Flag state

The flag state of a commercial vessel is the state under whose laws the vessel is registered or licensed.

The flag state has the authority and responsibility to enforce regulations over vessels registered under its flag, including those relating to inspection, certification, and issuance of safety and pollution prevention documents. As a ship operates under the laws of its flag state, these laws are used if the ship is involved in an admiralty case.

The term "flag of convenience" describes the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. Ships are registered under flags of convenience to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country. Since the 1921 Flag Right Declaration, it has been recognised that all states—including land-locked countries—have a right to be a flag state.

Panama is currently the world's largest flag state, with almost a quarter of the world's ocean-going tonnage registered there.

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War History Online 23 Sep 2018

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Former AFM patrol boat added to US National Register of Historic Places

Independent Online 22 Sep 2018

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TVNZ 22 Sep 2018

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Maritime Museum's swift boat added to National Register of Historic Places

Stars and Stripes 20 Sep 2018

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Number of Filipino seafarers dwindling

The Daily Tribune 20 Sep 2018

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San Juan mayor: Trump ‘unhinged from any sense of reality’

Washington Blade 20 Sep 2018

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Leading UK Port Operator Seeks to Improve Shipping Logistics via Blockchain

The Bitcoin News 19 Sep 2018

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PM Narendra Modi Has Only Rs 2.3 Crore in Assets and Owns No Car

Yahoo Daily News 19 Sep 2018

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Defence officials turn lobbyists, sometimes weeks after leaving government

The Observer 17 Sep 2018

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Finger Lakes Times 17 Sep 2018

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Historic Maine tavern may face the wrecking ball

Journal Tribune 17 Sep 2018

The former Cushman Tavern on the Sabattus-Lisbon town line, as seen in 1979, when Maine historian Frank Beard applied for the property to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places ... SABATTUS — A former tavern listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its 1820s frescoes featuring oversized trees, ships and old New England charm is being considered Tuesday night for demolition....

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British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Thursday, June 28, 2018.

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The Hindu 17 Sep 2018

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