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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAG OF CONVENIENCE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAG OF CONVENIENCE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flag of convenience is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLAG OF CONVENIENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flag of convenience

Flag of convenience

Flag of convenience is the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. Ships are registered under flags of convenience to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country. The closely related term open registry is used to describe an organization that will register ships owned by foreign entities. The term "flag of convenience" has been in use since the 1950s, and it refers to the civil ensign a ship flies in order to indicate its country of registration or flag state. A ship operates under the laws of its flag state, and these laws are used if the ship is involved in a case under admiralty law. The modern practice of flagging ships in foreign countries began in the 1920s in the United States, when shipowners frustrated by increased regulations and rising labor costs began to register their ships to Panama. The use of open registries steadily increased, and in 1968, Liberia grew to surpass the United Kingdom as the world's largest shipping register.

Definition of flag of convenience in the English dictionary

The definition of flag of convenience in the dictionary is a national flag flown by a ship registered in that country to gain financial or legal advantage.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAG OF CONVENIENCE

flag
flag captain
flag carrier
flag day
flag fall
flag lieutenant
flag of truce
flag officer
flag out
flag rank
flag stop
flag up
flag-waver
flag-waving
flagella
flagellant
flagellantism
flagellar
flagellate
flagellation

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAG OF CONVENIENCE

ambience
at your convenience
at your earliest convenience
audience
Bachelor of Science
computer science
conference
conscience
convenience
experience
inconvenience
life science
neuroscience
obedience
patience
political science
resilience
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Synonyms and antonyms of flag of convenience in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «flag of convenience» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAG OF CONVENIENCE

Find out the translation of flag of convenience to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flag of convenience from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flag of convenience» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

方便旗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bandera de conveniencia
570 millions of speakers

English

flag of convenience
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुविधा का झंडा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علم الملاءمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удобный флаг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bandeira de conveniência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পতাকা পতন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pavillon de complaisance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bendera bendera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flagge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

利便性の旗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

편의 플래그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gendheng tiba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cờ thuận tiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொடி வீழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ध्वज फडफड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bayrak düşmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bandiera di comodo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Flaga wygody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зручний прапор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pavilion de complezență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σημαία ευκαιρίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bekvämlighetsflagg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

av bekvemmelighetsflagg
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAG OF CONVENIENCE»

The term «flag of convenience» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.900 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flag of convenience

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAG OF CONVENIENCE»

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Market Denial and International Fisheries Regulation: The ...
Resting on the simple logic of market economics, this book considers the ways in which groups of States can lawfully and effectively deny market access to the flag of convenience fishing industry.
Darren S. Calley, 2011
2
Flag State Responsibility: Historical Development and ...
There are many definitions of “flag of convenience” with some used by scholars as follows: The flag of any country allowing the registration of foreign-owned and foreign controlled vessels under conditions which, for whatever reasons, are ...
John N. K. Mansell, 2009
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The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World ...
Ironically, the European Commission, which pushed the Veronica onto a flag of convenience, has pointed out that fishing by flag-of-convenience vessels represents a threat to the survival of fisheries worldwide. So what exactly is the problem ...
Charles Clover, 2008
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International Handbook of Maritime Economics
amount, fc, under the flag of convenience. The latter may be related to a simple tonnage tax system that characterizes many flags of convenience countries. We keep the (systematic) risk premia xm under the two flags symmetric (actually zero ), ...
Kevin Cullinane, 2011
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Nuclear Weapons Counterproliferation: A New Grand Bargain
The approach has been two—pronged; securing the agreement of PSI participant states to cooperate in interdiction on the high seas of their own flag vessels, and bilateral agreements with so—called “flag of convenience” states, such as ...
Jack Garvey, 2013
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Non-Flag State Enforcement in High Seas Fisheries
Any state not bound by a particular regional fisheries agreement can be considered a 'flag of convenience' state. Thus it would seem to be more appropriate to talk of 'flags of non-compliance' or 'non-responsible flags'. However, the term 'flag ...
Rosemary Gail Rayfuse, 2004
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International Tax Issues Relating to Globalization: ...
But unless and until we are able to eliminate the huge cost advantages available to flag of convenience vessels, we have to fully reconcile ourselves, as most of us have, to the fact that U.S. carriers must have the same ability to operate flag of ...
William V. Roth, Jr., 1999
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Offshoring: Flag of Convenience, Offshoring Research ...
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Books Llc, 2010
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The Petroleum Shipping Industry: Operations and practices
3 Flag of convenience does aptly describe the process of registering a vessel. First of all, one does not have to visit a flag of convenience nation to register a vessel — it can be done by contacting a consulate. Shares in the shipping company ...
Michael D. Tusiani, 1996
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Offshore Finance: Flag of Convenience, Tax Haven, Offshore ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAG OF CONVENIENCE»

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Rio Tinto in dispute with ship crew over wages and conditions
The vessel reportedly operates under the ''flag of convenience'' system, where it is registered in a port far from where it operates, allowing it to ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
2
BoatReporter: Heading to the Arctic to See Some Bears
Re-registered in Cyprus (a great Flag of Convenience), and named after Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius, it has been used for Antarctic ... «Airline Reporter, Jul 15»
3
Alexander Spirit tanker stand-off as seafarer jobs go overseas
Unions said foreign-crewed "flag of convenience" ships in Australian waters used exploited foreign labour, paid as little as $2 an hour, while ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Update on Significant DOT, FAA and Other Federal Agencies …
... unions that view NAI's proposed business model as a “flag of convenience” used to evade labor standards and other regulatory requirements ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
5
Australian Senate Inquiry into so-called Flag of Convenience
On 18 June 2015 the Australian Senate called an inquiry into the increasing use of so-called 'Flag of Convenience' shipping in Australia. The call for the inquiry ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
6
Bauxite shipping crew underpaid and underfed
A senate inquiry into the 'flag of convenience' (FOC) shipping system has recently been launched in response to an ongoing coronial inquest ... «Australian Mining, Jul 15»
7
Plastic Brits? I'd take them over toxic Brits like Richard Kilty all day
The notion of the Union Jack being used as a flag of convenience, a lucrative consolation prize for someone who cannot get into their own ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
8
Petition Urges St. Kitts To Help Save Whales
... of the petition is to stop the ship Winter Bay from reaching Japan with 1,700 tonnes of fin whale meat by removing its flag of convenience:. «Reykjavík Grapevine, Jun 15»
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Removal of the Philippines from EU air safety list is 'an example for …
To address its opponents' stated concerns that NAI is a "flag of convenience", whose only purpose is "social dumping", Norwegian now says ... «CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Jun 15»
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Rossendale Scribbler: Council needs to solve why the Valley is hot …
... now, a council's duty has to be to the people it is there to serve, not people who want to get the taxi version of a ship's flag of convenience. «Rossendale Free Press, Jun 15»

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