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Registered Vessels and Shipping Tonnage, Monthly

MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)

Dataset shows the monthly total number of registered vessels and shipping tonnage as at end of the period. (Latest month figures are preliminary estimates.)

Data from Jan 1995 to Jul 2026

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

Chart (Gross Tonnage)

Data explorer

RegisteredVesselsandShippingTonnageMonthly.csv (379 rows, 8.3 KB)

Month
Month (YYYY-MM)
Number Of Vessels
Text
Gross Tonnage
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
1995-01267213260
1995-02268713270
1995-03269913411
1995-04271713651
1995-05274314140
1995-06275814268
1995-07278914498
1995-08281414572
1995-09283414694
1995-10286714670
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_56f64b2d5a31eb0ee465cc51e83ac60a"
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, Monthly (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_56f64b2d5a31eb0ee465cc51e83ac60a/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)