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Malta

Shipping Industry Overview

1,037
Shipping Companies
1,391
Recorded IMO Vessels
32.9M
Known DWT
25.4
Avg Fleet Age (yrs)

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: 1180 of 1391 vessels. Build-year coverage: 1381 of 1391. Classification recorded: 916 of 1391. 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

Vessels aged 18–21 years
155 vessels (18–21 yrs)
oil_and_chemical_tanker 44
pleasure_craft 31
general_cargo_ship 18
service_ship 12
tug 10
bulk_carrier 8
offshore_vessel 8
ro_ro_cargo_ship 8
container_ship 4
fishing_vessel 3
gas_tanker 3
Unknown 3
passenger_ship 2
other 1

Vessel Types

Classification Societies

Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.

Full breakdown
Classification labelVesselsKnown DWT
Unknown47510,440,838
LRS1533,266,855
BV1503,422,877
RINA1472,827,876
ABS1195,367,327
OTHER119366,359
DNV894,096,014
NKK461,071,143
RMRS40618,965
CCS211,155,413
KR8114,783
CRS731,248
UNKNOWN554,661
INSB46,807
PHRS424,092
DBS213,996
BKI1105
TLV111,276

Recorded Flags

Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.

Full breakdown
Recorded flagVesselsKnown DWT
Malta4316,784,147
MALTA1603,962,187
Malaysia881,144,221
Liberia635,151,541
Unknown57804,691
Republic of Malta441,286,954
Marshall Islands423,324,689
Panama331,336,107
Cayman Islands244,618
Portugal (MAR19517,437
Antigua and Barbuda18129,344
MALAYSIA1837,976
Bahamas16430,592
Italy1593,459
Isle of Man13540,486
PANAMA13474,475
Republic of Panama13158,097
Comoros9783,965
United Kingdom912,726
Portugal (Madeira)8118,561
Republic of Liberia8858,680
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines892,942
Cyprus719,129
NORWAY7150,191
Not Known75,960
Belize621,872
Portugal694,307
SIERRA LEONE611,668
St.Kitts and Nevis647,581
CAMBODIA518,047
COMOROS585,061
MARSHALL ISLANDS5323,389
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF522,903
Norway525,245
Russia518,635
Russian Federation537,713
Saint Kitts and Nevis5181,325
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES542,636
Belgium4316,907
Cook Islands42,601
Dominica4314,790
France461,124
Greece4151,572
Indonesia495,578
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF478,515
LIBERIA4237,234
Netherlands4357
Norway (NIS488,572
Republic of the Marshall Islands4139,454
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS4279,228
Tuvalu474,503
Australia3464
Barbados3249,694
BELIZE324,032
Cameroon3120,522
Canada340,493
Cook islands35,664
Faroe Islands35,250
Mexico324,431
San Marino340,261
Sierra leone339,038
Singapore3134,887
Turkey324,052
BOLIVIA219,602
Cambodia27,134
CYPRUS24,510
DOMINICA28,245
GREECE2308
Guernsey20
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China274,539
INDONESIA217,778
Jamaica2630
KOREA25,997
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA20
Luxembourg20
Moldova Republic of26,367
Mongolia2334
PALAU214,587
Palau (Republic of27,012
Portugal (MAR)274,760
Republic of Cyprus27,190
Republic of Nauru2572
Republic of Türkiye214,847
RUSSIAN FEDERATION29,279
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines210,502
Sierra Leone29,701
St Vincent and Grenadines2507
Tanzania23,925
TANZANIA24,451
Togo22,290
Vanuatu25,867
BAHAMAS1170,808
BERMUDA11,400
Bulgaria110,588
CAYMAN ISLANDS148
China130,868
CHINA154,158
Croatia175
DENMARK111,600
Denmark (DIS1109,999
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)14,500
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)14,500
FAROE ISLANDS11,750
Finland13,005
GUAM143,648
Guinea-Bissau17,114
Honduras11,050
HONDURAS10
Hong Kong12,179
HONG KONG139
India150,600
INDIA164
Iran11,133
Israel14,900
Japan10
Kiribati11,718
Korea Republic of14,197
Monaco10
MONGOLIA10
Mozambique False1104,707
NETHERLANDS1117
Nigeria165
NIGERIA1100
Philippines1439
Qatar14,020
Republic of Azerbaijan17,110
Republic of Palau1115,948
Spain1300
THAILAND14,101
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas14,258
The Republic of Palau12,700
TOGO17,583
Tonga False170,616
Turkmenistan11,200
UNITED KINGDOM1224
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland1184
_unknown_119,000
VANUATU113,608
Virgin Islands (U.K1700

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About Malta's Shipping Industry

Malta has 1,037 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 1,391 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 25.4 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.