The International Association of Shipowners and Operators The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has announced that the performance of the vast majority of flag states, who are responsible for the safety and performance of ships continue to be positive. Presenting today the 2023-24 edition of the report "Shipping Industry Flag State Performance", the association pointed out that, as in previous years, several flag states have shown positive indicators for all criteria used in the table, including flags of Bermuda, Denmark, Japan, Greece, Hong Kong Kong, Cayman Islands, Marshall Islands, Liberia, Malta, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Singapore.

On the other hand, several flag states, including Togo, Algeria and Comoros, continue to record a large number of negative performances, while a number of flag states including Costa Rica, Egypt, Mexico, and Thailand, show an increase in the number of Positive performance compared to the previous performance of flag states.

With regard to the Italian flag, if in the previous report All performance indicators were positive, including the 2023-24 report shows all positive indices except for of the Coast Guard's Safety Standards Indicator positioning the Italian flag among the "Targeted Flag Administrations", i.e. among those flag states that have a higher rate of ship detention than the overall average and recorded at least one detention in the previous three years.

"The information contained in the long-awaited Flag State This year's ICS Performance Table - highlighted today the Secretary General of the Association, Guy Platten - continue to be positive, with significant improvements in several areas, including the participation of governments in IMO meetings. It's one of the positive development that the ICS Table on the Performance of This year's flag states show that the most popular flag states have shown improvements in performance. The The table also shows that, unfortunately, a number of Member States continue to record a large number of flag indicators. negative performance, which flag states must for the benefit of the entire maritime sector'.