SHIP REGISTRATION UNDER THE MALTA FLAG

[Manning] [International Conventions] [Authorised Classification Societies] [Mortgages] [Closure of Registries]

Manning

Maltese ships are subject to the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act (1973) and ancillary regulations concerning the competency of officers and seamen.

International Conventions

Malta is a member of:

• the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

• The International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Malta has ratified all the major maritime conventions including:

 

SOLAS 1974/1978 COLREG 1972 Tonnage Measurement 1969 Load Lines 1966 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971 INMARSAT London Dumping 1972 MARPOL 1973/1978 STCW 1978

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948 (No. 87) Medical Examination (Seafarers), 1946 (No. 73) Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea), 1921 (No. 16) Minimum Age, 1973 (No. 138) Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, 1949 (No. 98) Seamen’s Articles of Agreement, 1926 (No. 22) Seafarers’ Identity Documents, 1958 (No. 108) Unemployment Indemnity Shipwreck, 1920 (No. 8)

Authorised Classification Societies

Survey, tonnage and convention certificates may be issued on behalf of the Maltese Government by the following classifications societies: American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd, Hellenic Registrar of Shipping, Korean Register of Shipping, Lloyd's Register, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, and Registro Italiano Navale.

The following classification societies have partial recognition to issue survey, tonnage and convention certificates, which is only applicable in certain circumstances: China Classification Society, Croatian Register of Shipping, Polski Rejestr Statkow and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

Mortgages

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