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The statistics describe the number and tonnage of ships by ship type, size and age. It cover ships registered in Danish Shipping Register or Danish International Shipping Register. Danish owned ships registered in other registers abroad are are included for the main operators.
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.
Classification system
The statistics are grouped by type of vessel, 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
Seagoing vessels above 20 GT
Statistical population
Vessels above 20 BT registered in Danish ships 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
01-01-2022 - 01-01-2022
Frequency of dissemination
Annually.
Legal acts and other agreements
The Act on Statistics Denmark (Lov om Danmarks Statistik), Section 8, cf. Order 599 of 22 June 2000.
The collection of data is not based on an EU-regulation.
Cost and burden
There is no direct response burden since data originates from another register.
Comment
A theme page on transport statistics. is available.