Dark Fleet Stats

The Dark Fleet consists of 1481 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 : 355 vessels
• Cameroon : 105 vessels
• Iran : 88 vessels
• Sierra Leone : 87 vessels
• Panama : 86 vessels
• Comoros : 62 vessels
• Eq Guinea : 50 vessels
• Nicaragua : 49 vessels
• Curaçao : 40 vessels
• Barbados : 37 vessels
• Hong Kong : 36 vessels
• Guyana : 32 vessels
• Oman : 31 vessels
• Malawi : 27 vessels
• Mozambique : 23 vessels
• Palau : 22 vessels
• Marshall Islands : 20 vessels
• Gambia : 20 vessels
• Mali : 20 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:

• Russia to China : 1,126,338 barrels per day
• Russia to India : 1,042,603 barrels per day
• Iran to China : 1,004,379 barrels per day
• Russia to Unknown : 337,245 barrels per day
• Venezuela to China : 103,594 barrels per day
• Saudi Arabia to China : 54,900 barrels per day
• Russia to Turkey : 50,563 barrels per day
• Russia to Syria : 48,005 barrels per day
• Iran to UAE : 45,979 barrels per day
• Iraq (S) to China : 34,286 barrels per day

Grouping them by size class:

• Handysize/Handymax : 657 vessels
• Aframax : 358 vessels
• VLCC/ULCC : 214 vessels
• Suezmax : 152 vessels
• Panamax : 100 vessels

Finally, grouping by construction year:

• 2003 : 155 vessels
• 2005 : 151 vessels
• 2004 : 144 vessels
• 2006 : 123 vessels
• 2007 : 103 vessels
• 2008 : 91 vessels
• 2002 : 89 vessels
• 2000 : 74 vessels
• 2009 : 73 vessels
• 2001 : 56 vessels