"Flags of Convenience" is unfair to quality flag states, Liberia contends. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — The Liberian Ship Registry is urging the Federal Maritime Commission to set a ...

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has launched a campaign to bring down the Liberian shipping flag, which it accuses of bank-rolling a savage conflict in Sierra Leone. At least one ...

Phobay Kutu-Akoi was born in Liberia, but due to civil wars in that country her parents moved to the United States when she was young and settled in Silver Spring, Md. Her journey from Liberia to ...

Liberia is the fastest growing major open registry in 2018 in both the shipping and offshore sectors, according to shipping services provider Clarksons in its Clarksons World Fleet Monitor June 2018.

Liberia has further consolidated its dominance in the global maritime sector, retaining its position as the world's largest shipping registry for the third consecutive year and widening its lead over ...