The third edition of a study gives a comparative breakdown of the costs involved in the registration of a vessel.
The publication benchmarks registration rates applicable to a selected number of flag states, subjectively determined to be Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Liberia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Norway and Panama.
Combined Maritime Services has expanded the comparison to include relevant criteria, such as manning scales, the issue of registering mortgages and registration of bareboat chartered vessels, among others. Various flag administrations have supported the study’s publication by contributing facts and figures. The Malta flag has grown considerably from 1,421 vessels under its registry in 2007 to 1,764 ships in 2012, with a registered gross tonnage of 44 million tons, making the Malta flag the seventh largest flag of registry on a worldwide...read on.
