SSG No 10 - Shipgaz

some tankers also under the Liberian flag.
The Latvian flag was hoisted on the Vana
Tallinn at the end of April, which started
travelling on the Riga–Stockholm route
along with the Regina Baltica. In this way
Tallink, an Estonian shipping company,
presents the Latvian flag abroad. The Latvian
passenger shipping company did not
cope with this as Freeport of Riga, which
bought the Baltic Kristina out of the bankruptcy
estate of Riga Sea Line, managed to
sell the ferry, which stood at a berth and
made losses for approximately 18 months
to a German company.
Shipowners are pleased
Andris Kljavins, the President of the Latvian
Shipowners Association, can recommend
that his Estonian colleagues do more
explanatory work. Latvian shipowners are
pleased because politicians have heard
them and established taxation laws pleasing
the shipowners. Increasing the tonnage
of the fleet has increased the tonnage-based
membership fee in the European Community
Shipowners Association so much that
the Latvian Shipowners Association was
forced to suspend its membership, because
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it was unable to pay the membership fee.
According to Mr Kljavins, the development
of the Latvian shipping industry has not
been very strong, because the prices of ships
have risen steeply, and Latvian shipowners are
not very big and cannot purchase more ships.
For instance, all four cargo vessels of Riga
Shipping sail under the Latvian flag.
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The Vana Tallinn got the Latvian flag in Tallinn at the end of April, before the start of the
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The DFDS Tor Line and Scandlines (on
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the Ventspils–Karlshamn route) enjoy the
advantages of sailing under the Latvian
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