Switzerland
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: 765 of 875 vessels. Build-year coverage: 860 of 875. Classification recorded: 621 of 875. 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 | 254 | 5,514,381 |
| DNV | 148 | 15,381,109 |
| BV | 120 | 2,954,073 |
| LRS | 101 | 6,938,339 |
| ABS | 90 | 7,216,597 |
| RINA | 78 | 1,926,758 |
| NKK | 37 | 1,264,639 |
| OTHER | 19 | 13,168 |
| CCS | 15 | 2,417,952 |
| KR | 9 | 394,358 |
| RMRS | 3 | 121,403 |
| PRS | 1 | 27,112 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 156 | 14,093,703 |
| Panama | 149 | 13,357,265 |
| Unknown | 97 | 64,952 |
| Malta | 45 | 626,887 |
| Marshall Islands | 35 | 3,577,365 |
| PANAMA | 24 | 888,499 |
| Portugal (MAR | 20 | 1,281,419 |
| Republic of Panama | 15 | 302,834 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 601,237 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1,179 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 902,869 |
| Portugal (Madeira) | 12 | 1,543,021 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 12 | 473,314 |
| St Vincent and Grenadines | 12 | 19,427 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 113,332 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 2,164 |
| Singapore | 11 | 319,528 |
| LIBERIA | 10 | 207,156 |
| Luxembourg | 10 | 38,523 |
| Portugal | 10 | 222,669 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 8 | 153,691 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 33,945 |
| NORWAY | 7 | 126,857 |
| Republic of Malta | 7 | 55,663 |
| NETHERLANDS | 6 | 30,625 |
| Republic of Liberia | 6 | 180,069 |
| SWITZERLAND | 6 | 20,000 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 5 | 65,074 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 839,446 |
| Barbados | 5 | 175,812 |
| MALTA | 5 | 8,186 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | 269,572 |
| BERMUDA | 4 | 660,788 |
| Hong Kong China | 4 | 272,711 |
| NIGERIA | 4 | 1,270 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 4 | 4,943 |
| BAHAMAS | 3 | 503,800 |
| Canada | 3 | 29,263 |
| CYPRUS | 3 | 21,200 |
| Germany | 3 | 1,377 |
| Italy | 3 | 10,178 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 3 | 1,463 |
| Russia | 3 | 146,314 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 3 | 8,015 |
| Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | 3 | 18,988 |
| Vanuatu | 3 | 5,637 |
| Comoros | 2 | 6,418 |
| Confederation of Switzerland | 2 | 150,468 |
| France | 2 | 7,406 |
| FRANCE | 2 | 7,223 |
| France (RIF | 2 | 87,130 |
| Greece | 2 | 7,326 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 5,800 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 27,712 |
| JAPAN | 2 | 22,000 |
| Norway (NIS | 2 | 7,280 |
| Palau (Republic of | 2 | 9,773 |
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 52,995 |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 2 | 14,157 |
| Republic of Türkiye | 2 | 58,341 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 2 | 367 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 47,196 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 131 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 2 | 439 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 1 | 16,906 |
| Belize | 1 | 166 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 4,625 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 900 |
| Cook islands | 1 | 106 |
| Dominica | 1 | 8,825 |
| GIBRALTAR | 1 | 406,258 |
| Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | 1 | 1,442 |
| Japan | 1 | 260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 12,359 |
| Latvia | 1 | 3,820 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 |
| Morocco | 1 | 7,374 |
| Niue | 1 | 3,705 |
| Palau | 1 | 3,340 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1,590 |
| Qatar | 1 | 307 |
| Republic of Azerbaijan | 1 | 107,507 |
| Republic of Cyprus | 1 | 13,018 |
| Republic of Singapore | 1 | 63,474 |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 367 |
| Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | 1 | 1,700 |
| Saint Vincent & The Grenadines | 1 | 3,274 |
| SENEGAL | 1 | 734 |
| Sierra leone | 1 | 1,689 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1,689 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 1 | 3,258 |
| SINGAPORE | 1 | 1,468 |
| Sri lanka | 1 | 13,262 |
| St.Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 238 |
| The Commonwealth of the Bahamas | 1 | 307,431 |
| TONGA | 1 | 296,481 |
| Turkey | 1 | 37,343 |
| Turkiye | 1 | 35,021 |
| TUVALU | 1 | 6,558 |
| UNITED STATES | 1 | 0 |
| VANUATU | 1 | 9,002 |
| Virgin Islands (U.K | 1 | 0 |
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About Switzerland's Shipping Industry
Switzerland has 410 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 875 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 18.6 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.