Flag of convenience (FOC) is a business practice whereby a ship's owners register a merchant ship in a ship register of a country other than that of the...

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qualification". This lack of regulation has led to ships flying flags of convenience – like the Bahamas' flag – having a reputation of possessing a "poor safety...

crewed, used the tricolour as a flag of convenience; so did the whalers of Christian Salvesen Shipping, to take advantage of the Irish whale quota. The tricolour's...

Following the group's breakup in 1981, Diggle formed a new band, Flag of Convenience in 1982 before disbanding it in 1989 when Buzzcocks re-formed. Following...

shades of green and blue. The Sierra Leonean flag is utilized as a flag of convenience by foreign merchant vessels. The "minimum enforcement" of admiralty...

a flag of convenience, Liberia has the second-largest maritime registry in the world behind Panama. It has 3,500 vessels registered under its flag, accounting...

admiralty case. The term "flag of convenience" describes the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a state other than that of the ship's owners...

Flag of Convenience were a rock group formed in 1982 by former Buzzcocks members Steve Diggle and John Maher, along with bassist Dave Farrow and keyboard...

The regulation of PMSCs characterises the clash between national and international sovereignty due to the nature of Flags of Convenience. This clash is...

standard flag protocol, as observed by the United Nations. The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe is one of many national flags flown as a flag of convenience by...

popular flag of convenience (after the flag of Panama), it is estimated that 1,700 foreign-owned ships fly the Liberian flag. This brings in much of the country's...

of a flag of convenience. Liberia has the second-largest maritime registry in the world behind Panama, with 4,300 vessels registered under its flag accounting...

dominance" over Western Province. The Solomon Islander flag has been utilized as a flag of convenience by foreign merchant vessels since 2012. That year,...

The flag now known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand (Māori: Te Whakaputanga o te rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni) or Te Kara (Māori for 'the...

In business and commerce, the term flag of convenience is the use of a place, jurisdiction, state or country as a nominal (in name only) "home base" for...

compete on an equal footing with flags of convenience. Erling Dekke Næss was born in Bergen, Norway, and was the son of Ragnar Næss, a businessman and banker...

based in the United Kingdom and the United States). This is known as flag of convenience. For example, although the British Merchant Navy totals 30.0 million...

of several former Canadian-registered vessels which were placed under the shipping registries of nations commonly referred to as flags of convenience...

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Caribbean. Many merchant ships operate under a "flag of convenience" from a country other than the home of the vessel's owners, such as Liberia and Panama...

1981; Shelley took up a solo career, and Diggle and Maher formed Flag of Convenience and released several singles between 1982 and 1989. Garvey formed...

national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner with a crimson-red circle at its center. The flag is officially called the Nisshōki (日章旗, 'flag of the...

second most prolific flag state by both tonnage and number of ships, largely due to its status as a flag of convenience. A total of 2,496 bulk carriers...

their previous flags. Instead, six out of the seven have switched to the convenience flag of Cameroon, while one has opted for the flag of Tanzania. As...

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The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Canadian pale triband consisting of blue, gold, and green bands charged with three green diamonds at...

foreign-owned ships are known as open registries and are sometimes called flags of convenience. Ship registration has been done since business on the seas has been...

Marshall Islands, widely considered flag of convenience countries.[citation needed] Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (October 2, 2015)....