Nigeria vessels

Voydar tracks 129 vessels sailing under the Nigeria flag. The fleet's average age is 20 years. Combined gross tonnage on record is 173,860.

What is a flag of convenience?

129

Fleet tracked

20 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.

Nigeria flag: fleet in world statistics

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

1,032
Ships registered (2026): 7.3 million dwt
Deadweight tonnage: 0.29% of world dwt
Share of world fleet: 28.8 years
Average age

Nigeria: trade and connectivity

116 (rank 49; 100 = the average country in Q1 2023)
Liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026: 1.57 million TEU
Container port traffic, 2023: 2.6 out of 5
Logistics Performance Index, 2022

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

Other · 29 Passenger · 22 Tug · 15 High-speed craft · 10 Military ops · 9 Cargo · 6

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