The bestknown method is to register a vessel in a country that cannot or will not exercise real control over the vessel’s activities: this phenomenon is known as ‘flags of convenience’.
Is é anceann is aithnidiúla ná long a chlárú i dtír nach mian léi nó nachféidir léi fíor-rialú a chleachtadh ar ghníomhaíochtaí na loinge;tugtar ‘bratach áise’air seo.