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 : 110 vessels
• Sierra Leone : 91 vessels
• Iran : 89 vessels
• Comoros : 60 vessels
• Eq Guinea : 51 vessels
• Nicaragua : 48 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:

• Iran to China : 1,117,538 barrels per day
• Russia to China : 1,050,870 barrels per day
• Russia to India : 1,044,827 barrels per day
• Russia to Unknown : 419,439 barrels per day
• Venezuela to China : 144,729 barrels per day
• Russia to Turkey : 64,521 barrels per day
• Iran to UAE : 55,584 barrels per day
• Saudi Arabia to China : 54,900 barrels per day
• Russia to Syria : 54,839 barrels per day
• Saudi Arabia to India : 35,020 barrels per day

Grouping them by size class:

• Handysize/Handymax : 673 vessels
• Aframax : 383 vessels
• VLCC/ULCC : 218 vessels
• Suezmax : 152 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