Shipping industry flag state performance table

The Round Table of international shipping associations (BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)/International Shipping Federation (ISF), Intercargo and Intertanko) have updated their annual ‘Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table’, using information in the public domain such as port state control inspection records, data on the ratification of IMO and ILO Conventions, and official reports about the use of non-IACS classification societies and quality standards with regard to seafarer competence standards.
The Table is intended to provide a general appreciation of a flag’s performance and whether further questions need to be asked by shipping companies when choosing to use particular flags.
The following flags this year have 12 or more negative performance indicators: Albania, Bolivia, Cambodia, Congo, Costa Rica, Honduras, Kenya, Madagascar, Mongolia, North Korea, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname, Syria and Thailand.

Source: Transportweekly