Sentences with phrase «under flags of convenience»

It has been reported that a major merchant ship goes down somewhere in the world every two or three days; most are ships sailing under flags of convenience, with underpaid crews and poor safety records.

In fact, many of the 60 or so cruise ships that carry an estimated 8000 people to Antarctica each year already sail under flags of convenience.

Considering that some treaty signatories will continue to operate fishing vessels under flags of convenience and poachers are unabashedly nabbing krill and fish, establishing national ownership of Antarctic waters may be a better route to engender sustainability.

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Yet if Biehn is determined to show us he has still got it, perhaps he might do better than trying to keep his film's many shortcomings afloat under the «grindhouse» flag of convenience.

Joan Feynman, sister of the famous physicist, has studied the centennial solar cycle under the Gleissberg flag of convenience (Feynman & Ruzmaikin, 2014).