Tag: registry

The U.S. Coast Guard has introduced a streamlined reflagging process for foreign-built vessels, enhancing efficiency and clarity while upholding safety standards. 

PMA has implemented Precheck, a screening process that aims to ensure only compliant vessels join the Panama Ship Registry.

Malta has become the largest ship registry in Europe with over 10,000 ships registered by the end of the first quarter of the year.

The Trump administration is considering a proposal to establish an international shipping registry in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in an effort to expand the U.S.-flagged commercial shipping fleet.

On 7 May, the European Commission approved, under EU State aid rules, the re-introduction of Italy's “International Registry” scheme.

France and the Netherlands have submitted a paper to the IMO Legal Committee regarding two new fraudulent ship registries.

Russia’s oil tanker “shadow fleet” is facing intensified pressure as Barbados and Panama are set to de-list 114 vessels from their maritime registries, Bloomberg reports. 

On 12 January, Venezuelan authorities detained the "Four Plus," a Guyana-flagged tanker, for illegally entering Venezuelan waters without the necessary permits.

A new submission to IMO's Legal Committee made by twenty one nations, presents measures to prevent unlawful practices associated with the fraudulent registration and fraudulent registries of ships. 

China has established its first international ship registry in Hainan province, aiming to further develop the island into a free trade port.