Cayman Islands
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: 315 of 467 vessels. Build-year coverage: 467 of 467. Classification recorded: 360 of 467. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LRS | 170 | 146,684 |
| Unknown | 107 | 1,228,779 |
| ABS | 75 | 220,771 |
| OTHER | 60 | 2,736 |
| BV | 23 | 483,617 |
| DNV | 9 | 193,520 |
| RINA | 9 | 108,387 |
| NKK | 7 | 402,879 |
| KR | 3 | 197,869 |
| IRS | 2 | 4,303 |
| CCS | 1 | 6,009 |
| UNKNOWN | 1 | 74 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Cayman Islands | 268 | 255,973 |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | 35 | 141,353 |
| Marshall Islands | 18 | 164,558 |
| Malta | 14 | 6,435 |
| Bahamas | 12 | 374,753 |
| Unknown | 12 | 1,906 |
| Panama | 11 | 175,891 |
| Liberia | 7 | 143,332 |
| Brazil | 6 | 29,530 |
| BAHAMAS | 5 | 652,071 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 5 | 46,315 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 976 |
| NORWAY | 4 | 96,165 |
| Republic of Liberia | 4 | 15,779 |
| The Cayman Islands | 4 | 2,065 |
| VANUATU | 4 | 0 |
| COOK ISLANDS | 3 | 29,740 |
| Not Known | 3 | 302,047 |
| PANAMA | 3 | 36,634 |
| United States of America | 3 | 0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 8,655 |
| BARBADOS | 2 | 20,063 |
| BELIZE | 2 | 11,805 |
| BOLIVIA | 2 | 50 |
| Cook islands | 2 | 135 |
| LIBERIA | 2 | 151,729 |
| Republic of Panama | 2 | 8,356 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 2 | 117,265 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 66 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 |
| Belize | 1 | 11,660 |
| BRAZIL | 1 | 5,462 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 10,800 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 70,165 |
| CYPRUS | 1 | 24,105 |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 1 | 3,272 |
| France | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | 1 | 15,100 |
| GUAM | 1 | 70 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 37,330 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 148 |
| Isle Of Man | 1 | 159 |
| ITALY | 1 | 0 |
| JAMAICA | 1 | 61 |
| MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF | 1 | 1,055 |
| PHILIPPINES | 1 | 1,100 |
| Republic of Malta | 1 | 189 |
| Singapore | 1 | 11,930 |
| St Vincent and Grenadines | 1 | 1,800 |
| Togo | 1 | 500 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 7,005 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 1 | 70 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 0 |
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About Cayman Islands's Shipping Industry
Cayman Islands has 429 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 467 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 20.1 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.