{"id":271,"date":"2023-04-20T10:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:34:25","slug":"ship-registration-in-gibraltar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/ship-registration-in-gibraltar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ship Registration in Gibraltar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The number of&nbsp;<strong>vessels<\/strong>&nbsp;flying the&nbsp;<strong>Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;flag has risen a lot during the last few years as the&nbsp;<strong>Gibraltar Ship Registry<\/strong>&nbsp;(GSR) offers various advantages for those seeking to&nbsp;<strong>register a boat<\/strong>&nbsp;here. The&nbsp;<strong>Gibraltar Ship Register<\/strong>&nbsp;is part of the Category I Red Ensign Group of the United Kingdom which makes the small territory part of the EU Member State\u2019s Ship Registrar. All&nbsp;<strong>ships registered in Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;will benefit from the privileges granted for ships registered within the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GSR comprises the&nbsp;<strong>Ship Registry<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Yacht Registry<\/strong>&nbsp;which are coordinated by the Port Authority in Gibraltar. Our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/about-us\">local agents<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;can provide you with more information about the fiscal advantages of&nbsp;<strong>registering a vessel in Gibraltar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/ship-registration-in-gibraltar\/#boat-classification-in-gibraltar\" title=\"Boat classification in Gibraltar\">Boat classification in Gibraltar<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationgibraltar.com\/ship-registration-in-gibraltar\/#steps-to-register-a-ship-in-gibraltar\" title=\"Steps to register a ship in Gibraltar\">Steps to register a ship in Gibraltar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"boat-classification-in-gibraltar\"><\/span><strong>Boat classification in Gibraltar<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maritime Administration makes a clear distinction between&nbsp;<strong>commercial boats<\/strong>&nbsp;registered by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/open-a-limited-liability-company-in-gibraltar\">companies<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>leisure vessels<\/strong>, which is why the&nbsp;<strong>Gibraltar Ship Register<\/strong>&nbsp;was separated into the&nbsp;<strong>Ship Registry<\/strong>&nbsp;(covering commercial vessels) and the&nbsp;<strong>Yacht Registry&nbsp;<\/strong>(covering the registration of pleasure ships). Upon the registration of any of type of ship, the GSR does not require any physical inspection of the&nbsp;<strong>boat<\/strong>, but only to supply a Measurement and Tonnage Survey Certificate released by an approved company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out how to&nbsp;<strong>register a ship in Gibraltar&nbsp;<\/strong>from the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ship Registration in Gibraltar\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vanwrbtbX6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"steps-to-register-a-ship-in-gibraltar\"><\/span><strong>Steps to register a ship in Gibraltar<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/company-types-gibraltar\">Companies<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;or natural persons wanting to&nbsp;<strong>register a commercial vessel or a yacht in Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;must follow several steps. The first one is to select and apply for&nbsp;<strong>boat name registration<\/strong>. Secondly, the applicant must submit the following documents with the relevant authorities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Builder\u2019s Certificate (for new vessels);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Original Bill of Sale;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a certified copy of the deletion certificate (for second-hand boats);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a declaration of ownership;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Measurement and Tonnage Survey Certificate;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; an application form for the ship registration;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; an application form for the allotment of the International Code Signal Letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Companies registering boats in Gibraltar<\/strong>&nbsp;must also submit a copy of the&nbsp;<strong>certificate of incorporation<\/strong>. A registration fee must also be paid and the receipt filed with the other documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For assistance with the&nbsp;<strong>vessel registration procedure<\/strong>, do not hesitate to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationgibraltar.com\/contact\">contact our representatives in Gibraltar<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;flying the&nbsp;Gibraltar&nbsp;flag has risen a lot during the last few years as the&nbsp;Gibraltar Ship Registry&nbsp;(GSR) offers various advantages for those seeking to&nbsp;register a boat&nbsp;here. The&nbsp;Gibraltar Ship Register&nbsp;is part of the Category I Red Ensign Group of the United Kingdom which makes the small territory part of the EU Member State\u2019s Ship Registrar. All&nbsp;ships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[99,98,100,101],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ship Registration in Gibraltar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find here how to register a boat in Gibraltar. 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