Norway Yearbook - 1996

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At the end of the year
Transport and communication
Vessels registered in Norwegian ship registers1 are not included in the statistics
of the merchant fleet
Total Vessels of 25-99 GT Vessels of 100 GT and over
Fishing and catcher Other special types of
Vessels Tonnage Vessels Tonnage boats vessel
Vessels Tonnage Vessels Tonnage
1000GT 1000GT 1000GT 1000GT
1990 2998 545 2224 110 593 275 181 160
1991 2968 560 2201 109 574 273 193 178
1992 2807 522 2078 103 537 261 192 157
1993 2753 533 2039 101 527 257 187 175
1994 2731 533 2020 99 525 269 186 164
1995 2680 550 1 960 96 529 276 191 178
Merchant vessels 25-99 gross tons, fishing and catcher boats and special types of vessel of 25 gross tons and over.2lncluding fishing factory
ships.
Source: NOS Maritime Statistics. More information: Division for Transport and Tourism Statistics.
423 Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register1. Increase and decrease of vessels and tonnage
1992
1993
1994 1995
Vessels Tonnage Vessels Tonnage Vessels Tonnage
Vessels
Tonnage
t 000 GT 1 000 GT 1 000 GT 1 000 GT
Net increase, total -5 175 -19 176 -24 182 6 295
Increase, total 30 171 33 203 33 153 40 319
New vessels built in Norway. . 7 13 8 23 7 5 8 5
New vessels built abroad 5 75 5 158 1 0 4 170
Secondhand vessels bought
abroad 18 83 8 7 14 69 18 44
Transferred from NIS - 12 16 11 79 10 99
Other increase - - - - - - - -
Decrease, total 50 44 40 41 48 87 47 54
Wrecked,condemned, etc 10 3 7 2 6 2 14 4
Sold abroad 22 20 22 26 34 68 18 20
Transferred from NOR to NIS. 18 22 11 12 6 15 12 25
Other decrease - - 2 1 3 5
Other increase and decrease (net)2 15 49 -12 13 -9 116 13 32
1Merchant vessels of 100 gross tons and over.2Mainly changes in registration and tonnage due to rebuildings, re-measuring etc.
Source: NOS Maritime Statistics. More information: Division for Transport and Tourism Statistics.
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