Quiz: How much do you know about the shipping industry?

So, how much do you know about shipping? Answer our quiz and test your knowledge every month. This time it is about the biggest flag states in the container shipping industry. Every merchant ship needs to be registered to a state of its choice. The ship is then bound to carry the flag of that state and also follow the rules and regulations enforced by the same. However, it is to note that not all vessels are registered to their ship owners’ country of origin.

So, do you know which ones are the biggest flag states for container vessels?

a) Panama, Liberia, Marshall Islands,
b) Panama, Singapore, China
c) Denmark, China, Italy

Please send us your answers by email to [email protected] and enter to win the "seafarers" book from Patrick Ludolph. The closing date for entries is January 25, 2019. As always, you’ll find out the answer in the next issue.

Answer to the previous issue’s quiz: Black Sea, North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea (a).