Utflaggning och omstrukturering.
Sju verksamheter på sjöfartsintensiva Åland berättar om sina upplevelser.
This paper concerns the flagging out of merchant navy vessels and its consequenses. Flaggingout is method used by ship owners in order to gain advantages. Under a different flag, thevessel's legal residence become the subject of another country´s laws. Toward the end of thefirst decade of the 20th century ferry -and passangervessels trading in the Baltic Sea wereflagged out from Åland to the flag of Sweden. Flagging out to Sweden is not common but thespecific circumstances for this trade has made the Swedish ship's register interesting for shipowners. The primary reason for flagging out was said to be currency exposure between theSwedish krona and the Euro, however there are other reasons aswell, for instance the EU banon wet tobacco. The paper studies the example of Åland from the different point of views.The purpose of the paper is to study if and how stakeholders experienced any impact fromflagging out. The results show, from different point of views, to what extent a community isaffected when shipping companies flag out there vessels.