This week Communications Director of the Liberian Registry Allison Williams submitted a letter to Lloyd's List challenging its claim that the Marshall Islands fleet "appears to be growing faste
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.
After spending over a month at sea without a port of destination, it has been confirmed that the MSC Flaminia will be destined for sheltered anchorage in German territorial waters of the North Sea.
Sierra Leone and Moldova, identified along with Tanzania and Tuvalu as flag states having been approached by Iranian shipping companies, have confirmed they have delisted all Iranian vessels.
The International Chamber of Shipping has released its 2012 Flag State Performance Table.