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Dataset: Tanker Arrivals Breakdown, Annual Data

Tanker Arrivals Breakdown, Annual Data

Data from Jan 2002 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 24 Feb 2026, 10:58 SGT

MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)

This dataset shows the annual number of tanker arrivals (>75 GT) and shipping tonnage by type. Only vessels that are more than 75 Gross Tonners are included.

Chart (Number of Tankers)

Data explorer

TankerArrivalsBreakdownAnnualData.csv (72 rows, 2.6 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Category
Text
Number Of Tankers
Text
Gross Tonnage
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Oil Tankers33.3%
Chemical Tankers33.3%
LNG & LPG Tankers33.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2002Oil Tankers13148264325.38
2002Chemical Tankers232816328.93
2002LNG & LPG Tankers144332616.73
2003Oil Tankers12943259533.03
2003Chemical Tankers277719734.11
2003LNG & LPG Tankers136432502.93
2004Oil Tankers12930276537.09
2004Chemical Tankers324124519.58
2004LNG & LPG Tankers140530663.8
2005Oil Tankers12748294343.24

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
CategorycategoryText--
Number Of Tankersnumber_of_tankersText--
Gross Tonnagegross_tonnageText--
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1714a141d8bbf1996965eb3f71565525"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. (2017). Tanker Arrivals Breakdown, Annual Data (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 2, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1714a141d8bbf1996965eb3f71565525/view

About this dataset

Contact

norshazrin_ismail@mpa.gov.sg

Created on

30 Jun 2017

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)