Malawi vessels

Voydar tracks 5 vessels sailing under the Malawi flag. The fleet's average age is 23 years. Combined gross tonnage on record is 272,701. 3 Malawi-flagged vessels currently appear on the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register.

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Fleet tracked

23 yrs

Avg fleet age

—

Detention rate

no inspections on record

Sanctioned

on OFAC / UK / Canada lists

Sources: live AIS, USCG PSIX inspections (public domain), OFAC SDN list, UK Sanctions List (OGL v3), Canadian autonomous sanctions list (OGL – Canada). Free on Voydar.

Malawi flag: fleet in world statistics

UNCTAD's count of the merchant fleet registered under the Malawi flag (ships of 100 GT and above), and who beneficially owns it. Published statistics, not Voydar's own tracking.

0 million dwt
Deadweight tonnage: 0% of world dwt
Share of world fleet

Sources: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub (merchant fleet, beneficial ownership, liner connectivity; CC BY 3.0 IGO); World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) (container port traffic, Logistics Performance Index). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Fleet composition

Tanker · 3 Military ops · 1 Tanker (hazardous cat. A) · 1

Recently active Malawi vessels

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