The flag of Liberia consists of 11 horizontal red and white stripes, representing the signatories of the country's Declaration of Independence. In the top left corner is a blue square with a white ...

Yet a third of the world's shipping tonnage carries the Liberian flag, some 1,900 vessels; most of those ships, as well as numerous ships flying the flags of nations other than Liberia ...

The shift reflects the close relationship between the US and the flag administration companies of Liberia and the Marshall Islands, which are headquartered not in their home countries, but in ...