Greek shipping fleet has 2,013 vessels

The Greek shipping fleet had 2,013 vessels with a total tonnage of 34.7 million tons by the end of last year, the National Statistics Service said on Friday.

The statistics service, in a report, said of the total 2,013 vessels, 632 were cargo ships, 467 tankers and 914 passenger ferries.

The report said the Greek shipping fleet recorded a 1.1 percent decline in 2006 from the previous year, reflecting a 0.6 percent increase in cargo vessels, a 5.3 percent rise in total tonnage, a 3.1 percent decline in passenger ships, a 4.7 percent rise in total tonnage of cargo ships and a 0.6 percent rise in tankers.

Source: Xinhua