• INTRODUCTION
• TAX INCENTIVES
• ADVANTAGES OF THE CYPRUS FLAG
• DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED
• HOW A SHIP MAY BE REGISTERED
• REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
• PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION
• PERMANENT REGISTRATION
• DELETION OF VESSELS
• MORTGAGES
• PARALLEL REGISTRATION OF VESSELS
  

Documents to be submitted

The copies of the following certificates, records and reports as applicable should be submitted:

• Certificate of Registry
• Certificate of Tonnage
• Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
• Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate
• Cargo Ship Safely Radiotelephony/Radiotelegraphy Certificate
• International Load Line Certificate
• International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate
• Exemption Certificate
• Record of Safety Equipment
• Record of Construction and Equipment
• Vessel’s Classification Status Report
• Last Thickness Determination report
• General Arrangement
• Midship section
• Capacity plan
• Safety and Fire control plan

Also:

1. A duly legalised Bill of Sale by which the owner has acquired title to the ship.
2. Resolutions of the company’s board sanctioning the purchase of the ship and her registration under the Cyprus flag.
3. A Power of Attorney authorising an Attorney, to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the ship-owning company
4. Declaration of Ownership ( Form M.S. 53)
5. Memorandum as to the Ship’s husband (M.S. 10)
6. The application for a radio license for the ship
7. Deletion Certificate from the previous registry where appropriate
8. Copy of the agreement signed with the ship’s International Radio Accounting Authority.