§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many British-owned ships, excluding ferries, are registered under foreign flags; and under which flags they are registered. [19295]
§ Mr. NorrisThe information requested is as follows:
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United Kingdom owned vessels1 registered under foreign flags2 at 31 December 1994 Number of vessels of 100 gross tons and over Trading vessels Other vessels3 All vessels Other registries Australia 3 1 4 Bahamas 91 11 102 Barbados 3 7 10 Belize 0 1 1 Canada 0 1 1 Croatia 1 0 1 Denmark 0 1 1 France 1 0– 1 French Antarctic Territory 1 0 1 Honduras 3 1 4 India 1 0 1 Irish Republic 9 1 10 Liberia 12 1 13 Nigeria 1 2 3 Norway (NIS) 18 0 18 Netherlands 0 1 1 Panama 13 23 36 Poland 2 0 2 St. Vincent and Grenadines 11 19 30 Vanuatu 1 4 5 Unknown 3 7 10 Total non-UK registries 174 81 255 1 Excluding ro-ro cargo and ro-ro passenger vessels. 2 This is excluding ships registered in the UK, Crown dependencies, and dependent territories. 3 Such as fishing vessels, tugs and offshore support vessels, together with passenger or cargo vessels deemed to be non-trading because of their current use.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many ferries operating from British ports are registered under foreign flags; and under which flags they are registered. [19297]
§ Mr. NorrisThis is an operational matter for the Marine Safety Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from R. M. Bradley to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 25 April 1995:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of foreign flagged ferries operating from ports in the United Kingdom.As of 6 April 1995, there were 42 foreign registered ferries sailing from ports in the UK under the following flags:-
- Bahamas
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Eire
- Faeroes
- France
- Greece
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden