SHIPPING AND MARITIME TRANSPORT 2012-2013 - ANAVE June 2012 | Page 20

ANAVE SPANISH FLAGGED FLEET
registered in the Special Canary Islands Register (REC), operated by Spanish and foreign shipping companies. As of 1 January 2013, there were 136 merchant ships registered in the REC, totalling 2,528,291GT and 2,249,184 dwt. Throughout 2012, this fleet decreased by 7 units that, in terms of GT and dwt, translate into decreases of 1.3% and 2.3% respectively. Spanish shipowners operated 132 of these ships, 7 units less than at the beginning of 2012, with a decrease by 1.4% of GT and 2.4% of dwt. In January 2013 there were four merchant ships registered in the REC operated by foreign shipowners, the same as in 2012, totalling 28,911 GT. In 2012 a total of 12 ships left the Spanish flag, of which 3 were scrapped, 1 was re-flagged in other European register and 8 were sold to foreign shipping companies.

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his chapter analyses the Spanish flagged merchant fleet,

Throughout 2012, oil tankers were the only fleet segment that grew, by 1 unit (+1.2% of GT), ro-ro ships maintained unchanged in number, but increased their GT by 1.1% fruit of the exchange of a small unit for a larger one. General cargo ships, reefers and gas tankers remain unchanged while both the containership segment (due to the scrap of 3 units, a decline of 58.2% in term of GT) and the passenger ship segment (which lost 2 units and 0.9% of their GT) decrease. Special ships, including cement carriers, asphalt tankers, supply ships, chemical tankers and cable tenders, fell by 3 units (-20.6% of GT).

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Spanish Flagged Fleet