Finnish tonnage as the implementer for security of seaborne supply in maritime transport.
Authored by Bo Österlund.
In the foreign trade in Finnish maritime transport, the tonnage sailing under the Finnish flag (SUFF) has been diminishing for a long time, and fallen under 50 % in the early 1980s already. Finland’s dependence on the merchant marine sailing under a foreign flag to Finland has, in turn, grown gradually. In the statistical year 2016, the share of both Finnish-owned and foreign-owned tonnage SUFF in the international maritime transport has, on average, stabilised at little over 30% (in importing over 40% and in exporting over 20%).
The article is written by Bo Österlund, Commodore, one star admiral (resigned from permanent military service), Doctor of Military Sciences.
