Swedish shipowner: We want to return to Sweden
A Swedish tonnage tax scheme would likely make less Swedish vessels join neighboring ship registers. "Our heart lies in Sweden," a Swedish shipowner tells ShippingWatch. The Swedish shipowners' association expects a tonnage would curb the massive outflagging from the country.
BY JOHANNES HARTKOPF-MIKKELSEN AND LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT
The introduction of a Swedish tonnage tax scheme in July next year, as announced by the Swedish government on Tuesday, could mean that a number of ships will leave the neighboring ship registers, such as Denmark or Norway's, or at least that new ships will be placed under the Swedish flag.
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