Sierra Leone
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: 161 of 171 vessels. Build-year coverage: 169 of 171. Classification recorded: 23 of 171. 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 | 148 | 5,594,030 |
| OTHER | 13 | 39,749 |
| IRS | 6 | 688,455 |
| RMRS | 2 | 48,468 |
| ABS | 1 | 46,592 |
| DBS | 1 | 27,321 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| SIERRA LEONE | 30 | 925,699 |
| Sierra Leone | 27 | 1,222,442 |
| PALAU | 9 | 569,695 |
| Palau | 8 | 235,368 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 146,023 |
| Unknown | 8 | 9,925 |
| Sierra leone | 6 | 53,848 |
| INDIA | 5 | 146,587 |
| COMOROS | 4 | 126,201 |
| LIBERIA | 4 | 583,513 |
| Panama | 4 | 46,120 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 3 | 82,328 |
| Liberia | 3 | 369,309 |
| PANAMA | 3 | 470,009 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 3 | 112,453 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 5,425 |
| Comoros | 2 | 51,805 |
| Iran | 2 | 1,230 |
| Korea Republic of | 2 | 40,106 |
| MALTA | 2 | 171,255 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 2 | 2,495 |
| Togo | 2 | 4,129 |
| TOGO | 2 | 6,464 |
| Albania | 1 | 7,830 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 40,086 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 53,106 |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | 75,307 |
| CAMBODIA | 1 | 2,225 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 3,214 |
| Canada | 1 | 48,874 |
| Dominica | 1 | 3,346 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 111,008 |
| GABON | 1 | 1,860 |
| GREECE | 1 | 910 |
| GUAM | 1 | 0 |
| Guyana | 1 | 4,132 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 8,900 |
| India | 1 | 32,042 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 45,018 |
| IRAN | 1 | 1,036 |
| ISRAEL | 1 | 66,597 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 35,644 |
| NIGERIA | 1 | 23 |
| Norway | 1 | 109,846 |
| Not Known | 1 | 100 |
| Russia | 1 | 146,247 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1,535 |
| SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC | 1 | 4,267 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1,500 |
| Tanzania United Republic of | 1 | 3,699 |
| THAILAND | 1 | 9,379 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 1 | 170,780 |
| VANUATU | 1 | 73,675 |
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About Sierra Leone's Shipping Industry
Sierra Leone has 62 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 171 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 35.6 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.