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Norway vessels

Voydar tracks 11,115 vessels sailing under the Norway flag. The fleet's average age is 24 years. Combined gross tonnage on record is 15,471,337. Port State Control records show 1,570 inspections of Norway-flagged vessels, with 0 detentions — a 0.0% detention rate. 1 Norway-flagged vessel currently appears on the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register.

What is a flag of convenience?
11,115
Fleet tracked
24 yrs
Avg fleet age
0.0%
Detention rate
0 of 1,570 inspections
1
Sanctioned
on OFAC / UK / Canada lists

Sources: live AIS, USCG PSIX inspections (public domain), OFAC SDN list, UK Sanctions List (OGL v3), Canadian autonomous sanctions list (OGL – Canada). Free on Voydar.

Norway flag: fleet in world statistics

UNCTAD's count of the merchant fleet registered under the Norway flag (ships of 100 GT and above), and who beneficially owns it. Published statistics, not Voydar's own tracking.

1,647
Ships registered (2026)
20.8 million dwt
Deadweight tonnage
0.82% of world dwt
Share of world fleet
25.6 years
Average age
Beneficial owners of the Norway-flagged fleet (2026)
Owner nationalityShipsShare of dwt
Norway (domestic owners)89774.7%
United Kingdom187.3%
Singapore144.2%
Japan143.5%
Belgium103.2%

Norway: trade and connectivity

56.2 (rank 85; 100 = the average country in Q1 2023)
Liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
0.86 million TEU
Container port traffic, 2024
3.7 out of 5
Logistics Performance Index, 2022

Sources: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub (merchant fleet, beneficial ownership, liner connectivity; CC BY 3.0 IGO); World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) (container port traffic, Logistics Performance Index). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Fleet composition

Recently active Norway vessels

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