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Britain's MCA takes up the baton in row over flags of convenience.
(From Lloyds List)
Byline: UK body says phrase has 'little relevance or meaning today', writes David Osler
SHIPPING industry participants are continuing to slug it out over the vexed issue of what is and what is not a flag of convenience as well as the procedures flags should follow in the event of a security alert.
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency has responded to Marshall Islands boss Clay Maitland, who said the Red Ensign was a flag of convenience and always had been.
Perhaps significantly, the riposte fell short of a full denial. 'Anachro- nistic phrases such as 'flag of convenience' have little relevance or meaning today, and consequently the MCA does not believe declaring certain British ships as FoC will have a significant impact on the UK register,' it argued.
In a statement prepared for Lloyd's List, the MCA maintained: 'The label of 'flag of convenience' was coined more than half a century ago.
'Since then shipping has moved on and is now arguably more global and international in nature than any other industry.
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