Bolivia Ship Registration
- Regular Registration
- Bareboat charter registration (Dual Registration)
- Special registration for delivery
- Special registration for scrap
- Fishing vessels registration
- Yacht registration
Requirements for Provisional Registration
- Application for registration
- Copy of any of the following documents that prove ownership of the ship:
- “Purchase and Sale Contract” (Bill of Sale) for existing warehouse or
- “Construction Certificate” if the warehouse is newly built or
- “Auction Acquisition Document” or
- “Bareboat Charter party” and owner’s ownership document (when the vessel is chartered)
- Copy of the “Certificate of Cancellation of the Previous Flag” (Deletion Certificate). If the ship is new or acquired by auction, this document is NOT required;
- Copy of the “Letter of Confirmation from the Authority of the Radio Accounts” Responsible (if the ship has its services);
Once the above mentioned documents are submitted along with payment slip, provisional registration certificates are issued valid for one year, the following certificates are issued for the first time by the flag:
- Certificate of registration (Navigation Licenses)
- Ship station license
- Minimum safe manning certificate
- Decleration 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
During the provisional registration period, the owner or the vessel representative has to submit Requirements for Permanent Registration
- Original deletion Certificate from previous registry duly notarized by notary public or apostle
- A duly notarized original Bill of Sale, or a duly notarized Builder’s Certificate, if vessel is a new building, or duly notarized court order if vessel sold in an auction
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
