Comoros Ship Registration
Comoros accepts following ship types:
- Normal Registration
- Bareboat charter registration (Dual Registration)
- Special registration for delivery
- Special registration for scrap
- Yacht registration
- Mortgage registration
Comoros does not accept fishing vessels
Registration requirements
- Application Form duly filled-in, signed & stamped
- Copy of Bill of Sale, duly notarized
- Copy of Deletion Certificate or Non-Encumbrance Certificate from vessel’s existing Flag
- Copy of updated Good Standing Certificate of the Owning Company
- Copy of Confirmation Letter from the vessel’s Classification Society
- Copy of Confirmation Letter from Radio Traffic Accounting Authority (all accounting authorities included in the corresponding list of the ITU are authorized by Comoros)
- Copies of vessel’s existing Certificates of Registry (Certificate of Registry, Ship Station License, Minimum Safe Manning)
- Copy of vessel’s existing International Tonnage Certificate (ITC’69)
- Application for Continuous Synopsis Record
- Copy of Declaration of Company Security Officer
- Copy of Safe Management Agreement
- Copy of existing Continuous Synopsis Record
Additional requirements for bare boat charter in registration:
- Letter of Consent for the BB In Registration of the vessel under the Comorian Flag issued by the Main Flag
- Copy of Notarized Bareboat Charter Agreement
- Letter from intended secondary Flag confirming that dual registration of the vessel is allowed
- Copy of Notarized Bareboat Charter Agreement
Additional requirements for mortgage registration:
- Three original Notarized Mortgage Deeds signed by both parties
- Affidavit of Good Faith Notarized
- Legalized Minutes of the meeting of the Mortgagor and Mortgagee
- Power of Attorney (POA) of the Mortgagor and Mortgagee Notarized
Additional requirements for special registration for scrap:
- Copy of Deletion Certificate or Non-Encumbrance Certificate from vessel’s existing Flag
- Certificate of registration (Navigation Licenses)
- Ship station license
- Minimum safe manning certificate
- Deceleration of Maritime Labour convention PART I
Once class and statutory certificates are issued by an approved recognized organization, same has to be submit to the flag along with Continuous Synopsis Record to proceed for issuance of the Continuous Synopsis Record
- Original Application Form duly filled-in, signed & stamped
- Original Bill of Sale, duly notarized
- Original Deletion Certificate from previous Flag
- Original Ship’s Carving and Marking Note duly filled in and stamped by the attending Classification Surveyor
- Original Radio Installation Survey Report duly filled in and stamped by the attending Classification Surveyor
- Copies of valid Class and Statutory certificates issued
Permanent registration is issued valid for 5 years, during which flag annual taxes (specified amount to be paid not real taxes) to the flag not later than 31 December of every calendar year, except first year where the paid registration cost includes whole year annual taxes
