Shipping: Registration

(asked on 23rd July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the decision by international shipping company CMA CGM to reflag 40 vessels away from the UK Ship Register between February and April 2019.


Answered by
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Grant Shapps
This question was answered on 31st July 2019

As an international shipping company, CMA CGM can make their own conclusions about which Flag State they are flagged based on their business and operational requirements.

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