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べんぎちせきせん 便宜置籍船
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1. flag-of-convenience ship; ship flying a flag of convenience​
Wikipedia definition
2. 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.
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