Sentences with phrase «flag state»

A ship's flag state exercises regulatory control over the vessel and is required to inspect it regularly, certify the ship's equipment and crew, and issue safety and pollution prevention documents.

There is concern that the impacts of any deal will fall disproportionately on flag states with many ships registered.

Florida, Georgia and several others are RED FLAG states for heartworm disease.

Di Napoli says for example, the pre audits saved $ 700,000 in a review of a medical contract from SUNY Stony Brook, and red flagged a state contract for $ 14.5 million dollars from the Office of General Services with an energy company, after his office discovered the firm included an alleged member of the Gambino crime family.

''... But perhaps the ultimate security measure a ship owner can adopt is the use of armed security personnel, either provided by their government as Vessel Protection Details (VPDs) or through employing Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP), where Flag state rules allow.

The stance was agreed despite opposition from Greece, Cyprus and Malta, all leading flag states.

The world's largest flag states (including Liberia, Panama, Bahamas, Marshall Islands) have already signed up.

«As one of the world's most vulnerable countries, and one of those most reliant on shipping, including as the second biggest flag state, our delegation fought hard for this outcome,» she said.

This is accepted by flag States as an alternative means to meet the sulphur limit requirement.

The fragmentation of regulatory oversight among flag states, and practical limitations on effective enforcement of basic conditions on board vessels, exacerbate the problem.

The account - based bootloader unlock method also ensures that Motorola can keep track of whether or not you've modified your firmware, regardless of tamper flag state.

Corrections officials alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which flagged the state gaming commission in July 2013.

(Significantly, this call comes from one of the world's leading flag states.)

Because stateless vessels do not have a flag state, no state can exercise control over them on the high seas or provide diplomatic protection on their behalf.

This is called the law of the flag, and the country is often referred to as the flag state.

They may lose their nationality if they violate their flag state's laws or do not comply with its requirements; their flag state may be unrecognized by the international community; or they may never register with any state.

This is important to have in mind that the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and customary international law provide that, with a few notable exceptions, the flag state has exclusive jurisdiction over its vessels on the high seas.

As such, the exact constraints depends on either the flag state or whatever any nation feels like enforcing on merchant ships in international waters.

It depends on the maritime laws of the flag state and whether the ship is in international or national waters at the time of the incident.

Historically a heavily armed merchant ship crosses the line into a warship or privateer of the flag states.

Hence the answer is highly variable depending on the exactly which marine treaties the flag state has signed and ratified.

As a legal matter, authority over the use of privately contracted armed - security personnel beyond territorial sea limits (12 nautical miles from land) falls to the flag State.

Some flag states do not have clear legal guidelines for addressing armed security personnel and are struggling to formulate positions vis - à - vis armed security personnel at sea.

And flag states are reticent about accepting liability.

In addition to flagging states where effective teachers aren't reaching at - risk children, the agency's «Educator Equity» profiles to be published this fall will note schools and districts excelling in equalizing effective teacher access.

In fact, NAEP results were already being used to flag states that appeared to be gaming their NCLB tests.

Rothko was disappointed and viewing Jasper Johns» flags stated:» We worked for years to get rid of all that.»

We then apply that learning to the entire dataset — 37 billion points over the last 4.5 years — enabling anyone to see the individual tracks and fishing activity of every vessel along with its name and flag state....

Polar Star Expeditions reports that following yesterday's incident when the double - hulled ship touched a rock that resulted in a minor breach of the outer hull, officers and crew spent the day assessing damage, taking corrective measures, and consulting with the Halifax home office, flag state and classification society officials.

Flag States (the State of registry of a ship) and port States have rights and responsibilities to enforce compliance.

Just six flag states — Panama, China, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, Singapore and Malta — account for over half of global shipping CO2 emissions.

The Philippines and China could ask a flag state for permission.

The only thing they can't do is board you; the flag state ordinarily has the exclusive right to board or authorize the boarding of ships flying its flag in international waters, with exceptions for pirates, slavers, unauthorized broadcasters, and ships which a navy has grounds to believe are stateless or are really the same nationality as the warship (in which case they can board and ask for your papers).

Advising on issues relating to Refund Guarantees, re-sale to third parties, Flag State and Class certification and intervention and securities.