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Gibraltar Registry Promotes "Three Main Selling Points"

Gibraltar registry director Alan Cubbin says the flag offers three primary advantages in the registry market: "practical application of high-quality technical standards, high seafarer standards and the tonnage tax."

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EU Yacht Registration Consultancy Differentiates Between Flag and VAT Registration

Sarnia Yachts, a consulting firm serving yacht owners interested in sailing in European Union waters, explains that the yacht owning company, flag state, and Value Added Tax registration jurisdiction may be based in three separate countries.

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ICS Supports Maitland's View of Global Registry System

The International Chamber of Shipping is in agreement with Clay Maitland regarding the increasing role flag states are fulfilling in the daily operations of their registered ships.

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Flag States Increasingly Involved in Operations, says Industry Veteran

Maritime professional Clay Maitland has written an interesting editorial regarding the increasing role he says flag states are fulfilling in the industry.

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NIMASA Stands by Decision to Detain Tanker

The Nigerian Maritime Administration is standing by their decision to detain the vessel MT Agbonmien on March 14 2006 on grounds of unseaworthiness.

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India Considers Reserving One Third of Export-Import Cargo for National Flag

India is considering reserving one third of its export-import cargo to be carried on nationally registered vessels, per the request of the National Transport Development Policy (NTDP).

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Protecting Ships is More Complicated with Modern Global Business Model

Scott Bergeron of the Liberian Registry explains that in an era where a ship is often owned, registered, and crewed by different nations, “responsibility for protecting ships cannot be easily assigned.”

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ITF Targeting Asia

Today begins the International Trade Federation's second week of inspections of vessels that call on ports in Mumbai, Kandla, New Mangalore, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Haldia.

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UK Parliament Member Advocates for End to Turkish Embargo on Cypriot Vessels

UK Parliament Member Matthew Offord has expressed support for Turkey lifting its embargo on Cypriot-flagged and owned vessels.

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Ship Management Leader Advises Italian Government to Invest Further in Flag

ESA ship management leader Gian Enzo Duci has advised the Italian Government to invest more in its flag in order to maintain business.

The managing director says that Italy's reduction in allocation of funds to its maritime sector as part of an effort to cut costs has resulted in a weaker support system for owners registered with the flag. Duci said:

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