“The seven flags that were supposed to be raised — but never were — are St. Vincent, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico and the U.S.A.,” Hunt told me. “But it never really ...

Promoting itself as the "friendly flag of quality," the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize has grown quickly since opening in 1991. Today more than 1,200 ships fly the Belizean flag.