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Navigation statistics for the Great Belt

The transit route The Great Belt is constituted by passages from Bornholms Gat over the Great Belt to the Skaw and vice-versa.

Image of the Great Belt transit route

Number of ships having passed the Great Belt per year during the period 2011-2014 from Bornholm to the Skaw and vice-versa.

2011
Draught	0-7 m		7-9 m		9-11 m		11-13 m		13-15 m		>15 m		Unknown		Total
Direction	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South
Cargo ships	65	156	521	422	1010	496	177	68	245	42	2	0	187	71	3462
Tankers	24	89	202	737	719	192	368	40	583	32	86	5	195	89	3361
Passenger ships	1	0	73	59	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	142
Other ships	8	8	10	14	4	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	9	19	82
Total	98	253	806	1232	1733	694	547	108	831	74	88	5	395	183	7047

2012
Draught	0-7 m		7-9 m		9-11 m		11-13 m		13-15 m		>15 m		Unknown		Total
Retning	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South
Cargo ships	83	132	492	458	1115	524	184	50	352	35	2	0	17	7	3451
Tankers	18	79	173	797	786	172	393	36	709	25	142	1	11	7	3349
Passenger ships	5	3	74	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150
Other ships	7	9	17	15	14	20	2	1	6	0	1	0	9	2	103
Total	113	223	756	1338	1915	716	579	87	1067	60	145	1	37	16	7053

2013
Draught	0-7 m		7-9 m		9-11 m		11-13 m		13-15 m		>15 m		Unknown		Total
Direction	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South
Cargo ships	69	123	585	590	1073	485	179	30	407	32	1	0	1	1	3576
Tankers	25	93	226	817	848	111	375	22	743	15	3	1	0	0	3279
Passenger ships	4	1	75	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	146
Other ships	4	1	4	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22
Total	102	218	890	1481	1924	597	554	52	1150	47	4	1	1	2	7023

2014
Draught	0-7 m		7-9 m		9-11 m		11-13 m		13-15 m		>15 m		Unknown		Total
Direction	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South
Cargo ships	279	163	640	500	1129	437	189	56	375	26	5	0	12	5	3816
Tankers	100	94	666	686	835	166	395	38	452	29	88	9	0	0	3558
Passenger ships	3	3	90	62	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	160
Other ships	2	7	5	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	32
Total	389	267	1401	1258	1966	604	585	95	827	55	93	9	15	7	7566

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