Dark Fleet Stats

The Dark Fleet consists of 1527 active vessels, which can be broken down into various groups, depending on their flag, various size classes, etc.

Breaking the dark fleet down by each individual vessel's flag, we have the following top-20 list:

• Russia : 335 vessels
• Cameroon : 113 vessels
• Panama : 109 vessels
• Sierra Leone : 91 vessels
• Iran : 89 vessels
• Comoros : 60 vessels
• Eq Guinea : 52 vessels
• Nicaragua : 47 vessels
• Curaçao : 39 vessels
• Hong Kong : 38 vessels
• Barbados : 36 vessels
• Guyana : 35 vessels
• Oman : 31 vessels
• Malawi : 26 vessels
• Palau : 25 vessels
• Marshall Islands : 24 vessels
• Mozambique : 23 vessels
• Gambia : 21 vessels
• Mali : 21 vessels
• North Korea : 18 vessels

In terms of barrels carried by these vessels during the past year (365 days), we have the following top ten list:

Grouping them by size class:

• Handysize/Handymax : 673 vessels
• Aframax : 383 vessels
• VLCC/ULCC : 216 vessels
• Suezmax : 154 vessels
• Panamax : 101 vessels

Finally, grouping by construction year:

• 2003 : 159 vessels
• 2005 : 153 vessels
• 2004 : 146 vessels
• 2006 : 126 vessels
• 2007 : 101 vessels
• 2002 : 97 vessels
• 2008 : 91 vessels
• 2009 : 75 vessels
• 2000 : 74 vessels
• 2001 : 60 vessels