Shipping
Transport
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average age is of a vessel in the UK flagged fleet; and what information her Department holds on the average age of vessels registered under other flags. [R]
Michael Penning (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads and Motoring), Transport; Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
As of
The UK Ship Register (UKSR) receives market information from Clarkson World Fleet Monitor which shows the average age of other flags. The average age of the other flags in the top 20, by gross tons, is shown as follows:
| Flag | Average age |
| Panama | 17.1 |
| Liberia | 9.8 |
| Marshall Islands | 8.0 |
| Hong Kong | 9.5 |
| Singapore | 9.3 |
| Bahamas | 14.3 |
| Malta | 12.6 |
| Greece | 23.4 |
| China PR | 21.6 |
| Cyprus | 11.5 |
| Italy | 22.5 |
| Germany | 23.4 |
| Japan | 17.9 |
| Isle of Man | 9.8 |
| Norway (International) | 14.9 |
| United States | 27.9 |
| Denmark (International) | 15.9 |
| Bermuda | 13.2 |
| South Korea | 22.7 |