The Worldwide Chamber of Transport (ICS) has issued its annual Flag State Efficiency Desk for 2024/25, voicing considerations about 4 newcomers.
The Desk offers an evaluation of the extent to which flag State administrations adhere to their obligations to comply with international requirements and rules governing security, environmental safety and the employment situations of seafarers – as adopted by the IMO and ILO.
The most recent ICS Desk confirms that the overwhelming majority of the worldwide delivery trade is registered with flag States that strictly implement international rules, as proven, for instance, by the outcomes of Port State Management inspections.
Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Liberia (the most important), Malta, Marshall Islands and Singapore – the place greater than 53% of the world fleet is registered (based on UN Commerce and Improvement) – proceed to indicate all-green efficiency indicators on the most recent ICS desk.
Bahamas, China and Panama, additionally within the high 10 by tonnage, additionally display excellent efficiency and a strict dedication to international maritime regulation.
4 Flag States have been included within the Desk this 12 months for the primary time, reflecting the latest enhance of delivery tonnage registered to smaller administrations. The brand new additions, Cambodia, Eswatini, Gabon and Guinea-Bissau are reportedly utilized by some delivery corporations searching for to bypass US/EU/G7 sanctions, resulting in considerations as as to if worldwide maritime requirements are being correctly enforced on board ships flying the flags of those States.
“Eswatini’s emergence as a flag State presents a definite concern as it’s not a member of the UN IMO and is subsequently not a signatory of its worldwide maritime Conventions. ICS strongly encourages Eswatini and different new flag States to prioritize IMO membership and the ratification and implementation of IMO Conventions to display their dedication to international maritime governance and the accountable operation of these ships registered with their fleets,” commented ICS Secretary Common, Man Platten.
“For greater than 50 years, delivery has been a worldwide trade working underneath international guidelines, and it’s important that flag States adhere to their obligations to implement the very best international security requirements. I hope that this 12 months’s Desk helps delivery corporations to rigorously think about the efficiency of flag administrations when making choices concerning the flags which they select for his or her ships to fly.”
