List of Liberia-flagged cargo ships explained

This list of Liberia-flagged cargo ships consists of vessels which are registered in Liberia and subject to the laws of that country. Liberia is the world's second most prolific flag state by both tonnage and number of ships, largely due to its status as a flag of convenience.[1] A total of 2,496 bulk carriers, container ships, and general cargo ships flew the Liberian flag in 2021.[2] Any ship which flew the flag at any point in its career, and is present in the encyclopedia, is listed here.

List of ships

NameOwnerCountryYear builtTypeFateNotes
AltaviaHerm. Dauelsberg1994General cargoSold for scrap in 2014.
Amoco Cadiz Amoco Transport Co.1974VLCCSank after grounding on rocks in 1978[3] Caused the largest oil spill of the time[4]
Avenue Star2008Bulk carrier
BiscagliaWinged Foot Shipping1986Chemical tankerScrapped in 2013
MCP AltonaIntership Navigation Co2007Container ship
MSC CordobaMediterranean Shipping Company S.A.International2007Container ship
Salem Pimmerton Shipping Ltd.1969SupertankerScuttled off the coast of Guinea in 1980 to fraudulently claim insurance[5]
Sea EmpressOriental Ocean Shipping1992Suezmax oil tankerScrapped in 2012Ran aground off Wales in 1996, causing a major oil spill[6]
Torrey CanyonBarracuda Tanker Corporation1959Suezmax oil tankerRan aground and sank off Cornwall in 1996, causing a major oil spill[7]

Notes and References

  1. December 2009 . Chapter 2, Structure and ownership of the world fleet . dead . Review of Maritime Transport . . 36 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100701082902/http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/rmt2009_en.pdf . 1 July 2010 . 2010-06-21.
  2. Web site: January 2022 . Merchant Marine − Country Comparison Ranking . CIA World Factbook.
  3. Book: Chelminski, Rudolph . Superwreck. Amoco Cadiz: The Shipwreck That Had to Happen . William Morrow and Company . 1987 . 0688069541 . New York . The Grounding.
  4. Web site: Visser . Auke . 26 August 2010 . Amoco Cadiz . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304161711/http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/part-1/id532.htm . 4 March 2012 . 9 September 2010 . International Super Tankers.
  5. Web site: Godfrey Hodgson . 14 March 2001 . Comment:Oil in troubled waters . The Guardian . 20 August 2016.
  6. Web site: February 1996 . The Sea Empress oil spill . Parliamentary office of Science and Technology . 16 August 2010.
  7. News: 2008 . On This Day 29 March 1967: Bombs rain down on Torrey Canyon . . 13 November 2013.