🇱🇷 Liberia
ISO LBR / LR
Regulatory
- MLC 2006
- ratified (2006-06-23)
- Paris MoU rating
- white
- Tokyo MoU rating
- white
- USCG Qualship 21
- not listed
- ITF FoC
- listed as Flag of Convenience
Registry
- Vessel count
- 4,600
- Deadweight
- 196
- Administration
- Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR)
- File a complaint
- Official form
Second largest registry globally; operated by LISCR based in Virginia, USA
Compliance history
- Tokyo MoU
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Country context
- Population
- 5,731,206 (2025)
- GDP per capita
- $915 (2025)
- Income group
- Low income
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank Open Data.
What this means for seafarers
- MLC 2006: This flag has ratified MLC 2006. Vessels must hold a valid Maritime Labour Certificate + DMLC Part II posted onboard. You can file an MLC complaint via the flag administration.
- Port-state-control profile: high-performing flag — fewer detentions on average. Read about PSC regimes →
- ITF Flag of Convenience: This flag is on the ITF FoC list. ITF Total Crew Cost (TCC) scale applies as the wage floor. Contact an ITF inspector at the next port if your contract is below TCC. Unpaid-wages route →
- STCW: Party to STCW. Verify a CoC issued under this flag at the flag's verification portal.
See also: flag risk explained · MLC ratification list · white/grey/black lists.
Notable historic incidents under this flag
- MV Rena (2011, Astrolabe Reef)The Liberian-flagged Post-Panamax container ship MV Rena grounded at full speed (17 knots) on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, at 02:14 on 5 October 2011. The …
- Amoco Cadiz (1978, Portsall Rocks)The 233,690-DWT Liberian-flagged VLCC Amoco Cadiz lost steering in Force-10 seas off Brittany on 16 March 1978. Her rudder hydraulics failed at 09:45; the master called for tug ass…
- Torrey Canyon (1967, Seven Stones reef)The 61,263-DWT Liberian-flagged tanker Torrey Canyon grounded on the Seven Stones reef between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly on 18 March 1967, en route from Kuwait to Milford …
See also the full maritime-disasters archive.
Reference
- III Code — the IMO flag-state audit scheme measuring implementation of IMO instruments.
- Port state control — how Liberia-flagged ships are inspected + detained in foreign ports.
- Minimum safe manning — the SOLAS V/14 basis for Liberia's manning documents.
- Marine cyber incidents — case studies + the IACS UR E26/E27 cyber-resilience regime.
Verification & complaint routes
- STCW CoC verification: https://liscr.com/seafarer-verification
Ships flying Liberia
- MSC Gulsun · IMO 9839430 · Container
- MSC Irina · IMO 9930019 · Container
- Ever Golden · IMO 9339874 · Container
- Sovcomflot Christophe de Margerie · IMO 9856307 · Ice-class LNG carrier
- Hapag-Lloyd Sajir · IMO 9596033 · Container
- MSC Francesca · IMO 9312280 · Container
- Evergreen Ever Urban · IMO 9293820 · Container
- Hapag-Lloyd Brussels Express · IMO 9387399 · Container
- Seaspan Efficiency · IMO 9431484 · Container
- Maersk Garonne · IMO 9463026 · Container
- Ever Linking · IMO 9399218 · Container
- CMA CGM Centaurus · IMO 9450820 · Container
- Hapag-Lloyd Cape Town · IMO 9480376 · Container
- Star Antares · IMO 9557913 · Bulk carrier
- Star Marianne · IMO 9459552 · Bulk carrier
- Oldendorff Giant · IMO 9415366 · Bulk carrier
- Navios Coral · IMO 9434099 · Bulk carrier
- Genco Resolute · IMO 9302453 · Bulk carrier
- Genco Warrior · IMO 9307061 · Bulk carrier
- Eagle Barque · IMO 9568941 · Bulk carrier
Top 20 shown. Indexed ships total: 54.
Ports in Liberia
Liberia flag: FAQ
- Is the Liberia flag safe for seafarers?
- The Liberia flag holds a strong port-state-control (PSC) reputation across both Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU regimes. It has ratified MLC 2006, which gives seafarers the international right to inspection and complaint. A safer flag does not mean every vessel is safe — operator + classification society still drive day-to-day conditions.
- Has Liberia ratified the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006)?
- Yes — Liberia has ratified MLC 2006 (ratified 2006). Seafarers serving on Liberia-flagged vessels are entitled to make MLC complaints through the flag administration, port state, or seafarer welfare organisations such as the ITF.
- How do I file a complaint against a Liberia-flagged vessel or operator?
- Complaints can be lodged with the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR) via their official complaint procedure. Under MLC 2006, complaints may also be lodged with the port-state authority of any MLC-ratified port. The ITF and seafarer welfare organisations (Mission to Seafarers, Stella Maris, Sailors' Society) can advocate on your behalf. Keep contract, wage records, and seaman's book ready.
- What port-state-control rating does Liberia have?
- Paris MoU rating: white. Tokyo MoU rating: white. PSC ratings classify flags by inspection and detention history. White / low-risk flags face fewer PSC inspections; black / high-risk flags face more frequent inspection and a higher detention rate.
- Is Liberia on the ITF Flag of Convenience (FoC) list?
- Yes — Liberia is listed by the International Transport Workers' Federation as a Flag of Convenience. ITF FoC listing reflects the union's view that the flag has minimal genuine link to the beneficial owner of vessels registered. Seafarers on FoC vessels are eligible for ITF inspector intervention in any major port and for the ITF's globally-negotiated minimum wage benchmark when on an ITF-affiliated agreement.
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