Flag of convenience
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flag-of-convenience-174-19105998
title:
Flag of convenience
text:
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 ship's owners, and the ship flies the civil ensign of that country, called the flag state. The term is often used pejoratively, and although common, the practice is sometimes regarded as contentious. Each merchant ship is required by international law to be registered in a registry created by a country, and a ship is subject to the laws of that
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Registering a ship in a foreign country
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience
date created:
2003-12-15T02:21:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T23:25:14Z
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