Ships Registration

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR PROVISIONAL/PERMANENT REGISTRATION
PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION
HOW TO APPLY
ADVANTAGES
CONTACTS
AGREEMENT / MOU S CONFORMING TO STCW REG. I/10 WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR PROVISIONAL/PERMANENT REGISTRATION

Merchant Shipping(Registration) Regulations, no. 1 of 2006 (No. 1,469/22)

Class	E-mail	Website (for more specific details)
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)	abs-worldhq AT eagle DOT org	http://www.eagle.org
Bureau Veristar (BV)	veristarinfo AT bureauveritas DOT com	http://www.veristar.com
China Classification Society (CCS)	ccs AT ccs DOT org DOT cn	http://www.ccs.org.cn
Det Norske Veritas (DNV)	iacs AT dnv DOT com	http://www.dnv.com
Germanischer Lloyd (GL)	headoffice AT gl-group DOT com	http://www.gl-group.com
Indian Register of Shipping (IRS)	ho AT irclass DOT org	http://www.irclass.org
Korean Register of Shipping (KR)	krsiacs AT krs DOT co DOT kr	http://www.krs.co.kr
Lloyds Register (LR)	Lloydsreg AT lr DOT org	http://www.lr.org
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK)	xad AT classnk DOT or DOT jp	http://www.classnk.or.jp
Registro Italiano Navale(RINA)	info AT rina DOT org	http://www.rina.org
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)	004 AT rs-head DOT spb DOT ru	http://www.rs-head.spb.ru

or any other classification society acceptable to Sri Lanka Administration.

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PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION

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HOW TO APPLY

Inquiries and applications for Registration of Vessel/Yachts should be sent to

^{REGISTRAR OF SHIPS,}

^{MERCHANT SHIPPING SECRETARIAT,}

^{MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING & AVIATION.}

^NO.79,

^{TECHNICAL JUNCTION,}

^{MARADANA ROAD,}

^{COLOMBO 10,}

^{SRI LANKA.}

Tele :- +94-(0) 112105700/112435127

Fax :- +94-(0) 112430277

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Vessels to be registered under Sri Lanka flag should be owned wholly either by a natural person who is a citizen of Sri Lanka or and any body corporate (off shore company)

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ADVANTAGES

Very competitive fees
Quick response time
24 hours accessibility
No profit tax or capital gains tax or any other taxes.
Most favoured nation status with most of the Maritime countries
No other hidden costs

Click here to download Application Form of Ships Registration

AGREEMENT / MOU S CONFORMING TO STCW REG. I/10 WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

No	Countries	Agreement Date	Types of MOU
01	Antigua & Barbuda W.I	25^th Oct. 2002	Recognized by other Country
02	Bahamas	03^rd May 2001	Recognized by other Country
03	Barbados	27^th June 2001	Recognized by other Country
04	Belgium	27^th Apr. 2009	Recognized by other Country
05	Belize	10^th May 2002	Recognized by other Country
06	Bermuda	3^rd Oct. 2002	Recognized by other Country
07	Cyprus	10^th Sep. 2001	Both Parties
08	Dominica	20^th Jan. 2003	Recognized by other Country
09	Isle of Man	30^th March 2009	Recognized by other Country
10	Japan	18^th Jun. 2009	Recognized by other Country
11	Germany	Mar. 2002	Both Parties
12	Hong Kong	26^th Jul. 2001	Both Parties
13	Kuwait	05^th Mar. 2004	Recognized by other Country
14	Liberia	10^th Jul. 2001	Recognized by other Country
15	Luxemburg	16^th May 2006	Recognized by other Country
16	Malaysia	10^th May 2002	Both Parties
17	Maldives	22^nd May 2003	Recognized by other Country
18	Malta	24^th Mar. 2003	Both Parties
19	Marshall Island	28^th May 2001	Recognized by other Country
20	New Zealand	18^th Dec. 2009	Both Parties
21	Norway	10^th Jan. 2005	Recognized by other Country
22	Panama	14^th Oct. 2002	Recognized by other Country
23	Republic of Singapore	28^th May 2001	Both Parties
24	Vanuatu	20^th Jan. 2003	Recognized by other Country
25	St. Vincent & Gridlines	03^rd Oct. 2005	Recognized by other Country
26	United Kingdom	24^th Sep. 2008	Both Parties
27	EU	22^nd Nov. 2010	Recognized by other Countries
28	St.Christopher & Neviss	24 Sep 2008	Recognized by other Country
29.	Republic of Korea	20^th Apr.2015	Both parties
30	Switzerland	21^stJuly 2016	Recognized by other Country
31	Denmark	16^th Oct 2017	Recognized by other Country
32	Portugal	16^th Oct 2017	Recognized by other Country
33	Australia	25^th July 2018	Both parties

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CONTACTS