A Singapore Government Agency Website
Official website links end with .gov.sg
Government agencies communicate via .gov.sg websites (e.g. go.gov.sg/open). Trusted websites

Secure websites use HTTPS

Look for a lock () or https:// as an added precaution. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Scam alert

Government officers will never ask you to send money or share your details over the phone. When unsure, hang up and call Scamshield at 1799.

Sign up here for higher rate limits, priority support and maintenance notifications.

 
Environment

Registered Vessels and Shipping Tonnage, Annual

Data from Jan 1995 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 24 Feb 2026, 10:57 SGT

MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)

Dataset shows the annual total number of registered vessels and shipping tonnage as at end of the period.

Chart (Number of Vessels)

Data explorer

RegisteredVesselsandShippingTonnageAnnual.csv (31 rows, 669 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Number Of Vessels
Text
Gross Tonnage
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
1995291014963.985
1996315718238.813
1997338020774.197
1998341222025.106
1999336023748
2000333523043
2001335323167
2002335523550.747
2003306325571.773
2004310927710.949
Google colab link
Analyse this dataset with Colab Notebook
  1. 1. Copy this dataset ID: d_0c586210d33756a56ef6213078e749aa
  2. 2. Click on the button below

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_0c586210d33756a56ef6213078e749aa"
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). Registered Vessels and Shipping Tonnage, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 29, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0c586210d33756a56ef6213078e749aa/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)