U.S. - 2004 Targeted Flag List for ISPS/MTSA

September 2004

From the U.S. Coast Guard website:

Only Flag States with more than one operational control will be targeted.

The Control Action Ratio (CAR) is defined below for the purposes of flag State targeting for compliance. The # of major ISPS-related control actions include all security-related denials of entry or expulsions from port and ISPS-related detentions to vessels flying the flag of that State within the period of interest.

CAR = # of major ISPS/MTSA flag State-related control actions x 100 percent

# of ISPS/MTSA examinations

SOLAS Vessels flying the following flags will be assigned the following points in Col II of the ISPS/MTSA Boarding Priority Matrix

7 Points 

2 Points

Bolivia Antigua & Barbuda Cayman Islands Cyprus Netherlands Hong Kong Russia Malta Thailand Panama Singapore

NON-SOLAS Vessels flying the following flags will be assigned the following points in Col II of the ISPS/MTSA Boarding Priority Matrix

7 Points Bolivia Cook Islands

Hondouras