The Registration of Merchant Ships in Belize is governed by the provisions of the Registration of Merchant Ships Act 1989. The Act sets up a registry for the registration of vessels flying the flag of Belize.
Registration of Vessels
Vessels may be registered by submitting the prescribed application form and the appropriate fee to any of Belize's Ship registry designated offices throughout the world. At each of these offices there is a deputy registrar appointed to accept and process applications.
All vessels registered this way are initially granted provisional registration which is valid for a period of one year. Prior to the expiration of that period the applicant should proceed to complete the registration process to obtain permanent registration of the vessel. The Act provides for quarterly extensions of provisional registration.
We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.
