In the two years following one of the worst US maritime casualties, international regulators have now weighed in on the US-flag fleet and still find it wanting.
As TradeWinds has reported, the latest assessment from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding, the body that represents port state control across Europe, shows the US flag falling from the “white” list, which designates consistently high performance during vessel inspection, to the “grey” list, showing average performance.
