Some very significant ship registries face the embarrassment of being struck off the United States’ approved list of flags.
Bahamas, Barbados, China, Croatia, Curacao, Greece, Liberia, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain and Sweden are facing the axe from the the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) Qualship 21 list, according to preliminary information obtained by the republic of the Marshall Islands.
There were 26 eligible flag States in 2015 of which 13 fell off the 2016 Qualship 21 preliminary list.
While these results are preliminary, the final results will be presented in the USCG’s 2016 annual report scheduled to be released in early summer.
