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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 ...
Title page of 1887 edition, published 1888. The Naval Annual was a periodical that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. [1]
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is an American maritime classification society established in 1862. Its stated mission is to promote the security of life, property, and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine and offshore ...
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The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) . Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785.
The yearbook covers five main subjects: political and security questions; human rights issues; economic and social questions; legal questions; and institutional, administrative, and budgetary questions.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) is the primary industry trade association representing the international liner shipping industry, which offers regularly scheduled service on fixed schedules. Most liner carriers are container shipping lines.
Ports of the Baltic Sea. The table below lists the most recent statistics for over a 100 ports of the Baltic Sea which handle notable freight or passenger traffic. Container traffic is given in terms of Twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo. For ferries, transport vehicles like heavy trucks are included using their full weight, while passenger ...
First published as the Federal Council Year Book in 1916, The Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches is a comprehensive descriptive and statistical listing of major religious bodies and other important religion-related organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
The United States is also a major importer of iron and steel, as well as iron and steel products. Employment as of 2014 was 149,000 people employed in iron and steel mills, and 69,000 in foundries. The value of iron and steel produced in 2014 was $113 billion. [1] About 0.3% of the US population is employed by the steel industry.