the entity you referred to earlier, a classification society. every ship is certified sea worthy but one of these but manner bureau determines it is sea worthy and compliant with the mobile offshore drilling unit code. shepard: if it were registered here they would have to pay united states style wages. they would have to pay u.s. taxes. if it was a u.s. flagged rig, it would have to pay u.s. wages wherever it went in the world, even off brazil, cameroon. i wonder how many are flagged in the united states. the united states flag diminished in size and importance in the last 50 years and is a blip in the world of ship registries. because we pay people a living wage. the union labor is more expensive than labor available from the other sea faring countries. is there a way to know what they pay those folks?