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Antigua
and Barbuda Requirements for Ships Registration
Permanent
(Full–) Registration
1. Antigua
and Barbuda maintains an international recognised Register
of Ships. Registration of
ships can be carried out together
with a mortgage associated to that ship.
2. There are
no tonnage restrictions for ships on the register.
3. Prior
ships full registration a mandatory "initial safety
inspection" is to be carried out
on behalf of the flag state, exempt the ship is a new construction
or less one year of age.
4. An Antigua
– (IBC) company has to be created in advance.
A copy of the Certificate of
Incorporation and Good
Standing must be submitted to the relevant Antigua Registration
Office.
5. Prior to
full registration documents and information data are to be
presented to the
relevant Antigua – Registration
Office.
Listed
on a separate form (Download)
6. Upon full
registration of the ship, the new Antigua and Barbuda trading
documents will be
provided on ship’s owner
discretion.
7. Registration
– Fees are calculated according to the Gross –
Tonnage of the ship.
8. Application
for IBC-formation can be processed by several Antiguan law firms.
The procedure
for registration of a ship is to submit data and
documents to:
Department of
Marine Services and Merchant Shipping
Popeshead & Dickenson Bay Street
P.O.Box 1394 St. John's
Antigua, W.I.
Tel.: ++1 (0)268 462 1273 / 4353
Fax: ++1 (0)268 462 4358
or
Department
of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping
of Antigua and Barbuda W.I.
c/o
Am Patentbusch
4
26125
Oldenburg, Germany
Tel.: ++49 (0)441
939590
Fax.:++49 (0)441
9395929
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