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Flag of Convenience:-
The term flag of convenience describes the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. Ships are registered under flags of convenience to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country. The closely related term open registry is used to describe an organization that will register ships owned by foreign entities.
The term "flag of convenience" has been in use since the 1950s and refers to the civil ensign a ship flies to indicate its country of registration or flag state. A ship operates under the laws of its flag state, and these laws are used if the ship is involved in an admiralty case.
The modern practice of flagging ships in foreign countries began in the 1920s in the United Staes, when shipowners frustrated by increased regulations and rising labor costs began to register their ships to Panama. The use of open registries steadily increased, and in 1968, Liberia grew to surpass the United Kingdom as the world's largest shipping register. As of 2009, more than half of the worlds merchant ships were registered with open registries, and the Panama, Liberia, and Marshall Islands flags accounted for almost 40% of the entire world fleet, in terms of deadweight tornage.
Flag-of-convenience registries are often criticized. As of 2009, thirteen flag states have been found by international shipping organizations to have substandard regulations. A basis for many criticisms is that the flag-of-convenience system allows shipowners to be legally anonymous and difficult to prosecute in civil and criminal actions. Ships with flags of convenience have been found engaging in crime, frequently offer substandard working conditions, and negatively impact the environment, primarily through Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
As of 2009, ships of thirteen flags of convenience are targeted for special enforcement by countries that they visit. Supporters of the practice, however, point to economic and regulatory advantages, and increased freedom in choosing employees from an international labor pool.
Unazungumzia lengo la Utaratibu, ambalo si baya, hapa kinachozungumzwa si ubaya wa utaratibu huo kutumika kwa Tanzania, hapa ni kinachoonekana ni hili la Serikali kujitahidi kukana kwamba hicho kitu(kusajili meli za Iran) hakikufanyika. Kama ni kitu chema hivyo, na hawakuvunja sheria, kigugumizi cha nini! Si waseme tu kwamba ni kweli tumezisajili kwa kufuata sheria hiyo unayoizungumzia! Wanaogopa nini! Hili tatizo ni kubwa zaidi ya hiyo sheria unayoizungumzia. Hapa ni kwamba hizi meli zilikuwa zina nia ya kupata cover ili kukwepa vikwazo.Flag of Convenience:-
The term flag of convenience describes the business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. Ships are registered under flags of convenience to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country. The closely related term open registry is used to describe an organization that will register ships owned by foreign entities.
The term "flag of convenience" has been in use since the 1950s and refers to the civil ensign a ship flies to indicate its country of registration or flag state. A ship operates under the laws of its flag state, and these laws are used if the ship is involved in an admiralty case.
The modern practice of flagging ships in foreign countries began in the 1920s in the United Staes, when shipowners frustrated by increased regulations and rising labor costs began to register their ships to Panama. The use of open registries steadily increased, and in 1968, Liberia grew to surpass the United Kingdom as the world's largest shipping register. As of 2009, more than half of the worlds merchant ships were registered with open registries, and the Panama, Liberia, and Marshall Islands flags accounted for almost 40% of the entire world fleet, in terms of deadweight tornage.
Flag-of-convenience registries are often criticized. As of 2009, thirteen flag states have been found by international shipping organizations to have substandard regulations. A basis for many criticisms is that the flag-of-convenience system allows shipowners to be legally anonymous and difficult to prosecute in civil and criminal actions. Ships with flags of convenience have been found engaging in crime, frequently offer substandard working conditions, and negatively impact the environment, primarily through Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
As of 2009, ships of thirteen flags of convenience are targeted for special enforcement by countries that they visit. Supporters of the practice, however, point to economic and regulatory advantages, and increased freedom in choosing employees from an international labor pool.
When you have a corrupt nation headed by a shamelessly selfish fundamentalist then you always expect anything silly. We will soon hear terrorist training camps are rampant in this country.
SHAME ON THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION!
Kwani zile kambi za mazoezi ya karate misikitini zilishafungwa?
Serikali ghaiwezi kujikanyaga ikiwa madai yenyewe ni kwamba meli hizo zimesajiliuwa isivyo HALALI - kwa hiyo wanajibu tuhuma hizi kwamba sii kweli.. Halafu inaonyesha wazi kwamba swala la usajili wa meli ni swala la nchi maana kaa hata kuzama kwa meli ya Spice Island, serikali ya Muungano haikushirikishwa ktk uchunguzi. inaonekana wazi kuna utata ktk muungano wetu kufuatia muafaka wa chama cha CCM na CUF... Hivyo sidhani kama serikali ya Zanzibar inawajibika kutujibu maana hatufahamu yalipitishwa ndani ya muafaka ambao umeipa seirkali ya Zanzibar mamlaka zaidi kikatiba..Unazungumzia lengo la Utaratibu, ambalo si baya, hapa kinachozungumzwa si ubaya wa utaratibu huo kutumika kwa Tanzania, hapa ni kinachoonekana ni hili la Serikali kujitahidi kukana kwamba hicho kitu(kusajili meli za Iran) hakikufanyika. Kama ni kitu chema hivyo, na hawakuvunja sheria, kigugumizi cha nini! Si waseme tu kwamba ni kweli tumezisajili kwa kufuata sheria hiyo unayoizungumzia! Wanaogopa nini! Hili tatizo ni kubwa zaidi ya hiyo sheria unayoizungumzia. Hapa ni kwamba hizi meli zilikuwa zina nia ya kupata cover ili kukwepa vikwazo.
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Chadema yaichimba Serikali kuhusu Taarifa za Iran kutumia Bendera ya Tanzania[/TD]
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CHAMA cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) kimeibebesha lawama Serikali kikidai ina kigugumizi kuhusu madai ya meli ya mafuta ya Iran kutumia bendera ya Tanzania ili kukwepa vikwazo vya kiuchumi vya kimataifa. Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema (Zanzibar), Hamad Mussa Yussuf alisema kupitia taarifa kwa gazeti hili kwamba haoni sababu ya Serikali kujikanyaga katika jambo hilo. Tunashangaa kwa takribani muda wa juma moja sasa zimekuwapo taarifa katika vyombo vya habari kuhusu kampuni moja ya meli inayodaiwa kutoka Iran, inayojulikana kwa jina la NITC (National Iranian Tanker Company), inatumia Bendera ya Tanzania, isivyo kihalali, alisema Yussuf.
Alielezea kwamba kitendo hicho ni kinyume kabisa na sheria za nchi na zile za kimataifa na kwamba ni jambo nyeti ambalo halipaswi kufanywa kama la mchezo lakini anashangaa Serikali inajikanyaga kutoa taarifa sahihi. Pamoja na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kukanusha taarifa hizo, Chadema kinaitaka Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kutoa taarifa kwa umma juu ya hatua ilizochukua kuchunguza madai hayo, alisema.
Chadema imetoa shutuma hizo wakati Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa, Bernard Membe akisema kitendo hicho ni kosa kisheria, lakini akasema taarifa hiyo ni ngeni ila vyombo husika vitalichunguza. Yussuf alisema kuwa ili Tanzania ijisafishe Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar ilipaswa kushirikiana na Serikali ya Muungano kufanya uchunguzi wa haraka na kubaini msingi wa tuhuma hizo na kuchukua hatua. Yussuf aliilaumu maofisa wa Serikali ya Zanzibar akisema siyo mara yao ya kwanza kufanya vitendo vya kizembe na kutoa mfano wa kashfa ya kuzama kwa meli ya Spice Islender.
Hofu ya Chadema alisema ni kwamba ina hofia Tanzania itaonekana inaibeba na kuisaidia Iran kukwepa vikwazo ambavyo nchi hiyo inatishiwa na mataifa ya Magharibi, hasa Marekani na Umoja wa Ulaya. Yussuf alisema mataifa hayo makubwa hutumia mabavu na vitisho kuzichagulia baadhi ya nchi nyingine duniani, nini cha kufanya na rasilimali zake mathalani mzozo unaoendelea na Iran kuhusu urutubishaji wa madini ya urani. Si nia ya Chadema kuingia katika mgogoro wa Iran na Mataifa ya Magharibi hapa kupitia mjadala wa madai hayo yaliyoandikwa kwenye vyombo vya habari; lakini inatoa tamko kufuatia ukimya na kigugumizi cha Serikali, alisema.
Chanzo cha sakata hili kinadaiwa kinatokana na Mbunge mmoja wa Marekani ambaye ni Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Masuala ya Nje, Howard Berman kuandika barua kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete akimuarifu juu ya suala hilo la Meli za NIT kutuhumiwa kupeperusha Bendera za Tanzania.