Belize Flag Ship Registration
Registration under Belize flag
formerly British Honduras, is an independent Commonwealth realm on the eastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the north by Mexico, on the south and west by Guatemala, and on the east by the Caribbean Sea. Its mainland is about 290 km (180 mi) long and 110 km (68 mi) wide.
Advantages of Belize flag
- Tax free
- No nationality of crew restriction
- No minimum tonnage restriction
- No ship age restrictions
- Provide registry for all ships types
- Ship registration time frame: 3 working days
- Accepts foreign flags bare-boat charter registration
- Accept fishing vessels and issues fishing licenses
Certificates to be issued by Belize flag:
- Patentee (Ship registry certificate) (Navigation license) (NL)
- Ship station license (Radio station license) (SSL)
- Minimum safe manning (MSMC)
- Continuous synopsis record (CSR)
- Certificate of civil liability for oil pollution damage (BCC)
- Wreck removal certificate (WRC)
- Deceleration of maritime labor compliance P I(DMLC PI)
Provisional registration:
- Registry issued for six months
- ship station license are issued for six months
- Minimum safe manning is issued for lifetime as long as vessel is under Liberia
- Continuous synopsis record is issued for lifetime as long as vessel is under Liberia
Required documents for provisional registry:
- Application for Registration
- Copy duly notarized Bill of Sale, or a duly notarized Builder’s Certificate, if vessel is a new building
- Copy of duly notarized Power of attorney
- In case of a vessel which is over twenty years old, an inspection report prepared by an authorized General Safety Inspection Surveyor (GSI) stating that the vessel has passed an inspection to determine seaworthiness.
- copy of certified copy of a tonnage certificate issued by an authorized surveyor company
- Application for Minimum Safe Manning Certificate
- ISM Code Declaration of Company, Designated Person and Company Security Officer and Continuous Synopsis Record Amendments and Index
- Proof of Liability Insurance, including oil pollution, bunker pollution and Nairobi wreck removal insurance as applicable
- Proof that vessel is free of recorded liens and encumbrances
Permanent registration:
- Registry and ship station license are issued for four years
Required documents for permanent registration:
- Original notarized bill of sale
- Original notarized deletion from previous flag
- Original notarized power of attorney
- Copy of ISM certificates: DOC/SMC issued under Belize