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Ship Registration: Law and Practice

Contents

CHAPTER 1 The legal concept of ship registration

CHAPTER 2 Duties of the flag State

CHAPTER 3 The legal requirements of ship registration

CHAPTER 4 International registers

CHAPTER 5 Bareboat charter registration

CHAPTER 6 Factors influencing choice of flag

CHAPTER 7 Bahamas

CHAPTER 8 Barbados

CHAPTER 9 Bermuda

CHAPTER 10 British Virgin Islands

CHAPTER 11 Cayman Islands

CHAPTER 12 Cyprus

CHAPTER 13 Gibraltar

CHAPTER 14 Hong Kong

CHAPTER 15 Isle of Man

CHAPTER 16 Jamaica

CHAPTER 17 Liberia

CHAPTER 18 Malta

CHAPTER 19 Marshall Islands

CHAPTER 20 Norway

CHAPTER 21 Panama

CHAPTER 22 Singapore

CHAPTER 23 St Vincent and the Grenadines

CHAPTER 24 United Kingdom

CHAPTER 25 Vanuatu

Appendix I Leading flags of registration by tonnage

Appendix II Ownership of the world fleet, 2017

Appendix III Paris MOU – White/Grey/Black Lists

Appendix IV STCW White List

Appendix V Extracts from UK Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Appendix VI Extracts from UK Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993

Appendix VII Geneva Convention on the High Seas

Appendix VIII Extract from UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982

Appendix IX UN Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships 1986

Appendix X International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages 1993

Appendix XI(A) Bahamas forms

Appendix XI(B) Cayman Islands forms

Appendix XI(C) Gibraltar forms

Appendix XI(D) Isle of Man forms

Appendix XI(E) Liberia forms

Appendix XI(F) Malta forms

Appendix XI(G) Marshall Islands forms

Appendix XI(H) Norway forms

Appendix XI(I) Singapore forms

Appendix XI(J) UK forms

Index

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