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Danish Ships

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.