Ship Registry

Monday, 04 December 2023

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North Korean smugglers disguised under Pacific island flags

Raw Story 04 Dec 2023

Owners can pick which flag they sail under by paying a fee -- sometimes just thousands of dollars -- to join a country's shipping registry ... "It was unfortunate that the Niue Ship Registry was abused in the case of the An Hai 6 and Anni, where there were no signs of the vessels being linked to North Korea during the registration process.".

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War risk insurance rates edge up after surge in Red Sea ship attacks

Reuters 04 Dec 2023

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - War risk insurance premiums edged up for Red Sea voyages after three vessels were attacked in the area on Sunday and fears grow over worsening perils for commercial shipping, maritime and insurance sources said on Monday ... Ships sailing under the Bahamas flag registry have been among the vessels hit in the various attacks.

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ISWAN 2023: Bridging gaps and building a better future for seafarers

SAFETY4SEA 04 Dec 2023

Gold Sponsor Roll Group; Silver Sponsors Bahri, Isle of Man Ship Registry and Nautilus International; Bronze Sponsors BazePort, Emarat Maritime, GENCO, Haque & Sons, International Chamber of Shipping, London P&I Club, NorthStandard, Scorpio Group and Seafarers’ Pension Fund (Merimieseläkekassa); Dinner Sponsor UK P&I Club and Travel Sponsor ATPI.

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Malta places second in International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council election

Independent Online 02 Dec 2023

During his address to the Assembly, Minister Farrugia said that Malta’s re-election to the IMO Council is very prestigious for our country and confirms that Malta – which is the 6th largest merchant shipping registry in the world—enjoys the trust of the international community in this sector.

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IMO ‘will thrive in delivering its full agenda’, says next secretary-general

Splash24/7 01 Dec 2023

Today the IMO Assembly will vote on which countries will head up the IMO Council with sources telling Splash there is a strong chance Liberia, the world’s largest ship registry, will replace Russia as a Category A member.

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LR: New provisions on the supervision and administration of vessels under special follow-up

SAFETY4SEA 01 Dec 2023

... removing the vessel from the list of vessels under Special Follow-Up with the Maritime Safety Administration at the place where the vessel’s port of registry is located, together with the shipping company’s report on corrective actions along with relevant evidence.

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SAMSA’s 25 Year Anniversary: Section Four

Mail Guardian South Africa 01 Dec 2023

Promotion of South African Ship Registry. Parallel to the aforesaid activity, SAMSA will vigorously continue promotion of the South African Registry, based on a revised strategy and implementation plan currently being developed by the office of the Registrar of Ships ... Develop The Bunker and Ship-To-Ship Code.

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SAMSA’s 25 Year Anniversary: Section Three

Mail Guardian South Africa 01 Dec 2023

The ship served as a training facility for cadets to acquire the required sea time and exposure to enter the international maritime job market ... Maintaining the vessel registration on the South African Ship Registry ... The Western Region has the most volume of ships, but the Eastern Region has the busiest ports.

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SAMSA’s 25 Year Anniversary: Section One

Mail Guardian South Africa 01 Dec 2023

In addition to these, the focus on SAMSA’s external mission of expanding the SA ship registry, SA seafarer training, coastal community development and SA maritime industry transformation and development, as well as contribution to Department of Transport maritime initiatives, are ...

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Agreement with Japan Starts Producing Results in Benefit of Seafarers

The Maritime Executive 28 Nov 2023

Lines (MOL) indicated that during the second semester of 2023, they are processing 15 new job opportunities and the contracting of other 10 new cadets is foreseen for 2024, all of this to benefit the Panamanian seafarers, so they can board their ships (ships bearing the Panamanian flags or ships from other registries).

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There are not enough Greek sailors to man ships with Greek flags

Greek City Times 25 Nov 2023

Measures were taken to attract ships to the Greek registry-Greek flag, and 50% more applications were made, but when you reach your limit with the Greek officers, you can only do so much ... There is no fiscal problem to prevent the shipowner from bringing his ship into the Greek registry.”.

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Three-Year World Cruise Turns Into Cruise to Nowhere

The Maritime Executive 24 Nov 2023

The concept drew broad attention from the mainstream and international media promoting the idea of living aboard a cruise ship ... Observers in Bremerhaven, Germany, immediately saw the new name Celestyal Discovery being painted on the ship and a change in registry to Malta ... Miray operates cruises from Turkey aboard the smaller ship Gemini (Miray).

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ClassNK Grants Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions

The Maritime Executive 24 Nov 2023

... including “Microplastics in onboard seawater lines can be collected at all times while the vessel is underway”, as well as its capability corresponding to the "A-EA(MPC)*5" notation for ships under ClassNK registry equipped with the product, and issued a certificate.

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Incentives needed to support domestic shipping industry -- Bautista

Manila Bulletin 22 Nov 2023

Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista highlighted the need to incentivize the country's shipping industry to increase local players and domestic shipping fleets ... As of December 2022, MARINA reported 4,423 ships that have a certificate of Philippine registry, while 3,524 have a certificate of ownership in the domestic shipping sector.

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What future for Hong Kong’s port in the 2020s?

Splash24/7 22 Nov 2023

It is notable, that the scope of work focuses on Hong Kong’s maritime cluster of professional services -i.e. ship financing, ship registry, maritime law, insurance, etc ... However, GBA importers and exporters now have a choice of ports and terminals, and shipping lines have a choice of transhipment hubs (e.g ... No port authority ... Relocation time? ... .