A “flag of convenience” vessel is one that flies the flag of a country other than the country of ownership. The ship “Hong Tai,” registered in the West African nation of Togo with Chinese ...

"Panama is a typical flag-of-convenience state." He told DW that such states enabled "shipping companies to register their ships at comparatively low costs and thus fly the flag." He said that ...

and Innovation.Shah… Stena Bulk has confirmed its intention to register up to five of its Suezmax vessels under the Swedish flag. A Suezmax tanker… ...

As home to the world's largest ship registry, Panama is renowned for providing a "flag of convenience" for vessels but appears to be responding to growing global pressure to tackle sanctioned ...

In spite of this individual embarrassment, international regulators consider the registry one of the better flags of convenience. It is also the world's largest cruise ship registry, which has ...

China has seen a rise in patent filings for tools capable of severing submarine cables—which facilitate more than 95 percent of global communications.

The vessel is a Chinese-linked ship carrying a flag of convenience, the coast guard said, meaning it is registered to a country other than that of its owner. "All eight crew members are Chinese ...

Sri Lankan became joined the flags of convenience countries with the introduction of the open-market economy some 30 years ago when the late Lalith Athulathmudali was the Minister of Ports and ...

The coast guard said the Hongtai was among 52 "suspicious" Chinese-owned ships flying flags of convenience from Mongolia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Togo and Sierra Leone highlighted for close monitoring.