This 2024/2025 edition was withdrawn in January 2026 and replaced by the 2025/2026 edition.
The purpose of this Flag State Performance Table is to encourage shipowners and operators to examine whether a flag state has sufficient substance before using it and to encourage shipowners and operators to put pressure on their flag administrations to affect any improvements that might be necessary, especially in relation to safety of life at sea, the protection of the marine environment, and the provision of decent working and living conditions for seafarers.
All sectors involved in international trade and the global supply chain are bracing for impact as President Donald Trump is set to waste little time introducing new universal tariffs.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), talks to ICS Leadership Insights about geopolitical impacts on trade, globalisation and building a more resilient supply chain for today's modern world.
A joint formal complaint, which was made alongside the World Shipping Council (WSC) and the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA), regarding the Bangladesh Flag Vessel (Protection of Interest) Act, has been submitted to the European Commission’s (EC) Trade Barrier Reporting Mechanism.
This 2023/2024 edition was withdrawn in January 2025 and replaced by the 2024/2025 edition.
The purpose of this Flag State Performance Table is to encourage shipowners and operators to examine whether a flag State has sufficient substance before using it and to encourage shipowners and operators to put pressure on their flag Administrations to affect any improvements that might be necessary, especially in relation to safety of life at sea, the protection of the marine environment, and the provision of decent working and living conditions for seafarers.
This submission is made on behalf of ICS, the UK Chamber of Shipping, WSC, and ASA (collectively, the “Associations”), in response to the consultation on the CMA’s provisional decision not to introduce a UK-specific block exemption for liner shipping consortia on expiry of the Retained Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (“Retained CBER”).
ICS, WSC and ECSA provide comments in response to the questions posed for discussion by paper E/C.18/2023/CRP44. These comments reflect the written submission made by the cosponsors on 1 May 2023,
ICS letter on the announcement made by the Suez Canal Authority on Monday 16 October 2023 regarding
the increase of 5% and 15% to transit dues for vessels transiting the Suez Canal.
The European Commission's (EC) decision to end the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) for shipping in April 2024 will not put an end to Vessel Sharing Agreements (VSAs) but industry figures raise uncertainties over costs and administrative complications, which could reshape how VSAs are undertaken.