4. Please describe how you are connected to the German flag.

Even if it was a while back already, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to serve on German-flagged ships for quite some time during my service on board. I always had the feeling that if possible issues occurred in critical ports, support by the German flag was at hand. With the strong network of embassies and representations, there is hardly a port where one was or would be left alone in borderline cases. I always associate the German flag with legal certainty and quality.