Foreign flag vessel arrivals

In 2019, there were 28,584 port arrivals by 5981 foreign-flagged vessels in Australian ports. While this is a decrease in port arrivals by 1.8% from 2018, there was an increase in the number of unique ships by 1.4%.

**Figure 1a. Total foreign-flag vessel port arrivals by year.**

**Figure 1b. Total unique vessel port arrivals by year.**

Bulk carriers accounted for the majority (50.4%) of foreign flag port arrivals in 2019, with container vessels being the next most common (15.2%).²

**Figure 2. Foreign-flagged port arrivals by vessel type (2019)**

The proportion of port arrivals by vessel type remained relatively consistent across the years (Figure 3), with bulk carriers dominating.

**Figure 3. Foreign flag port arrivals by vessel type and year (2016 to 2019)**

^{Footnote: 2 ‘Other’ vessel types includes tugs, offshore service vessels and other vessel types.}