships was 67 per cent of the tonnage of the entire regular merchant fleet.
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 72 per cent of the volume of the entire Register of Merchant Vessels.
The size of the regular merchant fleet has remained the same during 2022
The number of vessels in the regular merchant fleet had remained the same compared to the situation at the turn of the previous year. The number of ro-ro passenger ships and the number of special purpose ships both increased by one and the number of other ships decreased by two. The number of vessels in the Register of Merchant Vessels had decreased by two compared to the situation at the turn of the previous year.
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