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The statistics provide an annual account of ships registered in the Danish Maritime Register or the Danish International Ships Register. They detail the number of ships and ship tonnage, categorized by factors such as ship type, size, and age.
A special survey is done to monitor Danish-owned vessels registered in foreign ship registers.
Data description
The statistics compile ships registered in the Danish Shipping Register or the Danish International Shipping Register. The statistics describe the number and tonnage of ships by ship type, size and age.
A survey with Danish-owned vessels in foreign registers is done. The dimensions of the data is similar to the registerbased statistics.
Classification system
The statistics are grouped by type of vessel, flag state, gross tonnage and age.
Sector coverage
Shipping industry.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Gross tonnage (GT): Gross tonnage (GT) is a unitless measure of the size of a ship defined by the volume of all enclosed spaces.
Use: The primary use of the vessel
Year of construction: Year of completion construction of the vessel
Year of registration: Year of registration of the vessel in Danish shipping register
Statistical unit
Vessels
Statistical population
Vessels above 20 BT registered in Danish ships registers and Danish owned vessels in foreign registers
Reference area
Danish registered vessels.
Time coverage
1990-
Base period
Not relevant for the statistics.
Unit of measure
- Ships in units
- Gross tonnage (GT)
Reference period
01-01-2024 - 01-01-2024
Frequency of dissemination
Annually.
Legal acts and other agreements
The Act on Statistics Denmark (Lov om Danmarks Statistik), Section 8, subsection 1, cf. Order 610 of 30 June 2018.
Cost and burden
The statistics are based on a register. There is therefore no direct reporting burden.
Comment
A subject page on transport statistics. is available.