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2007-09-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Panamanian ship sinks near Turkey; 36 people aboard

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Posted by Fred 2007-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 For less than 1000 USD and a trip to the Panamanian Consulate in London, you too can fly the Panamanian flag. These are the most suspect of all vessels on the high seas.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-09-15 00:58|| 2007-09-15 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Panamar ships hold no candle to those flying the Jolly Roger, arrrr!

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-09-15 12:32|| 2007-09-15 12:32|| Front Page Top

#3 No need to go to London. One can go to Houston as well.

The $1000 is for transferring an already-registered vessel to new ownership, or changing the vessel name. New registration runs from $500 to $3000, with annual fees of $1200 -$3000.

There's a reason why it and Liberia are called 'flags of convenience'. But they aren't alone.

We've come across a Korean ship where everyone on board was dead-drunk,
nearly collided with an Egyptian ship that was on Iron Mike (autopilot) with no one visible and no one responding to radio calls, and a disabled Greek vessel that was still drifting two weeks after we first came across it.

I won't even mention the Iraqi ship with the case of mass... intestinal distress...

Posted by Pappy 2007-09-15 13:33|| 2007-09-15 13:33|| Front Page Top

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