Saudi Arabia
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: 835 of 1038 vessels. Build-year coverage: 1026 of 1038. Classification recorded: 630 of 1038. 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 | 408 | 1,811,277 |
| ABS | 312 | 8,296,115 |
| BV | 126 | 507,416 |
| LRS | 72 | 9,462,442 |
| DNV | 55 | 2,287,080 |
| RINA | 34 | 481,507 |
| OTHER | 13 | 10,496 |
| NKK | 9 | 246,269 |
| KR | 3 | 343,002 |
| IRS | 2 | 50,625 |
| RMRS | 2 | 49,146 |
| HNBS | 1 | 714 |
| MSR | 1 | 375 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 385 | 18,569,215 |
| Unknown | 132 | 300,957 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 111 | 603,427 |
| Tuvalu | 88 | 156,905 |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 71 | 721,554 |
| Bahrain | 19 | 14,549 |
| Panama | 19 | 179,417 |
| St.Kitts and Nevis | 17 | 22,592 |
| Liberia | 16 | 836,464 |
| Republic of Liberia | 14 | 85,723 |
| BAHRAIN | 13 | 9,147 |
| St Vincent and Grenadines | 10 | 2,065 |
| Marshall Islands | 8 | 186,072 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 8 | 41,348 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 8 | 1,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 11,862 |
| PANAMA | 5 | 100,691 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 13,572 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 5,447 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 46,713 |
| Kingdom of Bahrain | 3 | 1,045 |
| KOREA | 3 | 46,783 |
| Not Known | 3 | 303,489 |
| Republic of Panama | 3 | 111,127 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1,193 |
| Tanzania United Republic of | 3 | 12,466 |
| The Commonwealth of the Bahamas | 3 | 52,809 |
| TUVALU | 3 | 4,856 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 646 |
| Comoros | 2 | 9,070 |
| COMOROS | 2 | 1,888 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 250 |
| Dominica | 2 | 14,696 |
| GABON | 2 | 0 |
| INDIA | 2 | 9,483 |
| INDIAN | 2 | 50,625 |
| IRAN | 2 | 2,028 |
| JAPAN | 2 | 458 |
| KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA | 2 | 30 |
| LIBERIA | 2 | 471 |
| Malta | 2 | 7,281 |
| Palau | 2 | 2,049 |
| Republic of Singapore | 2 | 7,435 |
| Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | 2 | 194 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 2 | 3,053 |
| The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | 2 | 91,958 |
| AUSTRALIA | 1 | 0 |
| Belgium | 1 | 29,588 |
| Belize | 1 | 375 |
| CHINA | 1 | 0 |
| Comoros FALSE | 1 | 4,700 |
| DOMINICA | 1 | 149,745 |
| Egypt | 1 | 438 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 45,956 |
| Gambia | 1 | 4,999 |
| GERMANY | 1 | 1,184 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | 1 | 317,788 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 5,116 |
| Iran Islamic Republic of | 1 | 500 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 113 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 375 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 1 | 302,977 |
| MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF | 1 | 215 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 300 |
| NETHERLANDS | 1 | 0 |
| Nicaragua False | 1 | 836 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1,468 |
| PORTUGAL | 1 | 0 |
| QATAR | 1 | 0 |
| Republique Togolaise | 1 | 1,809 |
| ROMANIA | 1 | 14,956 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 1 | 480 |
| Singapore | 1 | 5,911 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 90 |
| St Vincent and The Grenadines | 1 | 120 |
| SWAZILAND | 1 | 552 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 4,005 |
| TANZANIA | 1 | 950 |
| Togo | 1 | 3,148 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | 1,463 |
| United States of America | 1 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1,343 |
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About Saudi Arabia's Shipping Industry
Saudi Arabia has 196 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 1,038 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 21.4 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.