Maritime Professional leading commentator Joseph Keefe has drawn upon his experience to examine the effectiveness of the Paris MoU list as an indicator of flag state quality and develop conclusions based on his findings.
The Brazilian arm of the Argentine-based Ultrapetrol is developing its fleet of platform supply vessels (PSVs) but is reluctant to register the vessels nationally.
The shipping industry encouraged flag states to adopt the IMO Ballast Water Management and ILO Maritime Labor Conventions at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) conference held this week.
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel for Jamaica Duane Allen has recently returned to the island following study at the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta.
After spending the past year concealing their identity through changing their vessels' names and flags, Iranian shipping companies are being left with little choice but to return to their domestic register.
World City America, home of the American Flagship Project, has written to US President Barack Obama encouraging him to reconsider legislation currently prohibiting the financing of nationally-flagged overnight passenger vessels.
