Sweden: Decrease in number of merchant fleet in 2016

19.05.2017

Sweden: Decrease in number of merchant fleet in 2016
Transport och Logistik, 19 May 2017, online:-
According to figures from Swedish agency Transport Analysis (Trafikanalys), the number of Swedish merchant ships decreased from 319 in 2015 to 310 in 2016. Total employment of Swedish merchant ships amounted to about 5.09 billion gross tonnage days in 2016, a 6% decrease from 2015. Use of hired foreign ships decreased by 14% to about 4.01 gross tonnage days. The total dead weight capacity in the Swedish merchant ship fleet decreased by 16% to 1.4 million tonnes in 2016. The Swedish share of tonnage disposed decreased between 2009 and 2014, but has increased from 2015 and onwards.
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