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Large ship registry questions shipping lobbies in IMO

The world's second-largest ship registry in Liberia supports an extensive reform of the UN's maritime organization and implies that the industry has too much influence on legislation in global shipping.
Photo: /ritzau/Marius Nyheim
Photo: /ritzau/Marius Nyheim
by OLE ANDERSEN

Liberia, one of the world's largest ship registries, has announced that it supports an Australian proposal to both create greater transparency and, in particular, the proposed scrutiny of the industry's influence on legislation in the UN's Maritime Organization, IMO.

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