Year-wise World Merchant Ships Completed by Principle Types
This dataset contains the Year-wise World Merchant Ships Completed by Principle Types. Major categories include Oil Tankers, Bulk/Oil Carriers, Ore & Bulk Carriers, General Cargo and Passenger Ships. It contains the details of ships over 100 Gross Tonnage.
Year-wise World Merchant Ships Completed by Principle Types
This dataset contains the Year-wise World Merchant Ships Completed by Principle Types. Major categories include Oil Tankers, Bulk/Oil Carriers, Ore & Bulk Carriers, General Cargo and Passenger Ships. It contains the details of ships over 100 Gross Tonnage.
The calendar year to which the shipping and fishing statistics pertain.
category
String
9
720
The vessel or fishing category the record refers to, such as fishing types, bulk or oil carriers, or container ships.
sub_category
String
2
720
The measurement dimension of the value, indicating whether figures are reported as vessel counts or as tonnage.
value
Int64
520
712
The reported figure for the given category and year, expressed as a vessel count or as tonnage depending on the unit.
unit
String
2
720
The unit of measurement for the value, either an absolute number or tonnage expressed in thousand tonnes.
note
String
3
84
Supplementary remarks for the record, such as flagging that the data is not available.
Citation
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. (2026). Year-wise World Merchant Ships Completed by Principle Types [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20860