Cayman Islands Flag Vessels
864 vessels registered under the Cayman Islands flag
Cayman Islands Maritime Fleet Overview
Cayman Islands has 864 registered vessels tracked on MarineRadar. The fleet primarily consists of Pleasure Craft (638), Sailing Vessel (54), Other (51), Tanker (35) and Cargo (23). Track all Cayman Islands-flagged ships with live AIS positions and real-time maritime data.
About the Cayman Islands Flag
Registry Authority
The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry is part of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI), a Red Ensign Group registry under British Crown Dependency status. The flag is mid-sized — a few hundred ships — with a particular concentration of large yachts and commercial ships financed in the US capital markets.
Why Ships Register in the Cayman Islands
Cayman is a Category 1 Red Ensign Group registry, meaning there is no upper size limit on commercial ships. It combines British flag protection with a tax-neutral corporate environment, mature fund-finance and ship-finance practice, and Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU white-list status.
Notable Operators
The Cayman flag is heavily used by superyachts above 500 GT, by US-listed and US-private-equity-owned tanker and gas-carrier companies, and by some offshore-support operators. The yacht segment — including many of the world's largest privately owned vessels — is the registry's signature.
Trade Routes
Cayman-flagged superyachts cruise the Mediterranean (Côte d'Azur, Italian Riviera, Greek islands) in summer and the Caribbean in winter. Cayman-flagged tankers and gas carriers, while a smaller share, run typical deep-sea routes between the Middle East, US Gulf, Europe, and Asia.
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