Flagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea

by Elizabeth R. DeSombre

Book Overview

Shipping is among the most globalized of industries. Shipowners can choose where to register their vessels, based on cost, convenience, and the international and domestic regulations that would govern their operation. This system of open registration, also known as flags of convenience (FOC), can encourage a competition in regulatory laxity among states that want to attract shipping revenues--a race to the regulatory bottom. In Flagging Standards,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262541904
• ISBN13: 9780262541909
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher