Tonga vessels

Voydar tracks 17 vessels sailing under the Tonga flag. The fleet's average age is 16 years. Combined gross tonnage on record is 217,238. 1 Tonga-flagged vessel currently appears 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.

What is a flag of convenience?

Fleet tracked

16 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.

Tonga flag: fleet in world statistics

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

34
Ships registered (2026): 0.9 million dwt
Deadweight tonnage: 0.03% of world dwt
Share of world fleet: 35.8 years
Average age

Tonga: trade and connectivity

28.1 (rank 114; 100 = the average country in Q1 2023)
Liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026

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

Passenger · 3 Tanker · 3 Other · 2 Tug · 2 Cargo · 1 Pleasure craft · 1

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