Vietnam
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: 3007 of 3295 vessels. Build-year coverage: 3289 of 3295. Classification recorded: 1264 of 3295. 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 | 2,031 | 10,724,552 |
| OTHER | 520 | 3,049,945 |
| NKK | 244 | 8,116,691 |
| KR | 137 | 9,210,757 |
| ABS | 120 | 3,911,717 |
| LRS | 59 | 1,946,360 |
| BV | 56 | 1,554,895 |
| RINA | 38 | 1,028,487 |
| DNV | 26 | 1,157,525 |
| RMRS | 20 | 767,416 |
| CCS | 8 | 159,889 |
| IRS | 8 | 349,965 |
| UNKNOWN | 7 | 28,430 |
| CRS | 4 | 68,310 |
| INSB | 4 | 25,744 |
| BKI | 3 | 17,262 |
| IBS | 3 | 82,417 |
| HNBS | 2 | 27,468 |
| VRS | 2 | 23,006 |
| MSR | 1 | 2,151 |
| PHRS | 1 | 4,739 |
| PRS | 1 | 28,481 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 1,084 | 7,732,049 |
| VIETNAM | 872 | 2,634,036 |
| Unknown | 326 | 221,425 |
| Panama | 324 | 12,445,567 |
| PANAMA | 86 | 2,661,489 |
| Viet Nam | 70 | 302,728 |
| UNITED STATES | 54 | 0 |
| United States of America | 54 | 298 |
| MONGOLIA | 29 | 598,321 |
| KOREA | 27 | 4,731,483 |
| Viet nam | 22 | 613,353 |
| Mongolia | 20 | 329,773 |
| Republic of Panama | 17 | 609,681 |
| Russia | 13 | 158,458 |
| Liberia | 11 | 630,007 |
| St.Kitts and Nevis | 11 | 205,162 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 22,605 |
| Comoros | 8 | 130,662 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 8 | 44,838 |
| Bahamas | 7 | 503,912 |
| Belize | 7 | 74,081 |
| Palau (Republic of | 7 | 126,317 |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 470,341 |
| Tuvalu | 7 | 182,747 |
| COMOROS | 6 | 103,744 |
| INDIAN | 6 | 151,182 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 39,426 |
| Not Known | 6 | 345,619 |
| Palau | 6 | 155,132 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 6 | 274,360 |
| Sierra leone | 6 | 548,929 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 407,774 |
| JAPAN | 5 | 2,283 |
| Kiribati | 5 | 33,735 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 678,904 |
| PALAU | 5 | 146,035 |
| Singapore | 5 | 165,020 |
| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | 5 | 68,584 |
| MALAYSIA | 4 | 213,190 |
| MALI FALSE | 4 | 138,862 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 4 | 159,722 |
| VANUATU | 4 | 2,316 |
| BAHAMAS | 3 | 43,320 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 380,754 |
| GUINEA-BISSAU | 3 | 17,996 |
| Hong Kong China | 3 | 200,621 |
| KIRIBATI | 3 | 76,545 |
| Korea (Republic of | 3 | 369,931 |
| LIBERIA | 3 | 110,247 |
| Nicaragua False | 3 | 91,872 |
| Republic of Liberia | 3 | 194,534 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 3 | 6,307 |
| SINGAPORE | 3 | 69,368 |
| Tanzania United Republic of | 3 | 21,104 |
| TUVALU | 3 | 40,908 |
| Vanuatu | 3 | 59,267 |
| Aruba False | 2 | 122,771 |
| Barbados | 2 | 47,721 |
| CAMBODIA | 2 | 28,737 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1,761 |
| GUAM | 2 | 0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 54,419 |
| Iran | 2 | 6,179 |
| Japan | 2 | 118 |
| KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF | 2 | 53,729 |
| Korea Republic of | 2 | 150,473 |
| Malta | 2 | 5,810 |
| Portugal | 2 | 60,029 |
| Republic of Kiribati | 2 | 4,831 |
| Republic of San Marino | 2 | 41,268 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 2 | 71,576 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 28,316 |
| San Marino | 2 | 26,447 |
| Thailand | 2 | 8,179 |
| Togo | 2 | 17,305 |
| TURKEY | 2 | 50,179 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 273 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 37,256 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 1 | 45,994 |
| ARGENTINA | 1 | 643 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1,370 |
| BARBADOS | 1 | 108,871 |
| BELIZE | 1 | 4,956 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 28,317 |
| CAMEROON | 1 | 651 |
| Changing Flag | 1 | 93,166 |
| China | 1 | 3,289 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 22,780 |
| France | 1 | 186 |
| GAMBIA | 1 | 14,298 |
| Greece | 1 | 5,693 |
| Guinea False | 1 | 49,353 |
| Guyana False | 1 | 105,194 |
| HONG KONG | 1 | 241 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 78 |
| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | 1 | 0 |
| Madagascar False | 1 | 49,679 |
| MALDIVES | 1 | 4,908 |
| MALTA | 1 | 27,652 |
| MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF | 1 | 0 |
| MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF | 1 | 2,925 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 |
| NIGERIA | 1 | 0 |
| Republic of Korea | 1 | 54,842 |
| Republic of Malta | 1 | 142 |
| Republic of Palau | 1 | 24,823 |
| Republic of the Philippines | 1 | 8,300 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 1 | 19,140 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 122 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 8,758 |
| St Vincent and Grenadines | 1 | 23,986 |
| TAIWAN | 1 | 3,138 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 4,308 |
| TANZANIA | 1 | 4,103 |
| VENEZUELA | 1 | 0 |
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About Vietnam's Shipping Industry
Vietnam has 1,585 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 3,295 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 25.1 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.