Ship registry certificate

Brief about ship registry certificate:

Ship registry certificate acts as the main license to the ship to navigate, it is called many names such as:

• Ship registry certificate or certificate of registry
• Navigation license
• Patentee

Application:

All ships

Validity:

It is usually issue on two stages

• Provisional certificate of registry: in most cases valid for six months
• permanent certificate of registry: in most cases valid for 4 or 5 years

Provisional certificate of registry is usually issued firstly to give time to the ship owner to submit required documents for the issuance of permanent certificate of registry

Contents of certificate of registry:

• Ship name
• IMO
• Call sign
• Official no: issued by the flag state, shall be changed if flag changed
• Port of registry
• GRT
• NRT
• Year built
• Ship type
• Owner name and address
• Legal representative (in some flags such as Panama
• No of main Engines
• Engine power
• Material of hull