ARTICLE · 21 DECEMBER 2008

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George Town, Grand Cayman is a British port of registry, established in 1903, and all ships registered here are designated British ships and fly the Cayman Islands Marine Ensign (British Red Ensign with the Cayman Islands crest).

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George Town, Grand Cayman is a British port of registry, established in 1903, and all ships registered here are designated British ships and fly the Cayman Islands Marine Ensign (British Red Ensign with the Cayman Islands crest). The Cayman Islands are now recognised worldwide as having an international ship registry operating to the highest standards of a British Port of Registry. This is as a result of extensions of the British Merchant Shipping Acts to the Cayman Islands and the adoption of construction and equipment standards applicable to United Kingdom ships enforced under the International Maritime Organisation Conventions for:

1. Loadline (1966);

2. Tonnage (1969);

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