CAMBODIA
April 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEINTERNATIONAL maritime authorities have savaged Cambodia's shipping safety record and called for its flag to be banned from all trade. At least 25 Cambodia-registered ships have been wrecked or stranded since 1995 and there have been a further 41 collisions, nine fires and 45 arrests, according to shipping-records collator, Seaway Data.Both the International Transport Federation (ITF) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have ranked Cambodia as having the world's worst shipping safety standards. "Cambodia is a major concern. It doesn't seem ...
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