and Henning provides all the necessary literature and materials at no extra cost. Learning Norwegian can be expensive for foreigners, so Norwegian School Online aims to offer a high-quality option at half the price of most other language schools. Moreover, students can bring an additional family...
knowledge. One coastal vessel owner using temporary foreign labour stated, “The foreigners are here to stay and I have good experiences with them . . . . But training takes a lot of time and one will never be able to make as good a fisher out of a foreigner as out of a Norwegian”...
The expansion of the Panamanian fleet is a reflection of the footloose nature of shipping. Part of the basis for the use of the registry was US policy—a reaction to the introduction of the labour-friendly Seamen’s Act in 1915, which increased the cost level substantially for American ships...