By Marianna Parraga and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, July 12 (Reuters) - Panama will withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation, the country's maritime authority told Reuters, following the removal of about 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria from the Panamanian registry in recent months. After the re-imposition of sanctions on … [Read more...]
IMO Works to Clamp Down on Illicit Shipping Practices
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations' shipping agency is working on tougher measures to clamp down on rogue shipping companies trying to use flag registries fraudulently to conceal their activities, officials said. All commercial ships have to be registered - flagged in a particular country - partly to comply with safety and environmental … [Read more...]
Liberia Overtakes Marshall Islands as World’s Second Largest Ship Registry
Liberia has surpassed rival Marshall Islands as the world's second largest ship registry in terms of gross tonnage, according to leading shipping analyst Clarksons in its Clarksons World Fleet Monitor January 2019. Panama continues to hold the top spot as the largest registry in the world. Hong Kong and Singapore hold the fourth and fifth spots, … [Read more...]
Cargo Ships De-Listed from Registries After Crimea Grain Trades
By Jonathan Saul and Polina Devitt LONDON/MOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - At least two countries have struck cargo vessels off their registries in recent weeks after the ships were involved in transporting grains from Crimea to Syria, maritime officials told Reuters. Crimea has been under Western sanctions since it was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014 and has been frozen … [Read more...]
Paris MoU’s White, Grey and Black List 2014 – Ranking the World’s Flag States from Best to Worst
The Paris MoU on Port State Control has published its updated “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” for 2014, ranking flag states from quality flags to flags with a poor performance record that are considered high or very high risk. The list is based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a 3-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections … [Read more...]