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4. Botswana is a landlocked country

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:23 PM

Apr 21

How can a ship be flagged by that nation?

I looked it up many European countries have access to the sea via rivers like the Rhine or the Danube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_recognising_the_Right_to_a_Flag_of_States_having_no_Sea-coast

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US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says [View all] demmiblue Apr 21 OP

Out and out piracy. Ray Bruns Apr 21 #1

What country would we piss off detaining a illegal ghost ship? EX500rider Apr 21 #7

And who said it was a ghost ship? The pathological liar in the white house or the one in the Defense Department? Ray Bruns Apr 21 #8

The fact that it flew a flag of a country that does not register commercial ships EX500rider Apr 21 #10

Anything out of this Department of War led by Pete Hegseth should be suspect. Ray Bruns Apr 21 #13

Nobody is gonna stop this crazy fucker! bluestarone Apr 21 #2

Time Democrats released another video saying it is illegal to follow illegal orders. Doodley Apr 21 #3

Botswana is a landlocked country IbogaProject Apr 21 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author EX500rider Apr 21 #5

Google says: EX500rider Apr 21 #6

Irrelevant. A ship can be flagged from any country. I noticed you left that part out. Ray Bruns Apr 21 #9

No they cannot be registered from "any country" EX500rider Apr 21 #11

Wrong. Ray Bruns Apr 21 #12

One of us here has held a commercial captain's license and I'm guessing it's not you EX500rider Apr 21 #14

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