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Noun Concept
Categories: Business terms, Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, Ship registration, Offshoring, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2009
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flag of convenience  convenience flag  Convenient flag  Flag of necessity  Flagging
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Flag of convenience 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 ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state. Wikipedia
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Flag of convenience 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 ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state. Wikipedia
Practice of registering a merchant vessel with a country that has favourable (i.e. less restrictive ) safety requirements, registration fees, etc. OmegaWiki
The flag flown by a ship so registered (which flag then corresponds to the country of registration). Wiktionary
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