Bahamas
Shipping Industry Overview
Recorded shipowner/shipmanager links, deduplicated by IMO before calculating vessel totals and DWT. These links do not establish current control or active service. Company country differs from vessel flag; vessels can appear in more than one country.
DWT coverage: 211 of 249 vessels. Build-year coverage: 248 of 249. Classification recorded: 117 of 249. Age uses calendar build year; missing, pre-1900 or future years are “Unknown”. Missing DWT is excluded, not treated as zero capacity.
The 18–21-year age group is an age indicator only. Actual survey due dates are not available here. Repair visits are historical records labelled “repair”, not proof of a commercial preference. Company and group fleet totals can overlap.
Fleet Age Distribution
Vessel Types
Classification Societies
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Classification label | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 132 | 4,264,063 |
| LRS | 34 | 603,120 |
| DNV | 20 | 1,199,409 |
| OTHER | 18 | 13,332 |
| ABS | 17 | 1,047,731 |
| BV | 9 | 417,265 |
| RINA | 8 | 121,488 |
| NKK | 6 | 261,677 |
| KR | 3 | 212,768 |
| DBS | 1 | 1,985 |
| PRS | 1 | 3,486 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | 76 | 2,219,236 |
| BAHAMAS | 50 | 1,811,144 |
| Marshall Islands | 16 | 916,527 |
| Panama | 12 | 135,293 |
| Unknown | 11 | 965,911 |
| Liberia | 6 | 339,857 |
| Vanuatu | 6 | 4,069 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 5 | 35,802 |
| NETHERLANDS | 4 | 16,225 |
| PANAMA | 4 | 109,571 |
| Malta | 3 | 49,999 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 3 | 129,297 |
| St Vincent and Grenadines | 3 | 622 |
| VANUATU | 3 | 4,615 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 2,150 |
| HONDURAS | 2 | 79 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 112,762 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 2 | 107,056 |
| NIGERIA | 2 | 680 |
| Not Known | 2 | 770 |
| The Commonwealth of the Bahamas | 2 | 13,310 |
| Argentina | 1 | 160 |
| ARGENTINA | 1 | 209 |
| Belize | 1 | 569 |
| BELIZE | 1 | 120 |
| BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF | 1 | 8,642 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 100 |
| Canada | 1 | 100 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 88 |
| Comoros | 1 | 5,634 |
| Curacao | 1 | 0 |
| CYPRUS | 1 | 0 |
| ex2019 The Republic of Panama | 1 | 52,510 |
| exBBC The Republic of Panama | 1 | 3,486 |
| GUAM | 1 | 0 |
| GUYANA | 1 | 1,570 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1,299 |
| Italy | 1 | 8,200 |
| LIBERIA | 1 | 86,868 |
| MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF | 1 | 520 |
| Portugal (MAR | 1 | 37,054 |
| Republic of Panama | 1 | 7,000 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 1 | 81,842 |
| Republic of the Philippines | 1 | 244 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 37,129 |
| Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | 1 | 471 |
| Saint Vincent & The Grenadines | 1 | 276 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 1 | 12,169 |
| Singapore | 1 | 298,033 |
| St.Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 300,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1,985 |
| TURKEY | 1 | 63,800 |
| TUVALU | 1 | 152,856 |
| United States | 1 | 8,260 |
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About Bahamas's Shipping Industry
Bahamas has 185 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 249 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 32.0 years. This page provides analytics on vessel types, fleet age distribution, recorded classification societies, and the repair yards with recorded visits based on actual vessel visit data tracked by TrustedDocks.