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The International Register of Shipping or IS was established in 1993, and is an independent classification society which provides classification, certification, verification and advisory services. The International Register of Shipping also offers consulting services well suited for the shipping and offshore industry. SOPEP at work.
A pictorial treasury of the marine museums of the world. New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. OCLC 1303121. Howe, Hartley Edward (1987). North America's maritime museums: an annotated guide. New York, New York: Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-1001-3. Poutre, Joseph. "Naval and Maritime Museums List United States of America"
List of merchant navy capacity by country. List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state. The table is based on the annual maritime shipping statistics provided by the British Government and the ...
Ship registration is the process by which a ship is documented and given the nationality of the country to which the ship has been documented. The nationality allows a ship to travel internationally as it is proof of ownership of the vessel. [1] International law requires that every ship be registered in a country, called its flag state. [2]
She first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1812 with origin Whitby and launch year of 1809. [4] This is the information that Bateson reproduces. [5] However, the Register of Shipping for 1811 shows her origin as Shields, and her launch year as 1810. [6] The most complete history of Whitby shipping has no listing for Indian. [7]
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. [ 1] The term is often used pejoratively, and although common, the practice is sometimes regarded as ...
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [2]
By cooperation of government and shipping industry, the total tonnage of ship registry in Hong Kong has reached over 129 million gross tons with over 2,400 vessels registered in May 2020. As of 2020 the Hong Kong Ship Register is the world’s fourth largest ship register, and the world’s largest national flag register.