The Liberian flag now has a 2.2m gt lead over Panama at the top of the registry rankings, its fleet growing by 5.6% so far this year, according to Clarksons. In terms of the number of ships on ...

structures that resemble those in the American South and even a flag – complete with a star and stripes -- that resembles Old Glory. But this is not America. It’s Liberia, a small nation.

Yet a third of the world's shipping tonnage carries the Liberian flag, some 1,900 vessels; most of those ships, as well as numerous ships flying the flags of nations other than Liberia ...