The smart lender looks for a registry that investigates the cause ... published will influence the banker's choice of where a flag the ship. There is a definite quality factor in choosing a ...

The Liberian flag now has a 2.2m gt lead over Panama at the top of the registry rankings, its fleet growing by 5.6% so far this year, according to Clarksons. In terms of the number of ships on ...

Why is this South American country's flag so popular? One possible reason is the easy ship registration procedure. Panamaoperates an open registry and any person or entity, regardless of ...

Estonian authorities have detained a sanctioned aframax tanker over its alleged lack of a flag state. The Baltic country’s ...

Panama has taken a strong step in enforcing international rules by removing 107 ships from its official registry. These ships were flying the Panamanian flag but were listed under international ...

Today the body overseeing the Liberian flag is not the government of Liberia, but a private business based in Vienna, Virginia -- the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR).

So-called flag states typically play a key role ... country last October that speed up the process of removing a ship from its registry. Franco said the process now takes between a week to a ...

Promoting itself as the "friendly flag of quality," the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize has grown quickly since opening in 1991. Today more than 1,200 ships fly the Belizean flag.

So-called flag states typically play a key role ... country last October that speed up the process of removing a ship from its registry. Franco said the process now takes between a week to a ...

while some have chosen to sail without a flag altogether. Panama’s decision to cull 128 vessels also follows changes by the country last October that speed up the process of removing a ship from its ...