Cutting costs with a flag of convenience According to Alexander Proelss, a professor of International Maritime Law at the University of Hamburg, "Panama is a typical flag-of-convenience state." He ...

Tensions steadily rose until January 1964 when riots broke out after demonstrators entered the off-limits Canal Zone and tried to raise the Panamanian flag there. Twenty-two Panamanian students ...

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Washington in recent years has requested that Panama, which gives its flag to 15% of the world's merchant fleet by tonnage, cancel the registration of dozens of ships targeted for transporting ...

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama has made progress stripping vessels from its registry that do not meet its flag's standards, the Central American nation's Maritime Authority said on Wednesday ...